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Monday Video: MizFit Demos Pushups & The Debut of Ren Man.
By MizFit | March 2, 2009
Subtitle: Seriously, People, if you dont laugh out LOUD at my face/inability to do that last part of the demo there’s no hope for you. Joel McHale? Call me.
And this, Oh Bumbling Band, is how the variation is supposed to be done.
I give you the Renaissance Man in his first ever silent movie Facetime Video.
Questions (on form)?
Comments (about my facial expressions)?
Email (address for The Soup so I can submit this fer their mocking pleasure)?
Please to hit us all up in the comments.
EDITED TO SAY: Check comment 21. It’s on my calendar but occurred to me that it may NOT be on yours. Please to SEUSSjoy.
Topics: Monday Facetime |
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 am
Dang The Ren Man is strong! Those looked so effortless yet we know they are not so. More Ren Man. Yay!
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:17 am
How cute is that!? CUTE CUTE CUTE!
I wanna try! Ren Man makes it look so easy! We should all video our faces doing this one, then edit them into one long movie for The Soup…at the end can be Ren Man effortlessly doing like 50 reps! Watch him go!
Happy Monday!
~rupal
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:53 am
Dang, I’m nowhere even close to being able to do anything even resembling that
Great vids
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:55 am
Hey Miz!
Yep, I think the Ren Man’s got you beat on that variation!
Still…your facial expressions/sounds make it all worth it!!! You’re right, that’s my starting laugh for the week!!
And…I just had to try this variation after seeing it here - it IS challenging!
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:01 am
I would have been worse than you. I’d have somehow missed the floor entirely with my hand and faced planted myself. Definitely good video though.
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:47 am
Push ups are my current obsession, love the inspiration. ESPECIALLY the face and laughter
Ren Man, you make it look too easy, I wanna see you giggle!
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:58 am
Ren Man makes that look insanely easy but I know my facial expressions will rival yours! I’m still working on doing a few sets of full pushups and not hurting for 3 days afterwards!
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:08 am
Hey Miz! Your Ren Men is VERY strong! Amazing! Thanks for the early morning giggle.
I’m not even close to being there yet, the lifting of the arm. But I will try it on a block. I’ve seen some people at the gym try it on a ball, not too sure about that!
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:13 am
I love you MizFit!!!
So many reasons and for today because you can laugh at yourself.
I don’t know if I could have posted a video where I didn’t look ‘perfect’.
Love the Ren Man too.
You two are perfect for each other
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:43 am
Pushups?
what is this strange thing of which you speak?
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:52 am
off topic, but a post by a guy who previously guest posted at MizFit.
This entirely made my morning and is WHY I blog.
http://tonysdietlog.blogspot.com/2009/03/it-feels-great-to-be-in-zone.html
Thanks Tony for sharing the fact that we ALL influence others in ways we may not even realize.
have a fantastic day all.
GO FORTH AND SPREAD THE GOOD KARMA.
Off to play babymama.
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:54 am
Not a fan of the push-up variation. Which means, of course, that I find it very difficult. Maybe if I wasn’t using a ball for it? I’ll see what the gym has around. I suppose I could always use dumbbells….ouch.
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:55 am
GREAT exercise. I am working a lot of my pushups as the new class I am starting to teach is filled with them
WOW REN man has great control on that hand lift! I thought yours was quite beautiful as well 
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:58 am
Ren Man’s version was impressive. Laughing at yourself is so not the same as being self-deprecating and you demo that so well, even if you can’t yet do the harder version of the exercise.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:02 am
Wow that looks really hard.
Definitely need more of the Ren Man here.
More testosterone please!
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:23 am
LOVE the videos…RenMan reminds me of well, those strong guys at the gym everyone drools over… did I just say that?
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:24 am
MF, I thought you looked beautiful
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:27 am
Ok MizFit.
I never comment and have to here LOL.
I’ve actually seen you lift in real life & need to ask:
Are you faking that you can’t do that?
