Sunday 03-02-08 – Nightly Workout 2: #4

February 3, 2008

To be completely honest, I wasn’t thinking I would do the workout tonight.  I was trying to think of an excuse, and the main one I thought of was that I was annoyed and that I didn’t feel like it.  But, that is a shite excuse.  So, I did one.  From what I’ve heard, if you try something and do it daily for 21+ days, it gets ingrained into you as a habit.  That’s my plan – as I said yesterday, once I’m on the slope it should be easier to carry on.  But to get on the slope, I mustn’t miss a day, else I’d have to start again.

I rolled a 4.  This means tabata pushups/burps:

  • 20s pushups, 10s rest, 20s burps, 10s rest
  • 8 sets

Again, I was happy it wasn’t the burpees.  I’ll face them sooner or later though!  I should just man up.  I think my main problem is I find it hard to do the pushup part, although I know I must.

I did the workout whilst watching UFC 81 (listening to it anyway).  As expected for a double tabata, it took 8 minutes.  What can I say?  It’s a killer.  By the end I was breathing hard, sweating, and my arms especially were aching, lots.  But, it didn’t feel too bad.  Don’t have a clue how many reps I managed overall, although the last set I did 6 pushups and 12 burps only.  In a couple previous rounds I only managed 3 or so pushups.  But, hopefully doing something like this daily should up my fitness level!

Until tomorrow!