On the Way to 200 Fire Haulers...

An idea:

Ben, you did 160 fire haulers. I was thinking that you can boost that number up to 200 in a matter of weeks.

Here is the plan: we will all continue to do fire haulers, how many and how ever much we want to. Thursdays will be "The Day" in which someone will do 5 more than the person the week before.

Ben did 160 this week, so Anton, you do 165 next week, and then I will do 170 the next, then Ben will d0 175, Anton 180, me 185, Ben 190, Anton and I 195, all of us do 200.

So in 8 weeks we will all be able to do 200. What say you?

Some Thanksgiving PT

Some good Thanksgiving PT.

2 sets Variation Pushups w/ 20 ab between each variation:

200 pushups
400 abs

10 x 8 pullups = 80
4 x 20 dips = 80
2 x 30 neck = 60

Planning to do fire haulers and a 2 mile run this afternoon. Am hoping that the hip will not hurt! I will give thanks if it doesn't.

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Threw in 2 x 95 fire haulers, with 15 minutes in between. Good stuff.

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This was the 1st Thanksgiving in as long as I can remember where I didn't overeat. I am proud of myself. I feel good. I am going to eat a bowl of cereal now. I can, because I didn't overeat at lunch! Ha ha! Ha!

The Mammoth

I named today's workout The Mammoth because it had NO recovery time, and it allowed me to get in a lot of pullups, pushups, and abs in a relatively short period of time.

I did 20 sets. Each set was comprised of 5 pullups, 20 pushups, 25 abs. Right after doing each exercise I would immediately begin doing the next. Right when I got done with a set, I started the next one. So, in just around 25 minutes, I was able to get in 100 pullups, 400 pushups, and 500 abs.

Not that it was easy. The pushups were TOUGH sets 7-15 or so...or maybe all the up to 18. I don't remember. There was a lot of weakness leaving the body, though. That much I know is true.

Maybe The Mammoth will be 40 sets sometime. That would be INCREDIBLE!

After The Mammoth I went inside and did 2 x 95 fire hauler (which REALLY burned today!), 2 x 30 neck, and 4 x 25 dips. I had to take about 3 short breaks (2 seconds or so) when doing the 2nd set of the fire haulers, and had to take a small break during the 3rd set of the dips. Otherwise, it was all good. I was surprised on the last set of dips that I was able to get in all 25 dips without stopping.

A GREAT workout today. GREAT!

Next workout will be The Thanksgiving Day workout. I plan to get in some dive bombers and other kinds of pushups...

Totals:
Abs: 500
Push: 400
Pull: 100
Dips: 100
Fire Haulers: 190
Neck: 60

Clarification.

Perhaps my comment that I am scrapping the 100 plan was mis-interpreted, taken as a statement that I was going to quit entirely.

This is not the case.

I am simply going to train differently. I feel that I need more miles to prepare myself. The low mileage would be good for someone with already a couple 100s under their belt, but me, I need to really go after the training, really be voracious.


So, the plan is still on. It is still on.

Afternoon Shake Out Runs

Remember, Ben, when we used to do 2-3 mile shake out runs in the afternoon, and how great it made our legs feel?

I think I am scrapping the 100 plan. I am going to train how I feel like. If I feel like going 13 one day, I will do it. Yes, ma'am. I will also do some Afternoon Shake Out Runs. ASORs. That's what I am going to do.

I might do max situps, pushups, and pullups next Monday. At first I thought I would delay it to make sure that I could do more than last month, but then I realized that reason was wrong. It is wrong to interfere with the body's natural gains/losses. Plus, it will give me an idea how much progress/regress that is going on. I hope there is progress...although I don't know if I have been doing enough PT. Or maybe I have.

Nacho is looking out the window. I'm sure she sure wants to go outside!

But it is cold. It is cold.

Friday and Saturday Prior

On Friday, I did PT. 21 supersets. Then 2 x 95 fire haulers. Then 5 x 20 dips. And 30 neck.

Friday totals:
630 abs
630 pushups
100 dips
190 fire haulers
30 neck

No time to do pullups. Neck was sort of sore, probably from practicing so long the days before and maybe because my lymph nodes seem to be a bit tender. That's why I only did one set of neck exercises.

On Saturday, didn't do anything other than pullups. It was a pullup day.

I had envisioned myself busting out 150 pullups in 10 minutes by doing 5 pullups in a 20 second cycle. Each minute has 3 cycles = 15 a minute = 150 in 10 minutes. I planned to do reg, wide, close, reverse, left, right.

It was much harder than expected. I did 2 minutes of pullups, then took a 1 minutes break. Then 2 more minutes, and about a 1.5 minute break. Then I extended the cycle to 2 a minute. So in the next 3 minutes I did 30 pullups.

Then I took a break.

A little later I went and did the remaining 60 pullups. Since there were only 2 sets left it was a little easier than the 3 sets prior.

A good day for pullups! Hooray! I hope Sunday = sore upper back/shoulders/arms. That is what I am hoping for.

No Run, Coffee, Practice, Schedule

Hello to you.

I did not run today. It is time for the hip to get better once and for all. I am sick of having it hurt. I am sick. I vomit there on the carpet. Get down on your hands and knees and you will see it.

I drank a lot of coffee today. Probably around 6 cups. It made me really drowsy. Strange.

I have practiced 2.5 hours already today, planning on another hour in about 5 minutes. That's the way to do it. You gotta get after it.

That's the thing I never could understand about music majors at Wesleyan (or any major, come to think of it). It seems that hardly anyone is excited to do what they do. I mean, the music majors should have been practicing at least 2 hours a day. How many people did that? Maybe 1 or 2.

That's what seems to be wrong with it. People don't take things seriously enough. When you commit yourself to something, it should be entirely. For me, it is not only music that I am committed to. Running, yes, I am committed to running. Probably not as much as Ben, it seems, but yes I am committed to it.

Ben, you crazy mofo, I like the enthusiasm you have. And the dedication. You have put a lot of effort into running, and are reaping the benefits, both physical and psychological. And with school, you are studying like a mad man, making sure to get everything done. That's the kind of work ethic that most people lack. What the hell? And Anton, you are doing a lot of stuff, like signing and running and PT and you are already planning out what you are going to do for the next 20 years. Where are other peoples' goals? Why do they simply fall over and die and just let life feckin steamroll them?

That's all I will say for now. Dedication. Execution. Don't say you're going to do something, then sit around on your ass. Get down to business and be productive!

I have a schedule. I think if I schedule some races then I will have a better reason for running. I think I will run the Psycho Wyco again. That was a fun time. And I think I might do the Brew to Brew Solo 44 miler. That would be good too.

You see what I just did? I made a plan. Now I have something to work towards.