May
die like a greek
For some time we’ve toyed with the idea of posting a few versions of the same workout, at differing levels of difficulty. The decision is complicated, and has many disadvantages. But I’m guessing we’ll experiment with this in the future; so below you’ll find two workouts, and two versions of each.
The two workouts are evil twin sisters, anyway.
Aphrodite |
Frodie |
||
| 10 rounds | 5 rounds | ||
| 50 meter sprint | 50 meter sprint | ||
| 10 burpees | 10 burpees | ||
| For Time. | For Time. | ||
Pandora |
Penny |
||
| 10 rounds | 5 rounds | ||
| 50 meter sprint | 50 meter sprint | ||
| 10 push-ups | 10 push-ups | ||
| For Time. | For Time. |
You COULD do the full 10-round version. The question is: how much will you be “pacing” yourself? I.e, holding back from 100% exertion because you know you have to last for 10 rounds?
Choose the version that enables you to give enough intensity to make this a significant emotional event… and reap the benefit of truly explosive sprinting.
These simple, straightforward, hardcore workouts — back to basics, and intense. Enjoy, and remember to thank me.
Penny in 4:45.
Notes:
* Paced out 50m in the local park
* I was impressed by how difficult it was to do push-ups after a sprint. Most of the time was spent getting down to do push-ups after the 3rd, 4th and 5th rounds; felt it in my torso.
* If my push-ups get stronger, I think I can graduate to Pandora.
May 15th, 2008 at 3:10 pmI finally did Pandora. Coincidentally did it mid-day when the temperature was 46 degrees (114 F). I shrugged this inconvenient reality aside by saying, “ah, this will be a quick workout…”
4:03
Richard did it in 3:29; Scott may give it a shot later.
Tash videotaped me. Watching the video, I saw my splits were at least 10 seconds. How can it possibly take me 10 SECONDS to run 50 meters?!?! I became convinced that I had somehow mismeasured the distance. On the video, it suddenly looked longer than 50 meters. Tash and I figured out an easy way to measure it very precisely — I ran it next to a straight, unbroken curb comprised of equal, molded cement segments. We measured it with a meter tape. Our measurement came to 51.24 - 51.66 meters.
That workout kicked the hell out of my lungs, and I was not — normal when I finished. Spasmic coughing and probably some disorientation from the heat. Took about 45-60 minutes to recover.
May 18th, 2008 at 5:26 pm