First week shugging
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:52 am
Results:
- Wife mentioned she noticed it's getting me in shape (Que the 70's music here).
- Friday came none too soon. Wow what a great workout. I'm thinking next week will be easier after letting the body rest over the weekend. Not that I'm dying, but 5 days of shugging takes it's toll the first week.
- I'm doing probably a new movement, on accident. What I'll call "working on the railroad." Funny story about this in a minute. First, the movement. It's simply the hammer-the-fencepost but I go all the way down, like you are nailing a spike into the ground. Trying for a full range of movement.
So, my daughter saw me doing this and I started to sing
I've been workin on the railroad,
All the livelong day
I've been workin on the railroad,
Just to pass the time away
-- about right here I noticed she was getting bored, so I threw her a curve ball, I told her the original song actually had different lirics they found just recently. The next part, we've learned, now goes:
All of the fishies in the ocean
Aren't helping me todayyyyyyy....
Which sparked a long debate that I eventually lost about these being the original lirics, but solidified the name of the movement for me. This will probably warp my young child somehow. Oh well.
Anyway, back to the observations...
- My routine is:
1. workin on the railroad -- note no g at the end of workin
2. degraded beast -- love this name
3. shoveling
4. churning butter -- but I go all the way up
5. scratch the back
I go through the routine twice and then have about a minute to futz around. I've noticed the back, shoulders, chest, and biceps seem to be getting the best work out. Legs, not so much. I guess you take care of that with Urban Rangering...not sure what I'll do.
- There's something about this that I really like. Mixing the non-progession-focus, 5-days-a-week, core strenghtening, and logistical convenience together just this way really work out well.
- Lastly, I'm using a 10 pounder. Starting to eye the 16 at the local home depot. Going to hold off till the summer, maybe longer.
That's all for now...happy shugging
- Wife mentioned she noticed it's getting me in shape (Que the 70's music here).
- Friday came none too soon. Wow what a great workout. I'm thinking next week will be easier after letting the body rest over the weekend. Not that I'm dying, but 5 days of shugging takes it's toll the first week.
- I'm doing probably a new movement, on accident. What I'll call "working on the railroad." Funny story about this in a minute. First, the movement. It's simply the hammer-the-fencepost but I go all the way down, like you are nailing a spike into the ground. Trying for a full range of movement.
So, my daughter saw me doing this and I started to sing
I've been workin on the railroad,
All the livelong day
I've been workin on the railroad,
Just to pass the time away
-- about right here I noticed she was getting bored, so I threw her a curve ball, I told her the original song actually had different lirics they found just recently. The next part, we've learned, now goes:
All of the fishies in the ocean
Aren't helping me todayyyyyyy....
Which sparked a long debate that I eventually lost about these being the original lirics, but solidified the name of the movement for me. This will probably warp my young child somehow. Oh well.
Anyway, back to the observations...
- My routine is:
1. workin on the railroad -- note no g at the end of workin
2. degraded beast -- love this name
3. shoveling
4. churning butter -- but I go all the way up
5. scratch the back
I go through the routine twice and then have about a minute to futz around. I've noticed the back, shoulders, chest, and biceps seem to be getting the best work out. Legs, not so much. I guess you take care of that with Urban Rangering...not sure what I'll do.
- There's something about this that I really like. Mixing the non-progession-focus, 5-days-a-week, core strenghtening, and logistical convenience together just this way really work out well.
- Lastly, I'm using a 10 pounder. Starting to eye the 16 at the local home depot. Going to hold off till the summer, maybe longer.
That's all for now...happy shugging