Day 27: He called it "Core Destruction"!!!

The Email: Subject: Core Destruction


Some straight sets.
Equipment: you need a full 1 gallon jug of water

1/2 Turkish get up x 8 (one side) using a 1 gallon container SLOW
1/2 kneeling get up x 8 (one side) using a 1 gallon container SLOW
Rest 20 seconds and then repeat on opposite side. 4 x total

Old school - partner sit ups. Have one guy hold the others feet and preform sit ups in the following sets (no bouncing from the bottom) 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 rest when needed but do not switch guys until you achieved prescribed set.

Inchworm pushup 8 x in one direction then turn around and do 8 back to you starting position.
Single hand thruster with 1 gallon container 15x AFAP (as fast as possible) - I need you to make sure that your hips clear your knees. Break parallel on the legs
Do NOT rest here go right into your next set of inchworms repeat 4 x total (switch hands)

Sea saw hanging trunk flexion. Jump up to the handles on the sea saw. Using your entire body (no worries there is no cheating here) shift the entire sea saw from one side to another. Move the entire unit back and forth 6 x before resting. rest 40 seconds and then repeat effort 4 x

10 sprints from park bench to end of your walkway. As soon as you reach the walkway do X burpee(s) then jog back to bench. No rest just repeat as soon as you get there.

"X" = the rep your on is equal to the number of burpees. 1st sprint is 1 burpee, 2nd sprint is 2 burpees, etc.

Don't come back until your midsection is convulsing.

The Equipment:

Never in my life would I have ever assumed that I could hate a gallon of water as much as I did after today's workout. I also never assumed I could hurt as much as I do from said water jug. Once again Sul, well done. A day of rest after the epiphany, and I am right back to thinking how foolish I was to let you know it. Why wouldn't you bring it to the next level to put me back in my place. I wanted to throw up at least three times during this workout, but my core hurt so much, the muscles told ME they didn't have the energy to vomit.

During the Turkish getup series, the cold water began to sweat the jug (The jug may actually been sweating itself because of how intense the workout was, we're still not too sure)  which then dripped on my face, teasing me with the contents inside. I was so tempted to drink from the jug at each break so as to lighten the load and make each progression easier. The thought of Sully finding out and making the jug full of sand on the next go around quickly dissipated any malicious thoughts I had toward the evil jug.

 











(This is how I think I may have looked at this point already)

Then on to old school situps...Umm, were you expecting to see us workout like this?

 The first 10 of each set were a piece of cake...mostly because I imagined a piece on my knees and shot up each rep trying to eat it. then I would do sets of 5, making sure my partner was counting and paying full attention while doing so because each completed situp was golden and precious in every way...it was one less I had to do. The sets of 5 then went to sets of 2, then quickly to 1 with a disgusting and disturbing grunt at the bottom of each rep. My innards were like the Leonidas and the 300 fighting off the Persians, each situp was a wave of enemies attacking the few strands of muscle fiber left in my stomach. Surrender was discussed several times:

 








But good coaching from Chris, left me to battle through it.










Oh, Btw, Chris, my workout partner, is JACKED! Comparatively, its night and day between he and I:

















There isn't enough time in the day to describe the inchworm push up into thrusters series. Yeah, I'm going to repress those memories for now. A few therapy sessions may be needed to detail those at a later date.

Then, we hit the seesaw. This exercise is by far the most unique (that's nice for "the most totally F***ed up exercise I've ever seen") exercise I've had the distinct pleasure of participating in. I, along with 3/4 of the team can't do 4 sets of this yet. the spring (yes I said spring while describing a seesaw) holds you back something fierce. I was able to capture Chris H, our resident wrestler and future playground GQ model, ripping off a set:

 I was short on time after needing more than my typical hour to get this far so we had to cut the workout short on the sprints, getting through only 5 rounds. Once again, I'm totally spent, each workout pushing me to the brink before completion. I called Sully today after the workout and tried to rattle off as many swears as I could at him in the least amount of time. I felt like George Carlin rambling off the seven dirty words skit (did I just date myself there???)

We are closing in on the halfway point and I must say, I've never felt better. My confidence is restored and I feel sexier even proud of my body










Watch out world! Here I come...


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