Four amateur strongmen cake down to Muscle Beach to Get. Pumped. Up. in the ways of Magnús Ver Magnússon, an Icelandic former powerlifter and strongman competitor.
Warm-O-Rama
Front skip, butt kicks, high knees, karaoka x2, SSH, TS and Cherry Pickers
The Thang:
Nine weight stations as follows. Do 12 reps at each station
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Bench – 35lb kettle overhead extensions and diamond press
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Bent over row – 60lb sack
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777 LLL curls w/ 15lb dumbbells. Hold right arm 90 degrees while left arm does 7 reps/curls. Then hold left arm 90 degrees while right arm does 7 reps. Then go down to 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 rep and then 7 curls at end with both arms
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Upright row – 35lb kettle bell
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Front and side raises – 12lb dumbbells
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Goblet Squats – 45lb kettle
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Skull crusher single hand – 20lb kettles
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Shoulder shrugs – 30lb kettles
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One arm kettle swings – 20lb dumbbell
In between stations we did the following
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Burpees x5 (round 1)
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Mercans x5 (round 2)
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CDD x10 (round 3)
After each round we took two laps around the boat launch parking lot
Moleskine
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There was an OSHA incident today where a person assumed the flat bench was actually flat, but it quickly gave way to a decline bench while weights were in hand. Thankfully there were no injuries or threats of litigation to report
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How far did you run from your house from muscle beach? About 7 miles with some burpees thrown in
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Water is calling and we must answer the call…
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Binge watching show recommendations shared for Soap Millionaires? and Game of Thrones
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We heard the infamous song Liar on the portable speaker this morning. It was not actually a lie, more like a failure to disclose
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Burpees in between reps can really reduce the mumblechatter
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Let me tell you about this time I trespassed at the Kemper Open….
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Do you even lift bro?
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Does all this working out have you in search of a low calorie beer that actually tastes good? Look no further than Laguinitas DayTime IPA. Forecast calls for many of these to be crushed during the upcoming boating season
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Shout out to El Tigre for basically bringing a portable gym along with him to Muscle Beach every week. That is really swell, and helps us get really swoll
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That workout was Magnús Ver Magnússon-esque men!