Last
week Pierini Fitness had
a birthday so he’s now a bona-fide 65-year young middle-aged man. Thus far, I’ve been blessed with good health
and wellness and for this, I’m most grateful.
I know it could all change in a heartbeat and take nothing for granted.
I’m
quite proud of my current fitness level but must always be on guard that I’m
also humble about it. One way I keep my
humbleness is by regularly stepping up to the plate and doing a quick burpees
workout. I find 100 burpees for time is
one way to keep me very humble.
On
my 65th birthday, I did just that with a birthday burpees challenge
of 100 burpees for time. My approach was
to perform 5 burpees every 35 seconds for 17 rounds and then a final round of
15 burpees. My time was 12:02; not great
but good enough for a newly crowned 65-year old man.
I
prefer doing 100 burpees for time this way – shorter rep rounds using a fixed
time interval rather than going by my intuition gut. Once I’m able to complete all rounds within
this fixed time interval, I then drop the time interval by one second. My mind and body are more likely to be
willing to cooperate with this subtle change.
I call this method of progression “measured coaxing.”
My
current 100 burpees for time journey has a Summer 2020 time destination of
10:00 or less. It’ll take consistent and
hard work for me to accomplish this goal.
First up is completing 100 burpees in 11:00 or less. I hope to accomplish this by the first day of
Spring 2020, about one month from now.
When
I’m an old man sitting in a rocking chair crapping my pants, I’ll always remember my 65th birthday burpees challenge.
Pax
Domini sit semper vobiscum
