Stay Off the PIE: 100 burpees and a 4k run.

Monday, March 2, 2009

100 burpees and a 4k run.

Today was exhausting. WOD was pyramid sets of burpees and running. The sum of which is described in th title of this post. I completed the workout in 36 mins. And I have double vision. Maybe that's due to the fact that I smoked 700 calories, which is the quoted rate for an hour of flat out slipping with a speed rope, just to put things into perspective. The objective of this type of workout is to target directly the metabolic systems responsible for providing energy to ones body. This results in improved recovery and capacity for work. It also tests your will because heaven help me this was a bitch to finish.

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KBMarch 11, 2009 at 1:52 PM
700kCal in 36mins... that's really impressive. Mind over matter, me thinks!
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The Spartan Workout Ideology

1) Lactic acid is the Spartan's friend. The Spartan knows the value of anaerobic failure, and actively seeks it out. If he falls on his face, he waits only as long as necessary to move again before he continues.

2) The Spartan takes no breaks between exercises, unless it's to shove a non-Spartan out of the way.

3) The Spartan runs. He does not use Stairmasters, or stationary bikes, or elliptical machines. He runs.

4) When the Spartan cannot run, he walks. When he cannot walk, he crawls. When he cannot crawl, he has failed.

5) The Spartan hits big muscles, like the back, the pectorals, the quadriceps and the gluteus. He knows this means he is building functional muscle that will assist in the destruction of his enemies and in the production of testosterone (of which the Spartan has more than the average man).

6) By contrast, the Spartan does not waste much time on small muscles. They will grow as the result of functional exercise that hits the big muscles (see above). For example, the bicep is only useful in that it assists with chin-ups, and scaling enemy fortifications. Anything else is vanity.

7) The Spartan abhors cables and machines. This is for two reasons. First, to activate stabilizer muscles, the Spartan must depend on himself to balance the weight, not a machine. Second - look up the adjective "spartan" in the dictionary: "strict and austere." You should be able to do a Spartan workout anywhere.

8) The Spartan fears only one thing: his workout. The enemy pales in comparison to his workout. If he doesn't fear his workout, it isn't hard enough.

9) Puking is acceptable. Quitting is not. If he gives up here, he gives up in battle. This is unacceptable.

10) So nature abhors a vacuum, so the Spartan loathes missing a workout. A Spartan can complete a workout in his grandma's basement, a hotel room, or in a city park.

11) If the Spartan is not in pain during his workout, he is wrong.

12) The Spartan never cheats. He maintains proper technique throughout his training, because if you cheat you only cheat yourself. The Spartan also knows that there is a difference between cheating and kipping which is a technique unto itself.

13) The Spartan knows the value of the basics: the push-up, the pull-up, the chin-up, the sit-up, the squat, and the dead-lift. He also knows the importance of variety, and seeks out different techniques of the above.

By: Captain Paul Lindsay, British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)

Stay Off the PIE

Monday, March 2, 2009

100 burpees and a 4k run.

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