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

12.3 if only I could have caught my breath I'd be able to rock this

THE hardest workout by far was certainly the Crossfit Games WOD 3 - 15 box jumps, 12 push press and 9 toes to bar.

My initial plan was to go all out and get as many rounds completed as possible, which I guess is what anyone would hope to do every time.

15 box jumps complete, 35kg push press which I semi jerked most times was not too bad, I just kept telling myself I've done 55kg, 35 is easy. Toes to bar... I got about three or four done properly, then I realised how hard it was.

Before starting the workout I was having a chat to a few of the other crossfitters and there were a range of different strategies and levels of nervousness.

The main concern was indeed the toes to bar and how ripped their hands were going to get so I absolutely covered my hands in strapping tape... only to find my hands were getting sweaty later.

During the first round - a couple of times I managed to get one foot up then kick the other foot to the bar. Either way, slowly, I got the first round completed.

Second round box jumps were good, push-pressing was a little harder and I went back to the bar.

Breathlessly I jumped up and tried to kip my way up with only a little luck. At about five reps in ripped tape of one of my hands to give me time to catch my breath again.

Then I kipped again and found the rhythm, I could get one leg up easily and kick the other up sort of like an eight-year-old trying to do flips on the monkey bars.

I finished the second round and still couldn't get my breath, kept pushing and thinking I'll catch my breath on the box jumps, push press or toes to bar.

I got to the third round of toes to bar took off the strapping from my other hand and had a rhythm going one leg at a time.

I'm pretty sure I was the only one doing it this way but hey, whatever gets you through it is the way to do it. I also had great support from the rest of the team at northside, thanks guys.

In the end I got three rounds and 15 boxjumps.

That places me in

WOD 3

Australia 520

World 6735

Overall

Australia 515 of 709 so far

World 6645 of 7738

Not bad. I can only imagine how much better I would be this time next year.

Visit again soon to find out my prediction for next week, my strategies for the WOD 4 and results.... Two weeks to go!!!

(picture - this one is from Katrina who was taking photos on the day, (thankyou!) i've got no strapping on my hand so I can only assume it's late round two or three)