Saturday, May 12, 2007

It's ok to be a pussy

warm up
500m row
3x5 pullups & dips

workout
50-40-30-20- and 10 rep rounds of:
Double unders (subbed tuck jumps)
Glute-ham sit-ups (eventually subbed decline situps)
Back extensions

Actually, I only did the first set of 50s. I was in the auxillary gym of palladium. I tried for about 10 minutes to do double unders, but couldn't get the hang of it and kept thwacking myself in the shins. I ended up with red lines all over my legs and then I gave up and decided to sub tuck jumps. There was really no way to do the glute-ham situps either. I started hooking my toes under the handholds on the decline bench, but supporting my weight with my toes started to hurt after awhile. So, I went to declines.

I didn't finish for several reasons, one being I was tired, but the other being I felt really bad doing the tuck jumps. Everyone is sitting around meditating, stretching, or doing quiet things in general, but then there's this gangly dude jumping way high in the air and slamming into the ground. No one appreciated it, that's for sure. Maybe if we all did it together...

1 comment:

brian said...

Next time, it might be easier to try "natural" glute ham raises. Examples of variations can be seen here (search for glute ham raise) and here (creative use of the lat pulldown machine).