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user-inactivated  ·  3399 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: TFG's Workout - Week 2 (long due)

    For the burpees, I'd say break them into sets

I did; they still seem freaking hard. I suppose they're meant to - per aspera ad astra - but right now, they feel too hard to pursue. Like I said in the post: I get a certain level of endurance and strength for each consequent day, while with burpees, all I seem to do is challenge myself.

It might very well be that I've picked the wrong challenge for me: while Running and Core Challenges work slowly but steadily towards the goal and I get the feeling that I can tackle the next one since I did all the previous ones, Burpees Challenge just tires me physically and mentally.

If I decide to drop it - which seems more and more like a reasonable idea - I can always pick it up later, or include them, in a different fashion, in further challenges, or leave it on the floor and, instead, take up something that suits me more.





jleopold  ·  3399 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think part of the reason you're finding the burpees especially tough is that you are doing them last after both running and pushups earlier in the day. Basically, if those challenges are pushing you well, the burpees may be overkill. Getting rid of them may actually help with the other Challenges.

user-inactivated  ·  3399 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's what I'm thinking. Nothing wrong with burpees - just with the load I already have on my shoulders.