Thursday, March 13, 2008

Didn't go to the gym today, but work was somewhat taxing to the body.

So, imagine filling your Nalgene with water and tying it to the end of a ~10-ft string. Then stand on a ledge, and lift the Nalgene all the way up to your body using a hand-over-hand method of pulling up the string. I did about 150 reps of that today. Not all that difficult, but it's better than sitting at a desk all day.

Also, I need to start measuring my field work "workouts" in Bucket-Yards. As in, how many yards did I carry a bucket containing 4 gallons of water (30-35 pounds). Today I was on a pretty small site, with an extremely low volume of water to deal with. I think I pulled out something like 50 Bucket-Yards. Contrast that to when I work in Portland, where I probably rock several thousand Bucket-Yards over the course of a week. Ever wonder why I have gigantic arms even when I don't lift weights? Yeah.

I should start doing squats while I've got the buckets full.

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