[quote]magick wrote:
Essentially attempted the burpee challenge. Took ~15 minute and 30 seconds.
I knew I couldn’t do a straight x100 from the get-go, so I instead planned to split it into 5x20 with a minute break between each set. Since I knew that I couldn’t make good time on this thing, I instead chose to make each rep as good as I can. So the push-ups would be strict and I’d actually do a good jump instead of the pansy shit that a lot of people who do this challenge do.
Got through the first 2 sets pretty “easily”, as in they went about as well as I planned. Finished those within like 4 minutes. And then the next 10 (41-50) felt quite challenging. I decided to do 10 reps from then on.
Got to 60 in ~7-8 minute, and then things fell apart from there. Each rep afterwards became a massive struggle (I’d basically do 3-4 reps and then have to take a 5-6 sec breather between each rep afterwards). It basically took me another 7-8 minute to finish the remaining 4 sets. I know my back started to sag and my stance got wider and wider starting from rep 65 or so, and many of the jumps became halfhearted jumps instead of an explosive one.
Still, I got through it. Dunno if I’ll do this next week, but I’d like to do it every now and then and try to get the time lower and lower. It’s definitely a great indicator of total body fitness imo.
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My BJJ trainer used to make us do that as a last assessment the week before a tournament, albeit with sprawls at the bottom instead of pushups. She said that people about to compete should get 100 done within 8-9 minutes but definitely no more than ten. I guess that’s a good benchmark to shoot for. One more piece of advice: don’t plan your rest periods and try to keep them the same. Take a break whenever you have to and make it as short as possible. Of course this means your sets will get shorter and your rest periods longer. That’s OK. Good luck! I’d tell you to have fun but hey, it’s burpees ;(
My BJJ trainer used to make us do that as a last assessment the week before a tournament, albeit with sprawls at the bottom instead of pushups. She said that people about to compete should get 100 done within 8-9 minutes but definitely no more than ten.[/quote]
Ya, I would agree that 8-10 minute is definitely a good number for competitive people to aim for. I hope to get mine down to 10 in a couple of months.
[quote]nighthawkz wrote:
One more piece of advice: don’t plan your rest periods and try to keep them the same. Take a break whenever you have to and make it as short as possible. Of course this means your sets will get shorter and your rest periods longer. That’s OK. Good luck! I’d tell you to have fun but hey, it’s burpees ;(
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Also agree. I’m pretty sure I could have done this in a considerably shorter time if I had gone with, say 10x10. It’s the act of doing them in succession with no rest that challenges you, and breaking them apart like that makes it much easier in the long run.
But I also know my limits, and the bar is pretty damned low right now =( It took me damn near 3 days to fully recover from this as is. If I had gone with your suggestion from the get-go I don’t think I could have even finished it.
I do plan on doing it like you suggested the next time I attempt this though. Hopefully my body will handle it better after one attempt.
Squat-
Body squats
45lb, 2x5
95/115/135/155lbx3
185/205/225/245/265lbx1
DB row-
80lbx5
110lb, stuff.
100lb, 2x5
My right arm simply couldn’t row the 110lb properly today. The left arm could. I dropped it down to 100lb and noticed that my right grip had a real hard time. My guess is that my right grip simply couldn’t handle the 110lb today.
Hang power-clean-
65/95lbx3
115lb, 5x3
Spent some time with the bar just practicing the triple extension form. Helped a lot. The 115lb had power again.
In hindsight, I shouldn’t have bothered with 125lb, given how slow 175lb went. I got stuck at about eye/forehead level for a good couple seconds before I ran out of steam.
Chin-up-
2x3
15lb, 5/5/4 (15 seconds)/1
Weighted chin-ups are such a nice way to stretch the entire back, lol.
Squat-
Body squats
45lb, 2x5
95/115/135/155lbx3
185/205lbx1
225lbx10
I chickened out. First time doing the AMRAPset outside of the power rack, and as soon as I hit the “min” number all fight in me just went out. Racked the bar without even really thinking about it, and then immediately realized just how fresh the body still felt. Could have easily hit another 2-3 reps before I hit genuine difficulty.
Disappointing.
DB row-
80lbx5
100lb, 3x5
Grip felt strong in the first two sets, but lost power in the last one.
Hang power-clean-
Triple extension practice with the bar and 65lb.
95lbx3
115lb, 3x3
Took a little over 6 minutes. I’m going to add 10 more until I hit 100.
Also need to stop jumping off my toes. My knees aren’t used to the pressure and so bugging me.
My guess is that the burpeex100 (My upper body didn’t stop feeling sore from this till Tues/Weds) + the more push-ups I’ve been doing recently (in hindsight really dumb because I didn’t take into account the recovery required) + judo prep for tournament + busy-work messed with my upper body.
Simply didn’t recover enough.
On the bright side, the reps I did do felt easy. It’s just that I hit 6 and then mentally quit.
Felt like the best bench-pressing I’ve done in the whole month.
OHP-
45lb, 2x5
65lbx3
85lb, 4x6
Trying to keep my back straight the entire set, makes this feel quite difficult.
Chin-up-
6x5
Since my chin-up is getting worse, I figured I’d just go back a bit and focus on getting full RoM for all the sets. Now the areas around my scapula feels sore.
Squat-
Body squats
45lb, 2x5
95/115/135/155/175lbx5
DB row-
80/90/95lbx5
Also did a 80lbx5 before the squat as I waited for a rack, because I decided to do the rows before the squat to save waiting time. Then I realized I wasn’t harmed up and this is a dumb idea.
Hang power-clean-
45/65lbx3 high pull practice
85/95/105lbx3
Top-down deadlift-
135/185/225lbx5
185 and 225lb felt really hard on the grip, and I lacked a lot of stability while going down on them as well. Result of not doing deadlifts for a while.
Did the above without any rest in between besides changing weights and such. Took 10 sec rest between anything that I did multiple sets for.
Trying really hard to focus on form. Was easy until the last set, when it suddenly became really hard to maintain good form. So I guess I’m doing something right with this.
Chin-up-
6x5
Face-pull-
30lb, 5x10
Got stuck on the highway for a good 50 minutes yesterday, because some accident occurred about a quarter of a mile ahead of me. Fortunately I was close to an exit ramp that was separated from my side of the road by a dirt patch. People got the smart idea of just crossing the dirt patch and exiting. Got my chance as well after a good dozen or so cars moved out.
Weds-4-1
Squat-
Body squats
45lb, 2x5
95/115/135/155lbx3
175/195/215/235/255/275lbx1
Squatting hurt today, plus ankle felt funky because of a minor sprain from judo yesterday. So I decided not to push it.
A bit of a clusterfuck, largely because other people were using the little stand I use when I do weighted chins and so couldn’t really do them. I didn’t really want to do normal chin-ups, so I just did a bunch of deadhangs with short rest periods.
Fri-4-3
Squat-
Body squats
45lb, 2x5
95/115/135/155lbx3
185lbx1
205lbx12
Just felt no energy or desire to put in any effort today. Body felt flat. So I just stopped the moment the weight felt even moderately challenging.
DB row-
80lb, 10/8/6/4
Hang power-clean-
Triple extension practice- 45/65lb
95lbx3
115lb, 5x3