Spent a week recuperating from being sick and finally got back to the gym today. Although, I did do a couple of mountain bike rides with Chris since the weather has been nice. We rode Red Rocks the other day and the last part was a bit muddy. I asked Chris why a few grams of weight matter on a crank or rims when you've got 2 lbs of mud on your tires clogging up the narrow passageway forcing you to stop and clean it off!?? He didn't respond. Nikki girl didn't mind the mud though. She took our little tire cleaning break as a sign to lay down in it as she was pooped! I wish I had a helmet cam sometimes when I'm behind her and Chris -- she is just sprinting all out to catch up to him - it's hilarious! She's such a good bikin' dog!
Anyway, been looking at another type of workout plan thanks to a friend passing along the website. It's called Crossfit and it's amazing. It is a combination of gymnastics and weight training and the practice advocates "garage" gyms that have equipment you don't normally find in a gym like Bally's. I've enjoyed watching some of the videos and the encouraging thing is that all of the people in them are extremely fit! There's also a graphic of someone puking their guts out after doing some of the workouts and a warning about Rhabdo, which doesn't seem too encouraging, but it looks like people are getting results. After belonging to a gym for over 18 years and working out and not seeing great results, it's worth trying. Check out the "crossfit housewives" video under the video link -- something to aspire to for sure! I can't even do 1 pullup, let alone as many as these women do!
Found a local crossfit group and I'm going to a free workout on April 21st to check it out. (Click on the colorado springs link on the right.) Did one of the workouts tonight (with the assisted pull up machine!) and swam afterwards. Can definitely feel the quads burning from all of the squats, but it's nice getting a great workout in less than half an hour and I'm looking forward to the day when I can do pull ups w/no assist!!
Happy training all!
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hand strength is pretty important in those pull ups. Try doing at least hangs (if not bent-arm hangs) to help build up the basic strength just to hold yourself on the bar while you're getting strong enough to do body-weight pullups.
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