Dear Squats, You Can Kiss My Sore Ass

Last Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, I did “Cindy’s Younger Sister” for the first time. Get your mind out of the gutter - it’s the name of a Crossfit workout; I didn’t have sex with anyone. I cleared a spot in my garage to do this workout. So YES, I am now “that guy” who exercises in his garage. Well, I guess I need a few more things to OFFICIALLY become “that guy:”

• Tee-shirt (with the sleeves ripped off) that doesn’t quite cover my belly
• Cut-off jean shorts, ragged and worn
• “Journeys Greatest Hits” blaring
• My car up on blocks in my driveway with the engine block hanging from a nearby tree
• A haircut that is DANGEROUSLY close to a mullet

Anyway, “Cindy’s Younger Sister” goes like this:

• 5 pull-ups
• 10 push-ups
• 15 body-weight squats (nice and deep)
• AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) in 10 minutes

I cleared out one stall in the garage so I could do the push-ups and squats:

And then I lodged a thick piece of metal conduit (NOT in use - it has no wires running through it) between 2 rafters so I could do the pull-ups:

I lowered the garage door to 1 foot off the ground so I didn’t freak out the sweet old couple who lives across the ally. I started my watch, and I was off. After 2 rounds, I was breathing REALLY hard. After a couple more, I had to start taking a break after 3 pull-ups before I could do 2 more. It got ROUGH. And near the end, my legs were BURNING. It was a pretty good workout for just 10 minutes of work! Here are my times for my rounds:

• Round 1: 0:50
• Round 2: 1:00
• Round 3: 1:01
• Round 4: 1:04
• Round 5: 1:13
• Round 6: 1:15
• Round 7: 1:20
• Round 8: 1:22
• Round 9: last 0:51 (5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, only 2 squats)

• Total of 45 pull-ups, 90 push-ups, and 122 squats

My pull-up form was HORRIBLE in the last few rounds. However, my push-up form and my squat form were STELLAR throughout. I was surprised that my lats weren’t sore after that, but my legs were sore for a few DAYS after! Those squats really worked!

Maybe someday, when I’m a big boy, I’ll bypass “Cindy’s Younger Sister” (AMRAP in 10 minutes), and I’ll shoot for a full-fledged “Cindy” (AMRAP in 20 minutes)! If I did “Cindy” right now, I’d be walking funny for a week!

Speaking of “walking funny”....