Alice
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:44 am
Wow! You’re both really strong! Someday I will be too! Thanks for the demonstraton!
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:54 am
ok you must bring him with you to Blogher!
Are you leading a panel? He could be your demo person.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:20 am
You both make them look so easy - I’d have troubles doing one on my knees sans block! You two are so strong! My gosh. I knew the muscles weren’t just for show, but still. Impressive!
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:25 am
DO NOT FORGET WHAT DAY IT IS!!!
http://tinyurl.com/cca5m5
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:25 am
Is it wrong that I laughed at the both of ya? You, Miz, because that slightly spastic palm slap is how I do everything (to a much higher degree of spasticity) when it comes to upper body workouts; and the RenMan because he made it look so easy!
Off to go confuse my muscles!
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:34 am
Wow, Renaissance Man makes those look so easy. If I hadn’t seen you do them first I might have been fooled;) Of course I am impressed with your push-up-on-block abilities too - you can talk AND push-up at the same time. Oh how I hate pushups.
PS> It must be said: you are one hot mama. And your shoes are ADORABLE. (Nike frees??)
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:38 am
Bwaahaa! I did laugh out loud - and so did you, which I know from experience is not helpful in a workout. That is a hilarious difference in the way each of you does the move. I know, I workout with my husband too and sometimes I am jealous of how easy some moves are for him. But I’m smarter, so it evens out
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:38 am
I feel cheated; we didn’t get to see his FACE! At least you could have drawn a happy face on top of his head.
Tell him that next time we expect a face with the demo!
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:59 am
Love these videos! I’m still doing the girly kind of pushups. I always try the real kind like you’re doing (no blocks), and can do all of three! You’re my hero Miz Fit!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:05 am
CArla…
You made me grin and smile.
I have to go back and see the Ren Man clip.
But i had to post as soon as I saw you.
I am sure I can provide hours of entertainment if I tape my fitness endeavors.. klutzy and all..
I am trying hard to do boy pushups. I will get to the one you demonstrated soon
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 am
Oh, I forgot to say … in proportion to your body sizes, those two yoga bricks are going to be harder for you than for your husband. Check out the angle of the shoulder that’s on the brick; when you go down, your shorter arms force your shoulder blade back at a larger angle.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 am
PS You are the cutest and sweetest ever!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:13 am
I totally forgot about those push ups! I used to love them. Ren Man makes those look way to easy. Off to track down my medicine ball to give them a try (the first ones, I fear I would crumble if I tried to lift my hand off!)
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 am
WOW! Both of you are so great at those push ups. Totally wish I could do them. It will be one of my goals this year to work on them for sure. I should probably start with the wall push ups hmmm.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 am
Jeez, just when I thought I had “mastered” the girly push-up, you go ahead and up the ante!!! To me, you still look like a rock star and Ren Man is THE MAN!!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:22 am
haha, love it
ren man has his feet wide, maybe that would help miz?
green eggs and ham for dinner? now there’s an idea, i have some spinach to use up, too!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:28 am
I have to make Ren Man read today….remind him he’s here.
& charlotte? NIKE Air Rifts.
Love.
Off with Toddler.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:36 am
haha I’m loving it. Love the giggling, and you’re way better than I would be at that.
Gooooo Ren Man! Nice! Way to make it look easy!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:37 am
how exciting to see the Ren Man - now we now he exists and isn’t just a figment of you vivid imagination, a la “Oh yeah, I totally have a hot girfriend…in Kansas…”
He’s strong! Almost as strong as you
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:43 am
Not to sound defeatist, but I know better than to even try this. If I ever go back to doing pushups I’ll stick to the easy version. I do them standing up, at an angle, pushing off from a counter.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:47 am
Nice videos! Dr.Suess today, I’m having a HB party with the 1st graders today and my kids!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:51 am
Wow! Ren Man made those look totally easy! And I loved your attempt, Miz! I know better than to even try.
Wonder if A(u)ntiFit’s hubby would be willing to demonstrate part of his fitness routine to be video-taped and posted on the ‘net…..
