July 21, 2009

Ventoux

300 (M) (show workout)

Grant 12:00
Derek 15:26
Emily 2 18:02
Stuart 18:52
Scott P. 19:18
Gwen 22:16
Mike 22:27

Previous times for this workout

In the Tour there is a mountain top finish at Mt. Ventoux that is a venerated climb and one that is met with much fear and trepedation by the peleton.  Tough, tough climb and a great name for a workout. 

Bike 5 miles
50 Air Squats
50 Calories Rowing
50 Walking Lunges
Bike 4 miles
40 Walking Lunges
40 Air Squats
40 Calories Rowing
Bike 3 miles and so on

Brenda walked in on me and caught me.  I was sneaking in a workout and this was it.  I made up the Ventoux so I could get in a racing type workout.  It took me 1:25:44 but my lunges and air squats were pathetic.  I might just as well have been doing front dumbbell raises supersetted with the pec deck for alll the good I was doing.  While I did that Corey and Rachel did heavy clean and jerks and then back squats. 

In the afternoon Brenda did the Ventoux in 1:12:07...that's just wrong.  I think the only thing I did faster was change my shoes, and that may not even be true.  She lunged and air squatted straight through and I had to take a nap in between.  I need to sneak in more workouts. 

There was a gym full of folks and most did the 300...though Brandon did some obnoxiously heavy back squats.  Grant is back and he smoked everyone, but that's nothing new.  He has to deploy soon so he's getting in all the workouts he can.  He did some heavy back squats and then smoked the 300. 

Posted by Eugene Allen at 6:56 p.m.