Catch-up

Just like the joke from "Pulp Fiction," I squashed the baby tomato that fell behind and said, "ketchup!"

After that atrocious aerobics workout from Tues. and nothing yesterday I had to revive my spirits with a workout today. Once again, the getting up early plan failed as I slept in.

Now, it's 35, windy, and feels like 28 (I only put the temp because I know both The Duke and Abby are in colder places than I). I wasn't sure what kind of run to do today. 4 miles around campus seemed boring. Running through the ghetto at night seemed too dangerous. Thus, I decided to hit the track.

What kind of workout could I do on the track that would both a) help improve my cardio and b) make me feel less lazy from the past two days? How about a:

SKINNY SUPER MAMMOTH!

If you don't remember what the Mammoth workouts consist of here is a refresher from The Duke's blog:

Mammoth = pullup, situp, pushup
Full Mammoth = pullup, situp, pushup, fire, dip
SUPER MAMMOTH = 200 meter sprint, pullup, situp, pushup, fire, dip
WOOLY MAMMOTH = 200 meter sprint, pushup, situp, pushup, fire, dip, 25 meter swim sprint

I'm calling today's workout a skinny super mammoth because I didn't incorporate pull and dips into the workout until after, and even then I wouldn't include them. Here's how things went down.

Started with a 1/2 mile warm-up and quick stretch
Jumped into PT/run routine with no breaks.
PT included 10x: 12 varied push, 24 varied sit, 30 fire-haulers, and a 200m tempo/medium
The first five sets felt great, and the push-ups were easy with the high heart rate. By the sixth set the heart was playing catch-up and the fire started. Push were the easiest, but the fire-haulers and sit burned like the dickens. Finished with 1/2 mile warm down.

After that, I went to the pull-up tree ready to knock out some stellar pull-ups only to find out that my arms didn't work anymore. After lots of struggling and about 2 1/2 "pull-ups" (if you could even call them that) I went to the dips. Did ten dips and threw in the towel.

I'm pleased with today's workout and plan to do it again.

Happy workouts to all.