The Burpee Calendar

Hello!

I just got home from my Tuesday workout. Did total body again. Last week I exhausted myself so this time I scaled it back and didn't do as many exercises but still hit all the major muscles. Now I feel like I didn't work hard enough! The workout was good but I felt like I could have worked a liiiiittle harder. Ah well.

Gym irritant #147 - 60lb barbell on the top of the rack. 20lb barbell on the bottom. Really?  It's not an insane amount of weight, and maybe I'm making too big a deal out of this, but the top of the rack is chest height... it's much easier and SAFER to just deadlift the bar up from the bottom spot on the rack and then start using it for what you need. Picking a bar up from chest height is trickier, for me at least. I did pick it up and went to work on my squats, but it was tricky for me to maneuver it from that  starting height.  Maybe it's easy if you can curl or pull 60 lbs. I sure can't. I guess it just bothers me because it's kind of inconsiderate. The racks are supposed to go lightest to heaviest. Who puts a 20lb barbell on the bottom? Blah.

Here's something I have been working on -

The Burpee Calendar!

The burpee calendar, and random weights in the background

This is a little something I came up to help me be able to do more burpees. I do burpees not only because they're very very good for you, but also because Spartan Race is infamous for their 30 burpee penalties and just making you randomly do burpees while you're at their races. I want to be able to do 30 in a row.

So - every time I do burpees I write down how many I did. The bigger the number, the bigger and crazier I write.
The next time I do burpees, my goal is to do one more than the previous number. Right now I'm up to 23!

This is a great way to see your progress and keep you on track to reaching your burpee goals. And you could use this for any exercise!

When will I reach 30? What is this sheet going to look like once it's filled up? Can I get to some crazy ridiculous number of burpees? Only time will tell!