I have been struggling through these last few days. I have quite a bit of low back/hip pain, which seems to be better after fully warming up and stretching out. However, that means I am doing sets of 5 fairly slowly concentrating on the push-up and jump at the end. I can't jump my feet all the way up to my hands from plank right now because of the stiffness.
It makes wonder at what point I am not getting any benefit from doing burpees. Over time I've been trying to make sure that each set is quick and dynamic to get the full benefit -- but now with so few days left and so many each day there is a lot at stake missing a day....
I also sometimes wonder that for those of you making up 100s. Does your body truly get any benefit from not building up daily?
At what point is it just to do the challenge? as opposed to fitness benefit?
right now for me I am just trying to finish and then heal...but I am beginning to wonder if the toll these high numbers are having on my body are worth it
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Rachel - hang in there! you can do it! Be slow and be careful, but I believe you can do it!
ReplyDeleteOf course we do this for the challenge part, but I think there is a real physical benefit. (I showed off my biceps and triceps to Hedwig today). though I am not in the hole right now I have often been in the catching up position and it just means that burpees are on my mind for more of the day than usual.
At this point, I cant imagine not finishing, no matter how slow I have to take my burpees...
Anyways, one could wonder the same question about rugby, n'est ce-pas? :)