Finals Time

Gentlemen, start your engines. This is the time of year when the workouts go from “normal” to “compared to finals this ain’t that bad” or alternatively “I’d honestly rather get punched in the neck than go through that again.”

I don’t know about undergrads but finals on North Grounds start tomorrow, which means it’s time to buckle down and go tough, go big, go fast, and go heavy . . . and keep on going until there is no more left.

It’s time to take it to the next level and finish the semester out right. That means that the workouts coming up should be harder than usual, both mentally and physically. That means finish everything you start. Encourage one another. Hoot and holler. Get into it. And if anyone looks at you funny, make them do burpees.
- Chadron

For those of you who weren't at the workout today, because of exam schedules in the following week, we're encouraging everyone to try and devise pickup group workouts. Simply post in the comments section when and where you'd like it to happen, and whoever can make it will go. These aren't meant to be terribly organized or large in number, but just as a way for people to get creative and workout together. Even if you haven't made up a workout before, give it a shot; we can always figure out the kinks at the workout itself.

Some finals reading:

http://www.gymjones.com/schedule.php?date=20080423
http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2008/04/24/to-suffer-is-the-currency-of-racing/
http://www.performancemenu.com/shorties/index.php?show=shorty&shortyID=36
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/business/worldbusiness/26food.html?ex=1366948800&en=41338890f8a23d58&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4362041487661765149

Who's pushing who?

Bin's Choice

I won't be able to do the group workout this coming Sunday either, so I just thought I'd post something different so that I can still do stuff with everyone. Below are three separate workouts that I'm going to do and report on at some point in the week. Nothing too crazy, so I'd encourage anyone interested to try them out as well.

"2nd effort"

Max pull-ups
Tabata Rows
Max pull-ups

- For the pull-ups, bring the bar to your adam's apple (no chicken-necking), and you can hang and rest if you like and keep counting pull-ups, so long as nothing touches the ground.
- Rows are done for a full eight rounds (20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest, total of 4 minutes) at level 4 on the wheel. The computers stop counting if the wheel isn't moving, so you'll have to track time yourself. This is scored for total calories at the end.
- My previous: 25 PU, 73 Calories, 13 PU

"Thighmaster"

3 rounds for time:

Stair jumps
400m run
1.5 Bodyweight Deadlift x 3

- This assumes you're in Mem Gym. Going from the weight room to the track, jump the stairs in sets of three, both feet jumping and landing at the same time. Feel free to descend the stairs however you want.
- Dead stop on the Deadlifts; no bouncing weights

"Half-Dagwood" (taken from Mountain Athlete)

3 rounds for time

10 x Sandbag Clean & Squat
10 x HSPU
10 x Ab-chair sit-ups
10 x Pull-ups
10 x Jingle Jangle
1 min rest

- Requires Mem Gym again. The smallest punching bag in Mem Gym is fairly easy to take down. Bring it from the ground to your shoulder, stand up, then do a full squat.
- Hand Stand Push Ups are done from full extension until your head touches the ground, hands at shoulder width. Anything else is considered scaling
- Ab-chair refers to the contraption in the bag room for doing sit-ups. Tilt it all the way back and touch your feet for a full rep.
- Pull-ups are strict. No kipping. Adam's apple to the bar.
- Jingle Jangle is a shuttle run between two cones set 5 yards apart. Both feet must pass the cone, and once across is a rep.
- Take the full minute to rest. This work will add up quickly.

Lone effort

Chadron's Choice

Group workout on April 13, 1pm in the bag room in Mem Gym. No clue as to what it is, though...

"Intensity and results are directly proportional, but intensity and comfort are inversely proportional. Choosing for greater intensity is choosing for more fitness but also greater personal sacrifice in the form of discomfort. Expecting elite fitness from comfortable efforts is naïve, while going too fast is dooming." -Coach Glassman.

Outdoor Group Workout

Group workout Saturday, consisting of:

DB snatch and overhead carry
Crawl
Cone run and pushup

Followed by:

Practice with Boa and Slamball

Do it

Harder

Better

Faster

Stronger