Comments on: OUCH!!! http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/ Simple Living... Frugality... Gardening... Cooking From Scratch... Knifty Knitter Projects.. And More. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Kin http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10661 Kin Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:08:31 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/#comment-10661 You might find you can fall in love with the burpees. When I was in year 11 playing hockey our coach had evil ideas, like if you missed a ball or were late or some other transgression you had to do 10 situps. Then if you did it again it was 10 push ups. For a 3rd transgression is was 10 burpees. And repeat, only if you did it 4 times in a session it was 20 situps etc. She also used to do this after games. I hated her and it for a while, because I couldn't do situps because of my back, so I went straight into pushups, then burpees. It wasn't unusual for me to be doing 40 burpees by the end of a training session. BUT by the end of the 9 week season, I was so fit I couldn't believe it. I was doing 100 pushups before bed each night (voluntarily) and able to RUN the 5 fields several times without blinking an eye. *sigh* that was the last time I was that fit. I'm working on it. You might find you can fall in love with the burpees.

When I was in year 11 playing hockey our coach had evil ideas, like if you missed a ball or were late or some other transgression you had to do 10 situps. Then if you did it again it was 10 push ups. For a 3rd transgression is was 10 burpees. And repeat, only if you did it 4 times in a session it was 20 situps etc. She also used to do this after games.

I hated her and it for a while, because I couldn’t do situps because of my back, so I went straight into pushups, then burpees. It wasn’t unusual for me to be doing 40 burpees by the end of a training session.

BUT by the end of the 9 week season, I was so fit I couldn’t believe it. I was doing 100 pushups before bed each night (voluntarily) and able to RUN the 5 fields several times without blinking an eye.

*sigh* that was the last time I was that fit. I’m working on it.

]]> By: lightening http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10632 lightening Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:05:24 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/#comment-10632 Dina - It IS scary - don't go there! :) As for diets, don't go there either. They don't work. Exercise is a much better way to deal with weight. Lynette - It feels like suicide, I tell you. It's what they do in the Army apparently. River - Torture, yeah. At least MY coach would never make me do those! :) Not really sure WHO was responsible for deciding we would do those at training. Usual fitness trainer (also my PT) wasn't there but me thinks maybe she wrote up the program. Good opportunity to go hard when she wasn't there to cop the heat from it. :) It's all good though - OTHER than the Burpees. Dina - It IS scary - don’t go there! :) As for diets, don’t go there either. They don’t work. Exercise is a much better way to deal with weight.

Lynette - It feels like suicide, I tell you. It’s what they do in the Army apparently.

River - Torture, yeah. At least MY coach would never make me do those! :) Not really sure WHO was responsible for deciding we would do those at training. Usual fitness trainer (also my PT) wasn’t there but me thinks maybe she wrote up the program. Good opportunity to go hard when she wasn’t there to cop the heat from it. :) It’s all good though - OTHER than the Burpees.

]]> By: river http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10629 river Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:34:06 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/#comment-10629 I say focus on the fun aspect. The improvement will come all by itself. After all, when something is fun, you keep doing it. The more you do something the better you get at it. Go. Enjoy. Forget the burpees, that's torture. I say focus on the fun aspect. The improvement will come all by itself. After all, when something is fun, you keep doing it. The more you do something the better you get at it. Go. Enjoy. Forget the burpees, that’s torture.

]]> By: Lynette http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10626 Lynette Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:59:40 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/#comment-10626 is that really called Burpees? i think it looks like suicide... how fast do you really have to do them? LOL LOH too is that really called Burpees? i think it looks like suicide… how fast do you really have to do them?

LOL
LOH too

]]> By: Dina http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10622 Dina Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:25:05 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2009/03/27/ouch-2/#comment-10622 I've been trying to really exercise. I'm moving on up in weight..... I don't want to diet though. I really don't. It ends up being bad for me. So, I'm hoping I can stick to exercise instead. Maybe I'll try that thing in the video. It looks SCARY!!!! I’ve been trying to really exercise.

I’m moving on up in weight…..

I don’t want to diet though. I really don’t. It ends up being bad for me. So, I’m hoping I can stick to exercise instead.

Maybe I’ll try that thing in the video. It looks SCARY!!!!

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