Burpee As Amp Up :
•Pace
•Stomach hit
•Toe touch
•Down
•Wait for weight
•Pushup
•PR
•A few burpees
•Final burpee : jump, land, double stomach hit, equipment free pull apart, turn around, angry breath, come down
11/11/20
Starting from the bottom I went up to a weighted pushup with +200lbs.
My buddy, 150lbs, standing on my upper back while holding a pair of 25lb plates.
(Doubling him alone the other day.)
I did 8 progressively heavier sets to get to the +200lbs before going back down to +him alone.
I now view +150 as easy. It’s no challenge, it’s just a pushup.
The last couple sets I was amping up for, I’d pace shortly then do a burpee to the bottom, where he’d step on, and GO!
I went somewhere.
Not wanting to say a word, my self talk nothing but saying how I’ll power through it.
I’d doubled him holding 30lbs. A single with him +40.
He’s asking me if I can do more, he doesn’t want me to.
“You’re just holding weights, it’ll be fine.”
That california prison style of burpee, the one I picked up from youtube, I’ve trained myself to be able to flip a switch with it.
Burpee, Click!
The peripherals are in red. I’m stronger. There is only the effort.
Jump, Double Hit, Arms Apart, Turn Around, Breathe, Click. Normal
(j vengeance rise and grind)
I ran the numbers, the double with +180 is the equivalent of a 2x349lb bench.
The +200 weighted pushup equaling bench 369lbs.
.65×260=169
169+200=369
Recently I’ve been getting better and better at going somewhere, then hitting big PRs.
In the session I also did some good high rep sets on the leg press, see saw press, dumbbell bench, and hit 9 pullups.
Very strong session. I have a switch. In general when I train – I’m there.
Amazing self talk.
18 months minus lockdown at planet fitness, over two years without hitting a single bench rep, I’m good for a 365lb bench if not 405+.
I know I can clean and press a pair of 100lb dumbbells. I can be a 500lb bencher if I choose to pursue it.
Click!
Persistence & Tenacity