Jn 18 2018 High volume day
Today was meant to be a day off, but I have trouble doing nothing so I thought I'd bust out some volume in the Grease the Groove (GTG) format.
I've been reading a few posts by @ninjamike lately and noticed he's been doing the 100 rep a day challenge posted by @steemmatt in the link below
After reading about @steemmatt and his motivations for working out, I thought I might as well give a brief explanation of my motivations. I've been hit by several cars while training and competing in road cycling events and I've quite comprehensively busted both knees, one hip, one shoulder, both wrists and also done some serious damage to my spine.
If I don't do enough focused strength training, within weeks I get to the point where I can't walk, I have so many severed ligaments and tendons that my body is held together by muscle tension & will power. Even when I have been training I have to think about every step I take and if I lose concentration for a fraction of a second I typically end up doing a faceplant. Strength training maintains the mind body connection well enough to allow me to function. So training isn't a lifestyle choice for me it's an absolute necessity.
My normal training schedule would take me past the 100 rep count per day if I include my warmup and cooldown reps but today I did things a bit different just for the challenge.
Training - over an 8 hour period
GTG fatbar pullups
12 sets of 5 reps -60 reps
GTG pushups
12 sets of 5 reps - 60 reps
GTG CoC #1 gripper
60 reps per hand - 5 per hand after each set of pullups.
240 reps total
Hi - welcome to the team!! WOW - you are one resilient person to rebound from all of those injuries. Congratulations on that resolve and recovery.
Could you please post this to this link for today's fitness challenge? Thanks!! @steemmatt
https://steemit.com/fitness/@steemmatt/steemit-daily-100-rep-fitness-challenge-day-42-1-17-18-total-team-reps-60-621
Also for future people seeing your post (if you'll copy and paste your template, please just throw another "t" on the end of my name up there so people can click it for more info.
Also, do you mind sharing what country you're from since I'm keeping tabs on that? If not, that's ok.
I will post what I did today in your page you've linked to now. Thanks for the upvote too, much appreciated.
Sorry for getting your name wrong, I've fixed that up.
& I'm an Australian.
You're awesome! Thanks so much!! Glad to have you aboard and looking forward to learning about your workouts.
Thanks @steemmatt !
I'll give you an upvote tomorrow when my steem power comes back up.