Sunday, November 30, 2008

A tabata party

Went to Crossfits workout of the day today. The workout was supposed to be "Complete 32 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where the first 8 intervals are pull-ups, the second 8 are push-ups, the third 8 intervals are sit-ups, and finally, the last 8 intervals are squats."

I don't have a pull up bar, and I have very poor upper body strength/I am lifting a lot more weight than your average ultimate player doing push ups. So I did inclined push ups (with my feet on the third stair in my living room) in place of the pull ups, and push ups from my knees for the regular push ups.

I also used this nifty tabata timer from Crossfit to keep my time

My numbers:
Inclines: 15-10-10-10-12-10-5-10
(girl) pushups: 15-12-11-7-7-8-6-9
Crunches: 26-27-26-28-30-32-31-31
Squats: 26-26-26-27-28-28-29-29

Total exercises: 607 clearly disproportionately skewed towards my core/legs.

I probably should have done actual sit-ups but that ruins my back. Overall this was an awesome way to fit a quick workout into my day. Considering it was a kinda crazy weekend filled with way too much food I'm happy that I was able to stay relatively active this weekend and not balloon up to 220+ lbs. Back to the normal schedule tomorrow.

(219lbs)

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