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Cold, night workout on the turf field at Washington Park. Crossed paths with a kindred spirit doing some sprints, which was cool. Started with my old standby, the official TWBS warmup:
Repeat 3x, then:
Repeat 5x, not for time. Low sweat index due to the cold, but I came pretty close to puking. Note: on cheat days, do intense workouts before crap.
Good old turf field. Good old autumn air.
Repeat 10x
I rested a bit between each set so I could really hit each sprint with max intensity. All pushups were unbroken and relatively easy. Felt good.
Late night workout on the turf field. Keeping it simple, keeping it real:
Repeat 8x, resting ~30 sec between rounds. I love a sprint workout.
At the turf field in Washington Park, not even in workout clothes since I have no time:
Rested as needed between sets. Was originally planning on doing 10…1, but these were too easy, so I laddered back up at 5 reps. Probably should have done 10 reps in each set.
Finally had a nice sunny morning in Berlin, so I headed outside to the Tempodrom, right outside my hotel for a stair-based workout:
Repeat 10x
Not for time. This wasn’t nearly as hard as I hoped it would be.
I’m in Berlin this week for work. I was excited because my hotel is right next to a giant soccer field, but when I headed over there for a sprint workout it was locked up tight. So I took a 1.5 mile jog to a huge outdoor track that I found nearby, which was also locked up tight. Also jogged by a bunch of playgrounds with pullup capabilities but they were all locked too. What the fuck is up with these Germans?
I trudged down to the hotel gym to see if there was anything worthwhile in there and found a rower! It’s not a C2, but beggars can’t be choosers. Whipped up this little ditty on the fly:
Repeat 3x
Time: 16:12. Spent a lot of time fumbling around on the rower getting in and out. Kept an average pace of around 1:30/500m.
Headed back out to the wonderful turf field tonight.
AMRAP in 10 minutes
Score: 9 rounds. Did the pushups on my knuckles because my hands are still a blistered mess from yesterday’s fun on the turf. Good sweat.
Haven’t been able to get to the gym at all, so I headed out for a morning workout on the turf field at Washington Park.
AMRAP in 15 minutes
Score: 10 rounds + bear crawl. Sheeeet. I was going at a pretty steady pace but on the 8th round I developed some serious blisters on the heels of both hands. It really slowed me down. Look out when the hot sun hits that fake grass!
Previously: 11+ on 9/7/10; 11 on 4/6/10; 11 on 10/4/09; 11+ on 6/22/08
In the tree-branch strewn aftermath at Washington Field:
Repeat 9x
9x, you say? But 10 is such a nice, round number! Well duty called and I was pulled off the field before finishing.
Gorgeous, almost autumnal night in Washington Park.
AMRAP in 15 minutes
Score: 11 rounds + ~15m bear crawl. I finished the 12th round because that’s just the kinda guy I am.
Previously: 11 on 4/6/10; 11 on 10/4/09; 11+ on 6/22/08
Mark’s Daily Apple just started posting a Workout of the Week and since the first one was right up my alley I gave it a go on the turf field at Washington Park:
AMRAP in 12 min.
Total score: 10 rounds +6 squat jumps. I inadvertently flip-flopped the order of the pushups and jump squats, but it probably doesn’t make much of a difference. This was a great intense little workout and works really well with the equipment I have on hand. I’ll have to do it again soon.
Went to the Huntington HS track for another crack at the Interval Challenge to find out just how out of shape I really am.
Repeat 4x
Total time: 19:23. Blech. The pushups were slow going but those runs were just atrocious. Thought some of the elderly track walkers were gonna pass me by my fourth lap.
Previously: 18:32 on 7/5/09; 4/2/08
An early morning workout in Washington Park while my girls were still sleeping:
Rested as needed between sets. Hard work.
Had the entire turf field in Washington Park to myself this fine evening:
Repeat 10x, resting as needed between intervals.
I tried to fully recover my wind between sets so I could do an all-out sprint each time. I was chuffed by the end of this one, I’ll tell you what.
Nice sunny morning + working from home = morning workout in Washington Park.
AMRAP in 15 minutes
Score: 11 rounds, which seems to be par for the course. The timer shortly after starting my last crab walk, but I finished the full round. Crab walks suck.
Previously: 11 on 10/4/09; 11+ on 6/22/08
