TDetroit’s ramblings and nonsense

well, the wife was sick this morning, so I had "kids get on the bus duty".  Amid all the interruptions and speed cooking for my lunch, the microwave bit the dust, and my daughter gave me a whole lot of trouble regarding brushing her hair.  In the end, one of my sets of 60 was interrupted at 30.  Due to an appointment at work, which I ended up being 15 min late for, I only got in 140 instead of 170 or the wishful thinking 180. 

So, 790 + 140 = 930.  That’s where I stand on the morning of day 5.  If I can make up the 30 and get a 180 tonight, plus to 3 sessions each day of the weekend, I’ll be looking good to finish 6000 in 14 days.

I’ll have to wait 1 month to do it again and try to beat 14 days or wherever I finish. 

it turns out, I am not yet ready for 3 sets of 60.  instead, it is still 2 sets of 60 and 1 set of 50.  still, after 4 days, that’s 790 situps.  averaging about 200 per day. 

theoretically, tomorrow I will do another 340 situps and total 1130 for 5 days, which is 226 per day.  so the average is going up and I am getting there.  17% by end of the day tomorrow.  by the time I finish with the weekend, I expected to be getting toward half done in week.  Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I’d like to get 3 workouts of 3 sets of 60 each day, that’s 540, for 1620  for three days.  So I will be near the half way point.  Then next week, I can push it to really up it, and get to almost 6000 by the end of the second week.  at this rate, I am planning on 16 days for 6000

Did 170 situps this morning.   That makes 620, and I will have time tonight to do more sets.

I incresed the set size to 60 from 50 this morning, and then did one more set - but it was only 50.  I’ll try to get 3 sets of 60 tonight, that will bring me to 800 which is 200 per day.  I’ll need to get to 500 per day to get this done in a reasonable amount of time, and near the end, i’ll have to be doing 800 per day. 

I wonder what my gut will be like when I get there.

still working on getting the numbers up.

doing 2 sets each morning and each night.  sets of 50.

tomorrow, I will move to sets of 60, and try to get in 3 in morning and 3 at night.  i’ll need to ramp up to get to 6000 in a reasonable amount of time.  the endurance is the part that is killing me.

i can’t do any during the day, because I wear a suit to work.  it is impractical.  so it’s just morning and night, and I’ll have to be at sets of 100 by the end.

the idea is to see how fast I can do 6000 situps.  Well, I am behind off teh get go.  Just 24 hours in and I am only at 350.  Plan on another 50 real quick at lunch, and then some more tonight. 

I’ve never done situps for volume before, so I am starting to get soreness like running a distance when you are not used to it.  Hopefully that will go away. 

I would like to accomplish this in 2 weeks, but that is looking not so good - unless I put the hammer down and start hitting these every hours.

Maybe by the end, I’ll be doing sets of 100.  that would make it easier for any future attempts at something like this.

went in to test max at squat

warmup 135 x 5, 225x 5, 315 x 2

then 335 x1, 345 x 1.  tried 355, but my spotter did a lot of the work.  tried again, same thing.  I am going to call  it 350, because I know I could do more than the 345

did some shrugs with 75’s and some overhead presses at 85.  3×8, with the last 4 of each set doing quarter reps.  I think this is where I’ll go next.  lot’s of presses above the head.

did situps too.  went for volume.  never did that before.  2×50 = 100.  I’ll be doing more a little later after the Lions finish losing to the Falcons

starts tomorrow.  starting at 8 am eastern standard time (you do the math).  first one to 6000 situps wins.  let me know if you are in. 

you know someone will get it done in 12 days, but if you can’t do that, it doesn’t matter, do it for yourself.  that’s the only person you need to impress.

Come on, let’s go!

I’ll post a few times so more people can join.

I always wondered how long it would take to do 1000’s of situps.  So I chose the number 6000.

Here’s the challenge.  Startng Sunday morning 8am easter Standard time (you can do you own math), you start doing situps daily.  keep track of your progress.  first one to 6000 wins.

It’s the honor system, so don’t claim anything people will laugh at you about.

Only people with pics can participate, the rest of us need to scrutinize your body to see if your claim is believable.

Situps are done flat on the floor, but if you want more difficult variations, that’s up to you.

You are allowed to lock your feet down - under the couch or furniture, have someone hold them, etc - I don’t want this to be a contest where everyone does 20 situps per day until Mitt Romney’s first Christmas as President.

those are the rules.  let me know if you are in.

the wife has gone into emergency mode.  she thinks she will be gone in a few weeks.  doesn’t matter what anyone says, she keeps fixating on it.

the doc appointment is tomorrow morning.  I keep trying to get her to wait until then to pass judgement on her life coming to an end, but she is worried like a mother hen. 

I had a conversatin with a friend who is a veteran survivor, she said she will call and talk to my wife and give her a kick in the ass.  you can’t think about stuff like that.  keep busy with projects or doing things you always wanted to do.  the idea is to be too busy to die.  it really works too.  all science ponts to just keep going. you can trick you body into not being ready to go.

she’s all busy writing down her schedule and the kids schedule and scolding me for being too demanding of the kids to clean their rooms and eat everything on their plates.  she thinks they are not ready for that.  I think at 14 and 12 and even the 10 year old, those demands are not too much.  the 7 year old, I give a bit of leeway, but she get’s hers too.  really, it’s just different upbringings.  I grew up on a farm with unreliable electricity.  we were always prepared for the power to go out in the winter and we would be on fireplace power for a few days. 

at their age, I was carring bushells of potatoes and tomatoes across the feild to the house.  I was feeding the cattle and chickens without being told.  I slaughtered over 1000 chickens per year.  my kids unload the dishwasher once in a while.

My wife grew up in a subdivision.  they had a pool and spent all day playing. once in a while they had to unload the dishwasher.

so the hard part is to convince her that it is ok to demand the kids do some work - especially homework.

the condensed time frame we are dealing with is coming out in the form of different expectations of the kids.  she is afraid I will win by default - I guess I will, but that is not something she should be threatened by.  I want her to concentrate on keeping busy.

any advice?