One Armed Pullups

October 27, 2008

In honor of Stuart's birthday Jerry decided to do another ladder workout. It's like he's making us crawl one more ring up the ladder. Does that even make sense?? I'm doing 14 things right now, and I'm not focusing very well on this entry.

Today, was nasty and it just took FOREVER!!! It also involved 105 pullups. I realized by the end of the workout I was basically using my right arm to do the pullup and the left arm just for a little bit of help. It's kind of bizarre. I lean all the way over to my right shoulder. I hadn't noticed myself doing this until today. Maybe I can continue working on my pseudo one arm pullup and in a months time, I'll be in a brace and able to do a one arm pullup! That would be pretty hard core.

I must tip my hat to Karen and Matt. Karen has been out for the past few weeks taking care of her baby. She came in today. She not only did prescribed weight (85lb front squats) but also finished first. Matt, who is always pushing to be the first finisher, ended closely after. He was slowed down because he had torn chunks out of both hands doing pullups. Both are incredibly impressive athletes!

Workout:

Front Squat Pullup Box Jumps
10 15 20
9 14 19
8 13 18
7 12 17
6 11 16
5 10 15
4 9 14
3 8 13
2 7 12
1 6 11

Total: 34:29

Literally, this one took FOREVER. Also, I don't know if anyone else gets this, but there is one movement that we do that will without a doubt leave me sore for a few days. Box Jumps.. Box Jumps always get me. I think it doesn't help that I always wear heels at work, but the box jumps always hurt my calves. It's a good hurt, but a hurt nonetheless!