Sunday 12.10: Two 7min amraps outdoors

Sunday. 2x7min amrap of bodyweight movements, created by Pauliina.

We visited Pauliina's parents this Sunday, and I had no big intentions of working out. Naturally something would come up but the plans changed when Pauliina's dad suggested we'd hit it together, all four of us. That was a great plan and I gave all control to my lady to write up the workouts. She's into short amrap style workouts currently so that was on our menu today as well. It turned to be rather brutal.

Metcon. Result, 2 rounds + 10 burpee

• 7min amrap of:
• 10 burpee
• 15 kettlebell thruster, 32kg
• 40 mountain climbers
• 20 commando

Familiar movements were of course burpees and kettlebell. Mountain climbers and commandos are a bit from the strange side to me. This was a scribble by Pauliina while we drove to Klaukkala. It turned out to be a good workout. Breathing was heavy in both amraps, and this one put more pressure on shoulder area as there were 3 movements that included some sort of a push element: burpee, thruster and commando. That last move is where the starting position is a push-up, then you lower your upper body to lean on your elbows, hand by hand, then come back to push-up position. That constitutes one rep. It's a push and core movement.

I was breathing heavily throughout the workout and those thrusters ate my shoulder strength pretty quickly. I didn't know what we would do with the kb's so I only took 2-pood with me. Well, it was actually quite good for this metcon. I had time to go through 2 full rounds and 10 burpees on the 3rd round.

Metcon. Result, 3 rounds + 15 snap jump

• 15 squat jump
• 15 snap jump
• 12 push-ups
• 30 ab-bikes

This was a killer for legs. This is a free day from squatting and I was hoping to let my legs off the hook this time. This metcon did not agree. It was awful for lower body. My legs were burning after first round. The combination of squat jumps and snap jumps was cruel. Haven't done these "snap jumps" before but they were really effective. For both lungs and thighs. Push-ups and an-bikes weren't that bad but they kept the heart beat up nicely.

Some handyman time afterwards

One round of movements was faster in this latter workout so I had time to work through one more round compared to the first one, it was 3 full rounds and then squat jumps and snap jumps. Just finished the last rep and the clock ran out.

These were both good creations from my baby and it was awesome family time to hit it together outdoors. It's getting chilly outdoors but working out somewhere else than the gym is spectacular this time of the year. There's a lot of oxygen to inhale and it's easy to keep going. It's only mental game, at least you can't blame the weather. Thanks family for this quality time! Respect to you all for pushing through this one!

Recap