Smurph is doing Push Jerks!!

Ya know how I hate running?  Well, when I heard Murph mentioned as the workout, I had mixed feelings.  Murph is big.  Did I want to try it?? Well, yes and no. I really want to see if I can do it at some point - some point when I have alot of time on my hands.

Murph:1 mile run, 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 squats, 1 mile run.

Sounds a bit crazy, eh?  Well, like I said, part of me really wants to try it..but upon hearing that there was a 40 minute cutoff - there is just no way on the planet  I was going to be doing all of THAT in 40 minutes. Give me an hour or two...maybe.  Think of it this way, I'm a slow, slow runner and can't run very far without walking. So, pathetic as it sounds, running the mile at a 4 MPH pace - you're looking at 1/2 hour for the 2 miles.  Add in the equivalent of 20 rounds of Cindy.  On my best day, fresh as the summer breeze, I can only get in 12 rounds of Cindy in 20 minutes.  So - add on a minimum of 30 minutes and you're lookin' at a good hour for Murph. 

Fortunately, we were given the Smurph option.  Basically 1/2 of Murph: 1/2 mile run/50 pullups/100 pushups/150 squats, 1/2 mile run.

I did far better than I thought I would. I actually managed to run the first 1/2 mile nonstop. No walking.  You may not think this is big, but it's quite large for me!!  I'm kind of proud of that fact, sad though it may be....  

I broke the pullups/pushups and squat into 3rds.  1st round 20 pullups/40 pushups/50 squats, 2nd round 20 pullups/30 pushups/50 squats, 3rd round 10 pullups/30 pushups/50 squats.

Pullups were jumping in the red bands.  Can I just say that I'm beginning to believe I'm never gonna leave the band..... 

It's amazing how accustomed you become to doing something - Cindy is 15 squats - rarely do we do more.  So when it came to squat time, you think, ok sets of 50, it won't be that bad.  Well, you've become so accustomed to 15 and stop that once you pass 15 every squat thereafter is pure work.  So you push it get to 28 - then OW!! EEK!! CRAMP!! ZOWIE!!  ...must pause.   Then continue on...another 12, your thighs are on fire....pause....crap that's only 40.  Ok, only 10 more, you can push through these....working, working, going into your happy place so you feel no pain, when suddenly you can't deny it any longer, you have to stop or scream.  CRAP that was only 7!!!  Still 3 to go.....(that should give you a bit of an idea of the squat misery)

Once you've completed that bit of torture 3 times - you have the next 1/2 mile run.  Not that it was exactly a run, and it took a good 1/8 mile to get my legs semi recovered after the squats. OY VAY! But I finished it in 30:32.  Which I though was pretty good.  Endurance things are not my forte.

Today  Split Jerks 1/1/1/1/1/1/1/  for weight.  I did 85/95/105/105/110/110/95

These I could not get form wise, or weight wise.  Not sure if it's their funky nature, or the cold I'm continuing to fight, or what.  In theory, and I say theory because I have yet to see the proof on this, you should be much stronger on Split Jerks than Push press or push jerk.  Well, I'm not even close.  My Push Press max is 140, my push Jerk is 135.  Split Jerk 110???   

I know!! I had on the wrong outfit!  I didn't wear my "strong" brown shirt - that explains everything!! 

Overall, these are ok - not really natural, so guess who gets to work on these during warm ups??  Yep, if you guessed that it's not your old Aunt Hildegard, you are correct!