kenji211’s BodyBlog

My buddy who is a trainer at the gym I go to asked me what I was doing today for training.  I told him that I was going to be doing legs.  He said "Cool.  Get dressed out and meet me at my car."  So I did.

"Get in." he says and he proceeds to drive around the back of the gym and over a speed bump.

"Get out and push me to the next speed bump" as he puts the car in neutral and shuts it off he says, "and when you’re done with that do 20 jump squats."

I am thinking that this was going to be challenging but not the kind of workout that will totally kick my ass.  So, after pushing his Maxima over 100+ yards at 100% intensity I performed the jump squats.  About half way into them, 10 or so, I was killed and struggled to get the last 10 jump squats in.

I got in the car and he proceeded to push the car backwards back to the spot which we started and he did his jump squats.

This car pushing continued for three sets each and in between each set there were jump squats (x20), tire slams (x5 each arm), and sledge hammer pullover/swings (x10).

After doing this I was totally wiped out.  I had to go in the gym and chill out for about a good 10 minutes to recover.  I tried to do some hamstrings after that but it didn’t turn out the way I would have hoped.  I was just too damn worn out.

This goes to show you that you don’t need a gym to get a good workout.  You can use common everyday objects and get it done.

-kenji

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