Thanksgiving day- 10 minute "fuel" workout

It's been a while since I posted, but todays workout not only kicked my butt, but also was quite comical. Since the gym was closed it was necessary to improvise and improvise I did:

Concentrated on intervals today, so no need for lots of weight, but nevertheless found a few things to make it harder- Heres how it goes: I use an interval timer app like GymBoss and set it for 4 intervals of work plus one interval of rest- in this case 45 second work X 4 equals 3 minutes of high intensity followed by 30 seconds of resting. The 10 second countdown is only at the beginning of the first set. I have this set up to do 4 sets.  I did two rounds and the whole workout took less than 10 minutes.


First Rep: 45 seconds of burpees with pushups (I'm not sure why people say "with pushups" because I thought burps had pushups in them anyway)

Next is where the "fuel" comes in, but don't rest- go straight from burpees to this

Second Rep: Gasoline stair step carries Get two full 5 gallon cans of gasoline (they are about 32-33lbs each) if you don't have gas cans a small child will do, or a two large turkeys. Run up and down steps as fast as you can in 45 seconds- going backwards on the down step. Don't rest!

Third Rep: Diesel goblet squats. I know- those shorts right:-) Grab a 5 gallon can of diesel and squat keeping your back straight- do as many as you can in 45 seconds keeping good form. (5 gallons of diesel weighs about 36-37lbs depending on the container). Not yet on the Resting!!

Fourth rep: Propane Russian twists Grab a 5 gallon propane tank and sit on the ground- get into a Vee position with your legs elevated  about 30- 45 degrees and your back about 45 degrees off the ground. Take the propane tank and twist your trunk touching the tank on the ground, rotate to the other side and repeat. Do as many as you can in 45 seconds. (The propane tank was about a ¼ full and I have no idea how much it weighed- I'm guessing 15-20lbs)









Rest set: 30 seconds. Best to walk around, definitely do not sit down.  Now repeat the whole thing for a total of four sets. Go baste the turkey and then do the whole thing over again.

I did 8 sets total and was wiped- heres a photo of Dover the sheep looking at me wondering if I had gone completely mad