Tuesday, January 27, 2009

gym: 01/26/08

stupid work

circuit:
30 side to side toe taps on step up (med ball overhead)
8 lateral body pull ups
30 toe taps on step
med ball push ups (10 left, 10 right), 10 reg
30 toe taps on bench
pulls ups, 6 @ 0, 4 @ 25, 5 @ 25

plank workout
1 min reg
1 min right*
1 min left
25 sec, pause, 30 sec reg

Something is wrong with my right oblique. I can only do 15 seconds at a time because it hurts. No other symptoms. Weird. Still did better than last time. I think Ill get the whole 4 minutes in February.

9 comments:

Seigs said...

What are toe taps? Sounds gay.

Ben said...

You better believe it.

Stand facing a bench with your right foot on the bench. In one, "high knee" like motion bring your left foot up to the bench and shoot your right down the ground. Each foot stays in place for a fraction of a second as you alternate feet so essentially you are tapping the bench with your toe. I think it is a legit exercise so maybe someone else can put a name to it.

I'm doing it for some cardio because it is very quad heavy.

Seigs said...

Oh....I call those "plyo step ups".

Ben said...

How can it be a step up when you aren't going anywhere?

Seigs said...

Because the name is a "step up" from toe taps, which makes you sound like a ballerina, not an athlete.

Ryan Todd said...

That's the message he was going for.

brent said...

according to this chick, you are doing scissor steps.

go to the 50 second mark

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/50366_sport-exercises-lateral-squats.htm

i wouldn't argue with her, seems strong.

Ryan Todd said...

Also referred to on other sites as a box march, assuming we are all talking about the same thing: http://www.exrx.net/Plyometrics/BoxMarchHigh.html

I hope we can all agree that box march, scissor steps, and plyo step ups all sound less gay than toe taps. But hey Ben, the site is called "Faust's Workouts" for a reason - just don't bring that weak shit to the BUW.

Ben said...

Where do you guys lurk while you wait for me to write something stupid?

I started the BUW so I will do whatever I want.

high box march it is.