Workouts on the Road

Monday, March 6;
5K
Time: 25:24 & a lot of sweat. I do not like running indoors.

Tuesday, March 7;

This may have been the most stupid workout idea ever. I saw yesterday's workout posted up on CFOT, so I thought I'd try it at the nearby Golds Gym. Ignoring the fact that I got a lot of strange stares, I loaded up my bar and hit a max 5 rep front squat.

My weights looked like this:
5,5,5,5,5
45lb, 65lb, 85lb, 95lb, 105lb, 115lbx3 (failed)

I am not used to lifting heavy in a big box gym. There are no bumper plates only metal plates, and there are lots of big guys that think little girls shouldn't be in their space. There I am attempting my 5 rep set at 115lb. I failed once at the bottom or rep 2. I just bailed the weight out front. Despite the loud noise nothing was hurt, so I picked the bar up, gave myself a rest, and attempted again. As I did my first squat, I realized there was a big old gym rat who was trying to spot me. I was fighting through the first rep and he lifted the bar a little. I of course told him that if he helps move the bar then it messes up my attempts. The second rep went smoothly, then I struggled through the 3rd rep and bailed. I said, "I'm bailing." But muscle guy decided to grab the bar, which meant about 115lb of metal slammed right into my knee. Awesome. I'm cool with big bruises, but not when they're not my fault. I knocked the weight down to 95lb and did a clean set of 5.

I did the finisher.. but this was the most idiotic idea I've had. Ever. I did a ladder that looks like this:
Squats: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80
Burpees: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

I have NEVER wished for more burpees in my entire life, but at 70 squats I was begging for more of those suckers.. more stares, some frowns and 360 squats later I was SMOKED.

The initial workout was meant to go up to 100 squats and 10 burpess, but there's a point where the intensity is impossible to maintain. The workout just became a little silly.

Ahhh, workouts on the road are fascinating.