The Covid (Clean &) Press Release :
My planet fitness home club is closed for about two weeks.
(Yes, I even checked other locations.)
Based on their advertising and fitness youtube (not to mention everything else) you could see this coming.
Work is super slow. Luckily I took the weekend shifts. It’s not a $0/zero hours paycheck.
What’s going on is a mass panic attack. This corona shit is only supposed to be like the flu and slightly threatening to those with very weak immune systems, and yet certain items are being hoarded, bought out as quickly as they arrive, people are piss scared…for nothing.
Me? I’m annoyed that the gym is closed, about groceries being sketchy, but like always I make do.
Upon finding out pf is closed my initial thoughts were burpees in empty public spaces, and military pressing in the yard.
Day 1 : March 18 – Thus far I’ve done more barbell work than I’ve done in quite some time (first time this year) actually lifting in the yard instead of my calisthenics and machines as routine at pf.
I’m going to overhead press every day while the gym is closed. Likely in the yard every day, but a day pass could be on the table, and I’d like to get some video from a parking lot.
This is a bulgarian pressing run. I’m big and strong, corona may equal video of a 225lb press for me.
(I want borrow a friend’s pickup, bring the bar to an empty parking lot, and get an amusing video of the press complete with celebration probably dancing beforehand.)
And “worst” case scenario, if I don’t try to peak over the next couple weeks, high reps are a base. 10×10 or greater, progressively heavier, is a launching pad to press heavy off of again. I’ll probably be mixing the rep ranges some. I’ve long enjoyed sets of 15-30 on presses, imagine how strong you’d be hitting something in the 1rm range (~205lb) for a 30rm. This is possible with conscious effort on high reps.
Persistence & Tenacity