Can you remember that? Six minutes and 22 seconds. That was my time tonight for our workout of the day. That's how long it took me to do four rounds of 5 pushups, 5 renegade rows (per each side) 5 deadlifts, 5 cleans, 5 squats and 5 push presses all with 40 pound dumbbells.
It was tough but I like weights. Weights make me happy. Cardio not so much. That's why this blog is called, "I hate cardio".
Also today I promised Coach Bumper to start recording my times. Everyone else that works out at Raw Fitness Maui has a notebook where they write down their workout and their times. That way you can look back and say, "Hey look, I sucked less at this workout today than I did three weeks ago. Right on."
Actually it is a useful tool and I should do that. But I have this blog and why not keep my times on here? So when you see this WOD - 6:22 it means Workout of the Day - six minutes and 22 seconds.
6:22. Remember that time. The next time we do this crazy dumbbell marathon I expect to either slash that by a full minute or increase my weights to 50 pound dumbbells.
Yeah you heard it here first. Rod is starting to push the envelope, take it to the next level, go the distance or whatever they say when you're ready to get serious.
Because today I noticed that some of my chin fat was disappearing. WHAT? That's right bitches.
I used to be a tv news reporter and CHIN FAT is the enemy folks. Why you ask? Well if your face gets fat then you look like $hit because that's usually all people see on tv right?
I got out of tv long before my chin fat started to grow and moved to print news but it was still depressing to think that if I ever decided to go back to tv I would look 100 times fatter than I used to.
But now I see there is hope. It is October 27, 2010 and my time today was 6:22.
What's yours?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Running scared
Tonight was a straight up cardio blast. Running and sit-ups. Specifically run 400 meters and then come back and do 20 situps. You had to accomplish this feat within 3 minutes over an 18 minute period. That's 6 rounds of this cr@p.
Now, 18 workouts ago I might have been coughing up a lung. But I've actually improved a bit so I didn't do too badly. Lori was running way ahead of the pack and she tried to say she was going to fail before the workout started. "Oh I'm sick, I've got stuff in my throat, you're going to run way past me" blah blah blah blah.
Well Lori is the typical humble local girl with legs of steel. Former track girl, long jump and sprints and all that. Anyway, running is NOT a weak point for her. Maybe I can beat her at military press but freaking A that girl can take off running so I knew for all her complaining she was going to blast past everyone. Could she have run faster if she was completely healthy? Sure, but she still beat everyone. I just like thinking about stuff like that as she blows past me on every lap. Makes me feel better about coming in second.
Oh by the way, I promised Coach Kikuchi that I would tell everyone that I'm actually IMPROVING my physical condition while working at Raw Fitness Maui. He's afraid that my blog makes it look like I just get beat up every workout. I DO get beat up on every workout but in all honesty it hurts less and less every time. Progress right? You know it.
By the way, someone figure out what 40 percent of 190 pounds is. I hate math and I need to figure out which dumbbells to use to hurt myself with for tomorrow's workout. Oh joy.
Now, 18 workouts ago I might have been coughing up a lung. But I've actually improved a bit so I didn't do too badly. Lori was running way ahead of the pack and she tried to say she was going to fail before the workout started. "Oh I'm sick, I've got stuff in my throat, you're going to run way past me" blah blah blah blah.
Well Lori is the typical humble local girl with legs of steel. Former track girl, long jump and sprints and all that. Anyway, running is NOT a weak point for her. Maybe I can beat her at military press but freaking A that girl can take off running so I knew for all her complaining she was going to blast past everyone. Could she have run faster if she was completely healthy? Sure, but she still beat everyone. I just like thinking about stuff like that as she blows past me on every lap. Makes me feel better about coming in second.
Oh by the way, I promised Coach Kikuchi that I would tell everyone that I'm actually IMPROVING my physical condition while working at Raw Fitness Maui. He's afraid that my blog makes it look like I just get beat up every workout. I DO get beat up on every workout but in all honesty it hurts less and less every time. Progress right? You know it.
By the way, someone figure out what 40 percent of 190 pounds is. I hate math and I need to figure out which dumbbells to use to hurt myself with for tomorrow's workout. Oh joy.
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