Workout Recap - Week of September 8, 2019
A little change-up was due for me. Instead of doing two pass/fail workouts of three movements each, I did three pass/fail workouts of two movements each. Then, instead of my usual six-set weekend challenge that follows on the heels of doing 100 burpees, I did 50 burpees. After all, if I want to have better results when doing high volumes of those, it makes sense to have more practice with doing high volumes of them.
Sunday
Type: Pass/Fail
Fingertip Push Ups - 3 sets of 9 (pass)
Interval Pull Ups - 3 sets of 4 (fail, 4/4/3+1)
Bonus: 5 burpees
Clearly, I have no love for my hands and forearms.
Tuesday
Type: Pass/Fail
Close Handstand Push Ups - 3 sets of 8 (pass)
Pistol Squats, both hands behind me - 3 sets of 6, each side (pass)
Bonus: 10 fingertip push ups
This was a more balanced set-up. It also felt like a very effective workout despite the simplicity. Out of all the pairings I did this week, this is the one that I could see myself doing more often.
Wednesday
Type: Pass/Fail
Stand-to-stand Bridges, one wall touch on the way up - 3 sets of 6 (pass)
Skin-the-Cats - 3 sets of 6 (pass)
Bonus: none
I can't think of much to say about this which wouldn't be obvious already. It was a heavy bit of working on my waist area, with a side dose of active stretching mixed in.
Friday
Type: As Fast As Possible
21/15/9 Pull Ups
21/15/9 Push Ups
21/15/9 Prisoner Squats
Time = 6:45
Bonus: 5 burpees
This felt at once like something that I would've surely done before and something that I haven't done before. I never did get around to checking my records to see which thought was actually true, but at any rate, I think that's a fine time for what it was.
Saturday
Type: As Fast As Possible
50 Burpees
Time = 4:30
Bonus: 2 sets of 7 pull ups
Speaking of fine times, I was quite pleased with this one. Fatigue is less of a factor here than it would be for a full one hundred, of course, but being on pace for a 9-minute finish time seems pretty great. I'm honestly tempted to make this a recurring challenge workout for the rest of this month, but I'm still undecided on whether I'll follow through on that.
