Youtube is a wonderful thing. Without it I'd still be wondering where to start with my workouts. Today on my favorite forum a guy wrote a review of a training dvd called The Art of Strength. The workout he wrote about goes thusly.
Round 1: 2-Handed Swing, One Arm Swing, and Alternating One Armed Swings.
Round 2: Cleans
Round 3: Chest Presses (one arm)
Round 4: Squats/Sumo Deadlifts
Round 5: One leg deadlift (I think this one may take some practice to perfect)
Round 6: Windmills into an Overhead Squat
Round 7: Clean and Press
Round 8: Flip and Squat
Round 9: Tactical Lunges (basically a figure 8 while lunging)
Round 10: Triple Crush (focus on biceps, triceps, and shoulders)
Round 11: Slingshot into Figure 8 and Hold
Round 12: Seated Press
Round 13: One Arm Row
Round 14: Pullovers, Russian Twists, and Sicilian Crunch ( hey, gotta isolate the abs too.)
Round 15: Bonus 3 Minute Snatch Challenge (just to see what you've got left in the tank)
That's alot of workout gobbledygook that translates into the word Pain. Lots of pain. I'm such a wuss.
Super Burpee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOBi3ewNNAY
Well, I got about halfway through the above workout and my body decided I was pooped, so I stopped. At the end I decided to do this little exercise trainer Anthony calls the KB Super Burpee. I did seventeen. Yes, seventeen and I quit. Oddly, I find them easier than a regular burpee since I don't have to do a pushup or jump to my feet, but it still kicked my butt and made the two burritos I had for dinner want to reenter society.
Tomorrow I'm gonna do the whole workout, but I'm planning one lowering the time of the rounds down to one minute per instead of two. That way I'll get the whole workout instead of just half.
I'm Sick of Talent Contests
I found a post tonight that sums up my feelings about all TV talent shows by a guy named Bluezerosix, who's rant follows.
WTF is it with women & the T.V. show "Dancing With The Stars"?
If I get between my wife & T.V. during the show, it's at extreme risk to my life & limbs.
All of the women I know love that show & talk about it all of the time...more than even my buddies and I talk about football and guns...
It has to be the lamest, gheyist show of all time...
End of mini-rant...you may now return to regular programming.
Yup. I hate it all. American Idol, DwtS, America's got Talent, and I'll group in The Biggest Loser and Rachael Ray's talk show, Dr. Phil, and Oprah just for fun. Blech.
Enough already. Gimme some sci-fi, some action, some horror. Just gimme something.
2 comments:
I can tell you the fascination...we like to see people screw up to make ourselves feel good.
It goes back to our early days in grade school...you know, where you pick on the ugly kid cuz you don't feel good about yourself.
Or there's another easier, less psychological reason...Eye candy.
You know, you're probably right.
I was watching the news last night, and I couldn't tell you how almost thrilled the news-turds were that the poor blond girl from Mesa that's on American Idol screwed up with her song. I swear, they played the clip at least four times in a half hour, just going on and on.
How in the hell does that qualify as a news story? Seriously, of all the things that are newsworthy, a cute little mormon girl who forgot the words to a song just ain't one of 'em.
It was frankly disgusting, seeing how these thoughtless fools were slavering at the humiliation and the thought of more juicy drama to keep all the viewers watching.
Screw that, I've got better things to do.
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