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gfish ([personal profile] gfish) wrote2008-10-03 04:18 pm
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minor accomplishment

For no particular reason other than to keep my exercise regimen interesting, I've been doing the Hundred Pushups program. This morning I finished week 3 (all in the hard column). That means I did a total of 120 pushups this morning! I'm not sure I'm going to be able to finish week 4 on hard, though. It's getting pretty intense.
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[identity profile] ilmarinen.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
That's impressive. Don't think I'm still at a level I could do that right now. Last summer while, training a lot I was upto 18 sets of 7 pushups each within my KPoD (Thousand Punches of Doom) exercise. KPoD includes aa little over a thousand punches, depending on how closely I was counting, half to the air, half to the bag. My eventual goal was 13 pushups to a set. Need to start working on that again.

Really, what I should be doing is full-on crossfit training. Those guys are nuts--but impressive.

-B.

[identity profile] hsifyppah.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
I have a physiotherapist friend who likes to leave her card at the local CrossFit gym, because they're all bound to need a physio sooner or later following that batshit crazy program. :)

(Though I have to say I find the way it blends olympic weights, parkour, and tinfoil hat philosophy sort of melts my heart, aesthetically speaking.)

[identity profile] gustavolacerda.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
you username is almost the Finnish word for "free,exempt", "ilmainen".

gfish, do you do this at home?

[identity profile] ilmarinen.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the name of one of the characters from the Finnish Kalevala epic. He was sort of the sidekick guy, the smith.

I'm half Finnish (mom's side of the family, think it would have been my great-grandparents who immigrated) but don't speak it or anything, unfortunately.

-B.

[identity profile] mrpsyklops.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
That's a very interesting site. I may have to consider trying the program. Thanks.
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[identity profile] nimitzbrood.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. Now that I've cleaned out some floor space in the garage I think I'll try and make time to do this.

I'm far too out of shape for my own health and this is a good place to start since we don't have a treadmill any more. Thanks for the link dude! :-)
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