Friday, yes! Let’s get the weekend started early with this little ditty:
15 squats, weighted in any way you can – large child, barbell, chair, bag of dog food, stack of books
10 regular push-ups
5 dive bomber push-ups (From a downward dog, lower your shoulders toward the floor until your chest almost touches it, then dip your body upward; your chest will be up with your back arched, head up and arms straight. Hold for 1 second then reverse the movement)
This is one set. You’re doing this set a total of 6 times, taking as long as you like between sets. If you work a desk job, better to spread these out throughout the day than to do them all at once.
When you’re done, let us know how you weighted the squats. Go get ’em, tigers!
This poem by Siddiq Turkestani is part of a collection of poems from GuantánamoBay, assembled in 2007 by the detainees’ habeas attorneys, Turkestani was imprisoned in Guantánamo from 2001-2005, released after the military determined he was not an enemy combatant.
Siddiq Turkestani
Even if the Pain
Even if the pain of the wound increases,
There must be a remedy to treat it.
Even if the days in prison endure,
There must be a day when we will get out.
(122 people remain in Guantánamo. Fifty of these men were cleared for release five years ago by President Obama’s Guantánamo Review Task Force).
7 responses to “Fri. – 5/8 Dive bomber Friday + Siddiq Turkestani”
Cindy Lutenbacher
May 8th, 2015 at 16:56
Done. See everyone tomorrow!
Eunice
May 8th, 2015 at 18:11
Done. Those dive bombs are hard.
Cindy Lutenbacher
May 9th, 2015 at 09:10
Rock it, Eunice!!!
efiada77
May 8th, 2015 at 22:33
Finito. It helped to get a deeper ‘dive’ when I bent my knees going in and coming out of it-until my upper body is stronger! Weighted my squats with 15-lb. dumbbells.
Cindy Lutenbacher
May 9th, 2015 at 09:07
Awesome, Efiada!! You’re my new hero.
msullivan574
May 8th, 2015 at 22:59
Done. With 2x15lbs dumbbells. My triceps burn. Thank you!
Cindy Lutenbacher
May 9th, 2015 at 09:08
Go, Maired!!! You’re still my old hero.