Use a stationary bike, air bike, or find a 1-mile course to repeat each round.
Post times for each round to comments.
Compare to 200112.
Scaling:
Rest enough between rounds so that each effort can be performed at a sprint pace. Beginners can reduce the rounds and distance. Intermediate athletes can do this as prescribed.
Beginner Option:
3 rounds, each for time, of:
Bike ½ mile
After a warm-up make your first effort a heroic effort on the bike
and record the distance. Take any rest needed and give the best
dumbbell bench-press you can at fifteen reps or less. Again, rest
as long as you want then repeat both efforts. Use the same
weight for each bench press set.
If the first cycling and bench-press effort are true max efforts, then
the second and third efforts are not repeatable no matter how long the rest.
To test the quality of the first efforts and demonstrate the point of the
workout take a LONG break after each couplet.
Keep the rest between cycle effort and bench-press constant for each couplet.
Notes:
1. After a warm-up make your first effort a heroic effort
on the bike and record the distance. Take any rest needed
and give the best dumbbell bench-press you can at fifteen
reps or less. Again, rest as long as you want then repeat
both efforts. Use the same weight for each bench press set.
If the first cycling and bench-press effort are true max
efforts, then the second and third efforts are not repeatable
no matter how long the rest.
To test the quality of the first efforts and demonstrate
the point of the workout take a LONG break after each couplet.
Keep the rest between cycle effort and bench-press
constant for each couplet.
Post times for each round to comments.
Compare to 171217.
Scaling:
The rest between rounds should allow you to feel recovered for the next effort. Increase the rest time if needed. Intermediate athletes can do this workout as prescribed. Commit to a thorough warm-up and gradually increase the speed of your running before attempting an all out sprint.
Beginner Option:
6 rounds, each for time, of:
100-meter run
Rest 2 minutes
Weighted chest-to-bar pull-up 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Weighted dip 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Run 1 mile for time
Post loads and mile time to comments.
Compare to 171231.
Scaling:
This workout involves three max efforts. Ideally, each lifting set will be as heavy as possible. The lifting portion is then followed by a mile run time trial, a benchmark distance. Newer athletes should choose modifications that challenge the pull and the push. Intermediate athletes can do this workout as prescribed.
Beginner Option:
Jumping pull-up, slow descend 5-5-5-5-5 reps
Jumping dip, slow descend 5-5-5-5-5 reps
Jog 1 mile for time