Workout #4 Your body is a temple... build it brick by brick

The Email: Workout #4 Your body is a temple... build it brick by brick (A Sullivan production of the Spanish Inquisition)

Boss,

This little piggy got his body back by stacking bricks.

The shed = Squats

The playground = Pushups

I want you to place 12 bricks in a pile next to your shed. How ever many bricks are at your feet is the number of reps you need to accomplish. You will run 1 brick at a time to the playground bench (in which you did the box jumps from) and place it on top. You must carry/run all 12 bricks down and then one by one bring them back.

The workout will looks like this:

START AT THE SHED

12 squats

run 1 brick to playground

1 pushup

run back to shed

11 squats

run 1 brick to playground

2 pushups

run back to shed

repeat....

continue until you reach 12 bricks at the playground you will perform 12 pushups AND run to the shed. Perform ZERO squats and run back to the playground, hit the deck giving me 12 more pushups and then start bringing your first brick back to the shed.

Enjoy - I know this one is going to be a mother f*cker

Oh ya - set the damn stopwatch. I want to know how long this suffer fest lasts. 

Sully


The Equipment:

 

Sully expectation:

 

 

 Before I rant, I do need to shout out to my beautiful wife. We have a 2 week old at home and Kerri has been 100% with all feedings and care for her in addition to the other 3 demons children in the house so I can focus on work and this challenge. I would not be able to commit to this without her. Thank you Momma! Love you!

Now, this challenge is REAL! Working at the restaurant yesterday was a joke, I looked like Forest Gump with leg braces last night because of all the lactic acid in my legs. After reading the email that I would be more or less tortured for an extended period of time didn't paint a picture of roses either. Nonetheless, I went to sleep mentally preparing myself for the morning ahead.

It must have worked, as I awoke before my alarm with a vigor I hadn't had in quite some time. I headed out at 6:30 to tackle my objective and prove that I was in this until the end. It started quite smooth though after the 3rd round my running quickly diminished to a jog (I believe the "j" is silent. Apparently you slowly run for an extended period of time. you should all try it, I hear its all the rave.). I also quickly befriended the school janitor and told him of my challenge to disperse any idea of a possible plot to abduct a child.

I liked this challenge because as I was beginning to tire of the squats, they decreased and likewise, pushups became challenging as the reps went on (By the way, I had to email an e-bay member selling a TI-83 to have them calculate the formula for how many pushups and squats I did today: 156 of each!) As I saw the bench bricks dwindle it also motivated me to push ahead and finish strong, increasing my speed on the jog (remember silent "J")  and even adding a CPC burpee on the final pass. I also think I may have caught a bit of the insanity because at one point I thought to myself, "SELF, if you stacked the bricks one one on top of the other instead of a pile and did your squats over them, making sure your butt touched each rep, you'd get a better result because you would be lowering your cheeks each round." I quickly punched myself in the face and threatened a bigger beating if I ever spoke like that again. With enough determination, I finished.

The result:

A good old "F U! I finished" to the man. Time 57.07

I feel myself getting stronger, feeling better, more energy and alertness and most importantly, a better attitude toward myself and others. I feel like I just won the fat people's version of American Ninja Warrior. Challenge accepted, Challenge completed! Thank you sir may I have another!