(if only she had had the presence of mind to catch him carrying the 50-lb salt block across the yard….dang)
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:58 am
Oh come on. I was impressed you could even do a push-up. (I can only do girly ones. But just wait…)
And I’m VERY impressed with Ren Man.
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:02 am
And I just wrote a post where I concluded I needed to change up my upper-body weight training.
It’s a sign.
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
Impressive Ren Man!
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:17 am
happy dr. seuss b-day to you!
i knew i should have kept that old aerobic step for something!!
thanks for the challenging face time.
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:20 am
LOL!! I LOVE IT!!
i’m so tired of seeing fitness people ALWAYS looking like they can do the perfect everything!!
you always keep it real honey, and you always look fabulous doing it!!
xo
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:24 am
Great stuff!! Greetings to Ren-man!!
Very nice furniture deprived room, I’m jealous!
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 am
I loved your video! Made me laugh. I don’t even think I could do that well, can you say “face plant”?
And thanks to renman for popping in. He should do it more often
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:50 am
Goodness your Ren Man is STRONG. Your videos make me smile- we all need to laugh at ourselves a little more! You *know* that the moment I saw this I had to go try it out- am still giggling at my feeble attempts.
My friend recently taught me a cool way to do push ups; you do 5 variations (hands close together, hands wide apart, left hand up & right down, right hand up & left down, and then normal). The idea is to do 1 of each, then rest for 20 seconds, then 2 of each, rest, 3, rest, 4, rest, 3, rest, 2, rest, 1. It’s a great workout!
And Happy Birthday to Dr Seuss! I feel like talking in rhyme all day…
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:53 am
Love it! I like that you showed us how a fitness guru extraordinaire can do it less than perfect. Ren Man, however, ROCKS. Perhaps on the fourth rep he grimaces? Doubt it.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:12 am
If I’d only read this earlier, I could have colored the breakfast quiche green! I’m sure that would have been popular with everyone….
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:35 am
Love the vids. Love the face. Love it all!
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
Ok I am no where near needing any variation as I am struggling with the push up in general but this was fun to watch.
Could you imagine if you really were on the Soup???
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:40 am
thanks Sagan for the push up variation!!
And I laugh that he asked if I wanted to reshoot because Id struggled (me? the one shot wonder? NEVAHHH) .
1. no. I struggle. that is who I am.
B. as if reshooting would have helped
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:48 am
I’m off to shovel snow but when I get back (if I’m not half dead) I’m going to try to do push-ups again. I still can’t do a real one (off my knees). I couldn’t hear what you were saying on your video (3 kids in the room) so not sure if the blocks made it easier or harder, I’m guessing harder lol. The 1 handed thing, yea don’t think I’ll be doing that yet lol. Good to see you and the ren-man too *smile*.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 am
Don’t worry, you can do two more of those arm-raise pushups than I.
Love your shoes. Nike?
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 am
The top of Ren Man’s head is exactly how I imagined it…I suppose looking up and smiling for the camera would have been breaking form and we can’t have that now CAN WE, haha.
I’m sticking to using my counter top for a least the next 100 pounds
but nice to know there are ways to mix it up.
Great demo as always!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 am
jess? yep. Nike Air Rifts. my addiction. it’s sad.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 am
Spit my morning oatmeal all over my laptop screen! That demo was precious. But methinks had you had the wider leg position like RenMan.. you would have done it! Or only one block.. because, yeah what dragonmama said.
I do mine on a GoFit air cushion every once in a while. Do not have the guts to try a ball and can’t find step platform/bricks at the gym. Hmm.. but I could just try at the bottom of the stairs at home.
Damn, Sagan’s pyramid is tempting.. and today is an upper body day… (altering working plan…). Will report later.
That said, all our facial expressions would be too much for the Soup to bear…
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 am
I hope to one day do a regular push up! Come train me.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:25 am
OMG there is NO WAY I could lift my other arm off the ground. No way.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 am
I ready for the video about your cute shoes.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Aw, but there’s no face on your man! (Impressive push-ups, though!)
