“Like the Founding Fathers of this here United States of America, I set forth with full expectation of burning bridges with the powers that be. But when the rabble failed to notice the genius I invited the local coed blind fire twirlers to our little matchstick party to wake up the rankless.” -- Achieving ODJ
I find great inspiration watching the synergy of all-star teams as they overcome individual egos to vanquish a task. Take the majesty of the 1992 U.S.A Olympic basketball team's (a.k.a. “Dream Team”) historic smack down on the rest of the world. Then there was the 1977 benzoylmethyl ecogonine fuelled comic juggernaut cast of Saturday Night Live. And my personal all-time favorite all-star lineup of historical fiction superheroes... The Dirty Dozen. It’s judgment day, sinners! Come out, come out wherever you are! This ragtag band of criminals and miscreants came together under a common cause, and the fear of military firing squad, to save the free world by party crashing a lavish Nazi shindig.
In a spark of inspiration at the beginning of our current phase Jaron had a foggy vision that we needed to take an all-star trip through the past two years; pulling from the best of the best work out sets. More like, "let's build a bigger better torture devise and then test it on ourselves!" The following is not for the faint of heart or those looking for a glowing endorsement from the makers of T25 at BeachBody.
Chest & Triceps
Dumbbell press – 65lb 5x5Decline pushups – 5x20
Body weight dips– 5x5
Skull crushers – 65lb bar 5x5
Back & Arms
Pull ups – 5x5Reverse pushups on smith machine – 5x10
Preacher curl -- 5x10 (second half forced negative)
Dumb bell revers fly -- 20lbs 5x10
Legs
Sling press -- 5x5 (think Salem witch dunking, without the water)
Pee Wee Herman step ups -- 40lbs 3x16
Speed skaters -- 25
Prison squats -- 20
Beach body? More like Lee Majors body...we can rebuild him, with titanium parts, in this case. Ole JT is bestowing undue praise on this juggernaut phase. I was too lazy to come up with something inspired, so I recycled. In any case, it's doing its job. The fact that our generation's best attempt at an all star action flick paying homage to the 60's legacy of "The Dirty Dozen" is "The Expendables" is just disheartening. Speaking of lazy, uninspired and recycled. The sequels just prove the lowest common denominator mentality rampant in our current society.
ReplyDeleteI anticipate one more week of our all star break, then it's on to a new phase, "strength". My favorite phase, lots of rest. I'll get more into the specifics once we begin.