2000 burpees later...

BURPTASTIC - or not! Either way over the past two months I have completed over 2000 burpees and there are a few things I have learned.
 
Currently I’m on day 65 of my 100 days of burpees challenge (Day 1 = 1 burpee, Day 2 = 2 burpee... Day 100 = 100 burpees) - there’s also the burpees we do during WODS (workouts) making my total more than 2000.

So over the weeks I’ve compiled this list of the best and worst things about burpees and this challenge.

Good things?
    1 - When someone says 20 burpees I’m no longer afraid.
    2 - My benchpress has improved - from struggling to do 40kg for one rep to easily doing 40kg for 5 reps - I’d like to think the challenge has helped this otherwise, thanks CFNS.
    3 - My pushups have obviously improved.
    4 - My house is cleaner - strange but I’ll put the radio on do 6 to 11 burpees and clean for the rest of the song until the next song starts.
    5 - This works - try to do Saturday + Sunday’s allocation on the one day, or Sun/Mon so you can have Sunday off.
    6 - I’ve tried all the variations of burpees and am starting to find the one that works best for me with a few suggestions from onlookers :)
   
The Bad...
    1 - I’ve done more than 2000 burpees.
    2 - burpees and hangover = no fun for me.
    3 - It sucks I have to scale them otherwise I get too sore for regular training.
    4 - If I forget to finish a day I have more than 100 to do the next time.
    5 - Burpee and Burpee WOD days suck.
    6 - Sometimes people look at me weird and ask what are you doing? Insert recorded message here.

Will I do this again next year? That’s a good question, right now I’d say no, but time heals old wounds so... maybe I’ll do 100 days of something else challenge next time.

Check my last post for the official 100 days of burpees challenge rules

12.4 my legs are killing me!

IF I only got one more rep I would have had 200, but I'm sure everyone wanted one more rep. That's what keeps me motivated as well as how much better I will be at the Crossfit Games next year, in theory.

'Karen' was definitely a challenging way to start off the fourth WOD this year and I dare say the thought of 150 wall balls would have stopped people from giving this one a second try.

To recap 12.4 was a 12 minute AMRAP of 150 wall balls (for women - 6kg throwing it up to the 9 foot mark) followed by 90 double unders (double skips) and 30 muscle ups.

It was my first time ever doing Karen RXD and the first thing I told my awesome counter Michelle was please count it in 50's I do not want to hear okay that's 67 keep going.

I'm lucky that squats have always been my thing and being taller I didn't have to throw the ball as high. I also had Michelle tell me to yell lower if my squats were starting to get iffy so I wouldn't get no reped. I pushed through 25, 20, 15 and 10 at a time and finished them with a few minutes to spare.

The walk from wall balls to my skipping rope was epic. My legs were like jelly, my mind was a blur and my heart was racing. My recovery time is getting much better but I still have to work on my endurance.

I took a sip of water and asked the gods to give me rhythm. I missed a few skips but persevered five or four at a time. I wanted 90 but 49 was still pretty awesome.

The top people so far got...

Australia- Men: 261 (150 wb, 90du, 21mu) Women: 261

World- Men: 323 (1 round plus 150wb and 23du) Women: 266 (150wb, 90du, 26mu)

I just submitted my score so I'll let you know tomorrow what position I'm coming at through a comment. Hopefully a little better than 515 where I have been sitting after WOD 2 and 3. By the looks I could be 330 in Australia, that's so exciting!!!!

One day on my legs are sore, my neck is sore, my shoulders and lats are sore, my head is sore all though that's probably St Patricks Day/friend's hen's night related. lols bring on next week.

Come back soon to find out my predictions for the final open WOD, whether or not I get it and what my plan will be.

(picture - no picture I forgot, I'm so sorry I might try and get one during the week)