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[camwyn]

Two of my co-workers in the IT department are smokers. This being New York City, when they smoke, they have to do it outside. Usually they do it together; sometimes one of them goes with a guy from elsewhere in the company. This week I decided that I'd go to the weight room and do reps on the weight machines or pushups or squats every time the IT guys went out for a smoke, at least 30 at a time.

So far this week I've got a combined total of 486 reps and pushups. Since I'm avoiding anything that'd make me sweat too visibly, I'm not doing my full Hundred Pushups Workout daily sets. Mostly I've been doing 'how many of these can I manage in two minutes' time' sets instead.

The answer, it happens, is 55. Which is enough to gain me at least 77 points on the Army Physical Fitness Test even by the standards they apply to men. By women's standards? They don't expect women to be able to do that many at all- the age group with the highest maximum number of pushups in two minutes gains 100 points for being able to do 51 in two minutes, and no credit is given for any more beyond that.

Next step: chin-up bar. Also, situps.

Comments

[antepathy.livejournal.com]

That's kind of what I used to do in the Army! We had a LOT of smokers and when I was working on PT, whenever they'd take a smoke break, I'd put my feet up on the desk and do ten feet-elevated pushups. Then, I'd crack open a book and read till they got back. I figured, they got 10 minutes of not work? SO DID I. I can't help but think my way was better.

...if a bit passive aggressive. o_O

[camwyn]

In my case it's more that we have a workout pool going, and you have to do a certain number of reps/pushups/squats/situps per week or else pay $50 into a pot which is then won by a single person at the end of the month. Said person is drawn randomly from the group of everyone who did all their reps each week. I have never won the pot but that's not for lack of trying- anyway, point is, I signed up to do 400 reps/whatever per week and my options are to do them after work and take a later bus home, or split them out during the day without having an impact on my actual work schedule too much. If the guys are smoking I can get in at least thirty weighted reps, or fifty pushups if I'm going for speed, and still be back in my seat before they are.

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good idea. We only have one smoker in the IT group, so it's not as bad, but I could do it whenever I'm the only one left back in the Help Desk area, because the rest of them are off doing God knows what.

[camwyn]

One of our smokers is trying to quit. He only has actual cigs with him about half the time when he goes out on break- he's keeping the other guy company (and tapering off via secondhand smoke, I guess, not like I ask if he stands downwind or upwind). Still, it's worked out pretty well so far.

[e-mily.livejournal.com]

And I thought I was doing good, fitness-wise lately.

GO CAM!

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[camwyn]

Hah! Excellent.