Today's workout is a simple yet elegant whole body circuit.
Thirty reps of 20 lb. Medicine ball squats.
30 reps assisted pull-ups with 1/2 your body weight as assistance.
Repeat at 25, 20, 15, and 10 reps for a total of five rotations.
Record and report your total time for all five rotations.
FASTEST TIME TAKES IT!
Take a prolonged stretching warm-up and cool-down.
1) "Warm Up": Bike 20 minutes at a warm-up pace.
We are doing three sets of back squats at twenty-one reps each.
Choose a weight that you feel you can handle comfortably for
twenty-one reps of regular back squats. These specialized movements
are tough! Make damned sure you warm-up thoroughly with "air squats"
and stretching first.
2) "Power squat": Lower and rise as quickly as you can while maintaining
PERFECT form. Repeat 20 times.
3) "Bottom to bottom": Lower to full squat position (thighs parallel to floor),
hold for a full ten seconds, rise and immediately upon full extension of hip
and leg return to bottom and hold for ten seconds. Repeat 20 times.
4) "Super slow": Take twenty seconds to reach bottom and twenty seconds
to reach top again. Repeat 20 times.
5) Finally, how long can you maintain a 2:00 min. 500-meter pace average?
Set the rower for "Avg 500 meter pace" and stop and record the time at the
instant you fall under the 2:00 minute average (2:00 for men and 2:10 for women).
Email your squat and row time to [email protected].
On Monday we worked gymnastics/calisthenic movements, on Tuesday we worked
metabolic conditioning with a short, middle, and long distance effort, Wednesday we
worked through some of the classics of weightlifting and weight training. Today we
are taking a day of active rest. If you’ve performed to expectation you’ll welcome the
break. If you know our methods, you'll make an intelligent inference about tomorrow (hint).
The idea here is to engage in some sport or activity at intensity above recreational while
being below our regular training intensity. Don't count your primary sport! This is a
cross-training opportunity. Step outside your normal bounds. Below are some suggestions.
Bicycle Hill Climb
Hoops! (Basketball)
Swimming
Mountain Hike
Rollerblade
Surf Paddle
Handball or racquetball
Tennis
For time:
Fast & Heavy
Dumbell "Thruster" 21 reps
Run 1/4 mile (400m)
Dumbell "Thruster" 18 reps
Run 1/4 mile (400 m)
Dumbell "Thruster" 15 reps
Run 1/4 mile (400 m)
Notes:
"Thruster" is a deep front squat to a push press all in one explosive movement.
Time routine from start to finish.
Ranking is a composite of load used in "Thruster" and total time.
Submit body weight because load value is based on percentage of body weight.