Have you ever been so sure of yourself that you forget a tiny detail?
In this case I was so busy trying to kick Derek's ass that Lori beat my time.
Let me explain.
Today was a tailor-made workout for me. All upper body.
Push presses for strength then 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2 reps of upside down pushups superset with pullups.
I laughed because I can do upside down pushups better than anyone at the gym (yes, even better than Bumper, I think) and I've gotten my Kipping pullups to the point where 10 doesn't hurt at all.
That and Derek has a gimp shoulder so there's no way he's blasting past this workout.
Anyway, I'm ready to rock. I throw down a max of 155 for the shoulder press and start salivating at the thought of blowing past everyone.
So we start the clock and of course I finish the 10 upside down pushups first, hit the 10 pullups and see that some people are still on their first set of upsidedown PU. Easy money right?
Well apparently I forgot that Lori does pullups about as fast as a hummingbird flaps its wings. Mainly because she's got these short powerful arms which just pumps her up and down super quick.
I didn't realize that even though I was beating her on the UDPU's (upside down pushups) she was ripping past me on the pullups. I heard her yell "TIME!" and I was like, DAMN IT. I think I ended up being 20 or 30 seconds behind her.
Ah well. That's what I get for being overconfident.
Anyway, this all upper body workout evens me out for the week since we had an all lower body workout on Wednesday. We did back squats then five rounds of 20 box jumps and as many air squats as you can squeak out in the remaining time.
C'mon, are you kidding me? It was the dumbest workout ever. Well, dumb just because I hate squats.
But Bumper made it up to me with Friday's workout. Thanks coach.
And if you want to challenge me to a upsidedown pushup contest come Monday . . . wellllll
Sure, why not.
But I'm not doing a squat contest.
Peace
Rod
In this case I was so busy trying to kick Derek's ass that Lori beat my time.
Let me explain.
Today was a tailor-made workout for me. All upper body.
Push presses for strength then 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2 reps of upside down pushups superset with pullups.
I laughed because I can do upside down pushups better than anyone at the gym (yes, even better than Bumper, I think) and I've gotten my Kipping pullups to the point where 10 doesn't hurt at all.
That and Derek has a gimp shoulder so there's no way he's blasting past this workout.
Anyway, I'm ready to rock. I throw down a max of 155 for the shoulder press and start salivating at the thought of blowing past everyone.
So we start the clock and of course I finish the 10 upside down pushups first, hit the 10 pullups and see that some people are still on their first set of upsidedown PU. Easy money right?
Well apparently I forgot that Lori does pullups about as fast as a hummingbird flaps its wings. Mainly because she's got these short powerful arms which just pumps her up and down super quick.
I didn't realize that even though I was beating her on the UDPU's (upside down pushups) she was ripping past me on the pullups. I heard her yell "TIME!" and I was like, DAMN IT. I think I ended up being 20 or 30 seconds behind her.
Ah well. That's what I get for being overconfident.
Anyway, this all upper body workout evens me out for the week since we had an all lower body workout on Wednesday. We did back squats then five rounds of 20 box jumps and as many air squats as you can squeak out in the remaining time.
C'mon, are you kidding me? It was the dumbest workout ever. Well, dumb just because I hate squats.
But Bumper made it up to me with Friday's workout. Thanks coach.
And if you want to challenge me to a upsidedown pushup contest come Monday . . . wellllll
Sure, why not.
But I'm not doing a squat contest.
Peace
Rod
