Dufisthenics

The Bar-barians specialize in high endurance repping which involve jumping between various movements with minimal recovery time.  One of the latest “warm ups” they have been posting videos of is the 5/5 X 10 which is 5 pull ups and then 5 push ups for 10 sets as fast as possible.  When I saw Saibov, one of the young Bar-barians sucking wind the last few rounds I knew it was going to be much, much harder for me.  It took him less than 4 minutes to complete all the reps.

I have not been doing much at all Bar-barian style sets recently.  I could tell very early on it was going to suck. Of course the pull ups are the hard part of this, the 5 push ups in between each set are just to give you an active rest period.  By set four I was already hurting.  I got through all the sets but it probably took me twice as long as Saibov.  Doing bi’s and tri’s after that definitely added a degree of pre-fatigue to the movements which is a good thing.

Today’s Workout

5 minutes cardio/stretching

5/5 x 10 – 5 pull ups, 5 push ups x 10 sets

Seated dumbbell curl – 30lbs x 10

Seated one arm overhead dumbbell tricep extension – 25lbs x 10

Seated dumbbell curl – 40lbs x 8

Seated one arm overhead dumbbell tricep extension – 30lbs x 10

Seated dumbbell curl – 50lbs x 3

Seated one arm overhead dumbbell tricep extension – 35lbs x 6

Seated one arm side preacher curl – 30lbs x 10

Standing cable straight bar tricep push down – 50lbs x 8

Seated one arm side preacher curl – 40lbs x 10

Standing cable straight bar tricep push down – 50lbs x 10