Learning about our strengths August 4, 2008
Posted by hardly Bar, Dips, Dumbbell, Kettlebell, Other, Pullups, Row, Run
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Today’s workout was fun, as we did a couple of things to help improve our skills, and also to learn a bit more about our strengths.
We all like to think we’re good at stuff. The reality is we’re not, or at least we’re probably not good at everything. And those that are good at everything are probably not going to be excellent at any one thing.
“Functional fitness” puts this into sharp relief. For example, you may be wonderful at lifting a bar with a lot of weight on it, but that probably means you’re slow at running. Or, you may be great at running, but you’re a bit slower than some bigger, taller people when it comes to the row. It’s all about our natural abilities, and as we develop them, it becomes clearer which things we excel at, and those that are a struggle.
Today, the two things I worked at were rowing and weighted pull-ups. On the row, we played around w/the damper settings to see which setting helped us to achieve our best time at the 300M row. The weighted pull-up is the first of several tests we’re using to determine max loads for various weight-bearing movements.
- 800 M run
- 40 Double KB Cleans @ 2 20 kg kettlebells
- 200 M Kettlebell Farmer’s carry @ 2 20 kg kettlebells
- 80 Front Squats @ 95 lbs
- 10 Overhead Squats @ 45 lbs
- 2x 300 M row
- 55.9 w/damper @ 5
- 55.4 w/damper @ 10 (PB? Probably. I think I can do better, given this was my 2nd try)
- Weighted Pull-ups
- 3 @ 25 lbs
- 3 @ 30 lbs
- 3 @ 35 lbs
- 1 @ 40 (Again, I can probably do better, but will need to start closer to this weight so fatique doesn’t impact my result so much)
- 30 Dips
Workout:
- Type: Other
- Date: 08/04/2008
- Time: 07:00:00
- Total Time: 1:00:00.00
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