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Oh, I cracked up watching that video, Miz! That was fantastic - not least because you are willing to put yourself out there even when you can’t do it perfectly! (That’s probably a lesson I should learn, LOL.)
But I’m curious . . . the Ren Man did them so easily. They can’t be THAT hard, so why didn’t yours look easy?
(Man, I couldn’t even TYPE that with a straight face! Ha!)
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Haha, MizFit, even Google has a Suess theme for the day
check it out. http://www.google.com/
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Ah, so Ren Man’s the one in the family w/ the core of steel? I will definitely try these, and competitively, with my own husband. Thanks for making me smile with the family venture!
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Hey Miz,
Did you decide to enter to be a trainer on BL?
Did you see that they are looking for new people?
You should!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Oh…do not encourage fugly shoe woman…
I have a better push up version. Lie on floor, close eyes. Repeat.
I want to find one of those dance video workouts. I am bored bored bored.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
My goodness - I don’t think I could talk while doing those push-ups!!
Thanks for sharing!
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Thanks for stopping by & saying Hi! Great Blog & yes your daughter will be as bad as you. HA HA
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:49 pm
gosh you both are so darn cute and fit!!!!!!!!!!! I was laughing my bootie off with the lifted arm………I see myself falling flat on my face and knocking out some teeth
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I love this post.
I love The Soup.
I shall browbeat Joel McHale to mock you
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Miz, I seriously did laugh aloud at your one-hand pushup - but only because of the look on your face!!
You get serious props for being able to do even that. Have a great Seuss-day… and don’t you think playing with push ups is fitting?
I second the Biggest Loser motion. How could they not love you?
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm
They are hard. I like doing pushups on the bosu. You make it look so easy with those killer arms of yours.
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 pm
man, those look hard.
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:19 pm
this really is one of the few videos Ive ever watched and it makes me (& the Toddler) laugh every time.
No idea what I was thinking with that face.
And yes.
I was a little bit tempted to apply for BL—but didnt.
(and YES. you may consider the sentence above FORESHADOWING for tomorrow’s post.)
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Me thinks Ren Man would look cool with a tat on top of his head…staring at us if he’s unwilling to look at the camera or make sound!
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:15 pm
“Wow.” Just like a character in Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse, that is just about all I can say. “Wow.”
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
You’re so close! Ren man is impressive.
I can’t seem to get past girly pushups.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:35 pm
The Renman is a rockstar! Did those wit ease! Kudos!
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:15 pm
First off, that’s so not how I pictured Ren Man… but wow, he make those look so easy! My question to you is: those cute Mary Janes? Who makes them and where can I get them? I need a cute summer shoe to go with skirts.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I don’t think I’m going to get to doing the variation any time soon, but I do like the idea of mixing it up and confusing your body. Makes it soo much more fun!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:42 pm
very impressive Miz - you look fantastic. I am soooo not ready for anything like that right now but great inspiration!
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:28 pm
OMG, in my travels I almost missed the Ren Man’s debut! But I made it just in the nick of time.
Holy cow, those look crazy hard!
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:34 am
Im a little late to this but still wanted to comment waaaaaaaaay down here.
I LOVE THE VIDEOS!
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:16 am
Yay for Ren Man! How crazy strong IS he? I had no idea.
I’m still trying to get “good” at regular push-ups. Do they ever get easy? I mean, really?
But I will have to try both variations nonetheless. Sans video camera, of course, although I could probably entertain the masses if I taped it and posted it on YouTube. I’m sure I’ll fall on my face a few dozen times before I get it.
V.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:30 am
Yeah, I don’t think I’m quite there yet! LOL!
That was very entertaining!
March 5th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
i will be attempting both variations but there will be no one watching! it won’t be pretty my friend…but worth trying so i will know how far i have come one day. a year ago i couldn’t even do one pushup and i have come way past that…
March 6th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
kiki? and all other who emailed me? the shoes?
my BELOVED NIKE AIR RIFTS.
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