It’s been a while since I have done Tabata Something Else and since I felt like a slug for much of the day, this would shake out the lethargy. The Tabata is a high intensity interval performed for 20 seconds, with 10 seconds of "rest". This is repeated 8 times for a total of 4 minutes. Sounds easy right? After all, it’s only 4 minutes. Not easy at all but a lot of benefits for only 4 minutes of work. Tabata Something Else is Tabata times 4. Instead of one exercise, there are 4, repeated non-stop for a total of 16 minutes. Today, I broke out my Versa Climber which is on par with a Concept 2 rower for a high quality aerobic workout. The Versa Climber is an excellent machine for the sprinting I would do in this workout. I also did push-ups, sit-ups and squats. The way to score this is to count the lowest number of reps out of the 8. This workout was done at home and should have been the end of it, but it wasn’t. I put on dry clothes and headed off to the gym to work on kipping pull-ups and set of shoulder presses.

The stats are: Versa Climber-34, Push-ups-8, Sit-ups-9 and Squats-13.

I had a terrific second part to my workout. I started with the shoulder presses and did 3 reps of each. Here is how it came out. 95/115/135/145/155/155 (single rep)/135.

I then went to try kipping pullups and I am getting a little closer, though they seemed more like frog kicks. I still had enough in me to do 9 sets of 3, 1×6, 1×5, 1×5.

Surprisingly, I had more in me but thought it best to just leave the gym and enjoy dinner. Turned out to be a smart move.

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