So my husband has this strange fascination with zombies and the end of the world, etc etc .... I think it's something that's deep in the heart of a man, (read "Wild at Heart", they talk about this in great depth!) I know that if the day came we'd be fine because he already has it all completely planned out, how he'd protect and take care of our family. Whether he actually believes it's going to happen or not is not the point, but more it sparks a fantasy of being completely needed, to be the protector, to be the hero .... to be a man.
Anyways, all that aside, a friend of 'husband' started up an "exclusive" (small) Facebook group that is sharing in a training program that just so happens to be called, "Zombie Apocalypse Preparation Training", or ZAPT. Husband of course LOVED the idea of this, and me being me, I just couldn't miss out on the chance to be a part of the adventure so I decided to join in too. We have been going for about a week and a half now and I think it will be a 3 month program. Training sessions generally take us about 35-45mins and we've been doing it 5 days a week, and it is getting easier every day!
Tonight's train (with a 12kg Kettlebell) -
A) 10x sets
5 Pass throughs
5 Swings
5 Burpees
5 Swings
5 Squat Thrusts
B) 3x sets
3/3 Turkish Get Ups (Weak Spots)
C) 3x sets
10 Bear hug squats
8 Clean & Press
10 Zercher Lunges
12 Bent Rows
10 Curls
I'm also doing lots of research on training to barefoot run so hopefully I can strengthen my feet up again and get back to basics! I found some great info here....
http://trainingclinic.vivobarefoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Proprioception-Making_Sense_of_Barefoot_Running.pdf
A bit of food for thought! Tomorrow I might put up some of my fitness and general life goals .... just to keep me accountable :) x
Your husband and I have a mutual interest in Z-Poc (it's coming people). I have a very detailed survival plan and group of people to save haha.
ReplyDeleteThe training program sounds great though, I keep thinking I'd love to do something about my fitness and it's a really cool way to go about it - giving it a fun little gimmick.
You have to check out this site .... http://runforyourlives.com/ maybe once we're fully trained zombie slayers we might have to head to the US to prove our skills ;)
ReplyDeleteThe group that we're a part of is on facebook, Zombie Apocalypse Preparation Training (ZAPT), it's just a really small group run by a friend of Matt's in America. He basically posts daily the exercise routine (They generally look pretty similar to what's above) and then we do it at home in our lounge room - it saves a heap on heating of an evening as well! :p You can try and add the page, (I'm not sure whether I was added cause I was Matt's wife or whether it's actually open to anyone who wants to join, I know he was quite concerned at the start about being responsible for everyone's health and safety as he's the one dishing out the instructions, etc) he's pretty good at posting youtube instructionals for each exercise, and you need very basic equipment - kettlebell (maybe a 6-8kg for starters) and that's about it at the start, you can do the rest of the exercises with body weight. :)