Wednesday

Was going to skip because of an early morning. Decided to soldier on, pulled an all strength workout and did the following:

Burpees x  10
One Leg Plank x 13 secs per leg
X – Country x  29
Walking Lunges  x  19
Handstand Pushup x   4
Crunches – Legs Up  x   24
Squats x  20
Abs – Bicycle Legs x 18
Crunches -Twists  x  24
Pushups x 15
Walking Lunges x 14
Tridips x 18
Tridips x 18
Crunches – Legs Up x 16
Squat Jumps x  9
Burpees x 6
Handstand Pushup x 4
Burpees  x  10
One Leg Plank x 19
Box Jumps x 10
Squats x 15
Burpees x 8
Frog Leaps x 40
Pushups x 17
Crunches – Legs Up x 17
Curls x 7
Plank x 28
Handstand Pushup x  4

Psychology

The entire battle for fitness is in overcoming our inherent psychological ‘limit switches.’ Our minds control the whole show, and the limits the mind sets are very hard to bypass unless you create a systematic way to trick yourself beyond your limits.

A common way to do this is to have a spotter, or workout partner, who will kick you past those points where you just don’t feel like doing it. Another way is to pay a personal trainer. If you pay, you place some value on getting it done so you will do it. That’s why I have Crazy Rich the Ironman. Every Tuesday he kicks my up and down the hill of my own limits

The randomizer is about tricking yourself. It is a tool for that most pervasive of moments – the “I dunno what I wanna do” for a workout. This moment of indecision creates fuzzy options and we will economize to our limits. With the randomizer the only decision is ‘workout or no’ and the randomizer takes it from there.

April Catch-Up

The test of 2009 program came at the Reading Half Marathon two weeks ago where I clocked 1:44 for the half – a personal best. All systems were go and it was a good run. Next up is the Blenheim Tri.

Barcelona Box

In a hotel room in Barcelona randomly generated a quick 20 minute routine

Walking Lunges x 20
Situps – Legs elevated x 12
Pushups x 22
Tridips x 15
Walking Lunges x 11
Squats x 13
Situps – Legs elevated x 12
Pushups x 20
Walking Lunges x 13
Tridips x 15
Handstand Pushup x 4
Situps – Feet on Floor x 21
Handstand Pushup x 2
Pushups 14
Squat Thrusts 10

Was well done by the end – took about 23 minutes. Finding a place to do a handstand pushup was tricky – the maid will probably wonder where the footprints 6′ up the curtains came from.