Jammed one in

When I was forced to join Planet Fitness I pretty much wrote off my 300 workout program.  They just are not equipped to do it plus it could possibly be viewed as , GASP, LUNK behavior.

Well as I have worked out there over the past couple weeks I have been scoping out the place to see if there was any way I could get a 300 workout in.  Today I launched my first attempt.

300 work outs at Planet Fitness are not ideal for a few reasons.  The equipment they have for pull ups is not great for the way I do them in a 300, hard and fast.  There are too many objects that I can hit my head on.  Compounding this problem is the mirrors in the place are not high enough.  I can only see from the waist down in the mirror when doing pull ups so I can’t tell if I am going to hit my head or if I am going up and down as far as I would like. It’s a bit annoying.  The grip is a bit farther apart than I would prefer as well. 

They don’t have spare olympic barbells scattered on the floor like Pure Fitness did.  In fact they have exactly one barbell available that I could use for dead lifts and floor wipers.  It’s not quite full size but is workable.  They also only have one Reebok step and only 8 total risers which is half of what I used at the other place.  As a result my box jumps were significantly easier.  I tried to compensate by going at a rapid pace.

I found myself a little 5 x 5 space back in a corner where I did my dead lifts and floor wipers.  Doing the wipers was another challenge.  A woman asked if she could have the steps after I was done jumping on them.  Usually I would use the risers as the platform to rest the barbell on when doing wipers.  Well now I just have to slide my body under the bar as it sits on the floor and then thrust my pelvis up to assist in getting the weight to a starting position.  I again raise the pelvis to return the weight to the floor.  I’m sure it looks ridiculous.

Well I managed to get 300 reps in, albeit not in a manner I was accustomed to.  This gym has a lot more people in it than the shit hole did.  As a result it sometimes can be a challenge to get on a piece of equipment, especially if it is in short supply.  So the 300 lives on and at least so far, I managed to do so while flying under the lunk radar.