You've got 20 minutes to do as many pull-ups, squats (free-squat, or air squat),
push-ups, and sit-ups and back extensions as possible. There's one rule; the total
number of reps must include equal counts of each exercise. Work hard and fast.
(I'd suggest you try reps of five of each and see if you can move continuously for the thirty minutes.)
Two minute standing sprint on the bike.
Five minutes of ab work.
Two minute standing sprint on the bike.
Five minutes of ab work.
Two minute standing sprint on the bike.
Five minutes of ab work.
Notes:
1. Go ALL out on the sprints.
2. Be creative with the ab work. (Borrow from Today's Link)
Pick a different exercise for each of the three efforts and see how
hard you can work for five minutes.
3. No hurry between efforts. Give quality sprints and quality ab work.
5 Sets of pull-ups. Fast-slow-fast-slow-fast.
The fast ones are fast and sloppy; the slow ones are excruciatingly perfect.
This is, of course, high rep and low rep, alternating.
The following circuit contains three elements and is a powerful whole body workout.
Each element is 45 seconds with a fifteen second rotation
(not one second more or you start over).
Make five rotations. That's exactly fifteen minutes.
If you don't know the elements you haven't been paying attention.
(It's partly our fault; we're working on a page of descriptions and illustrations.)
Email us for details if you can't find them off of the archived routines and links.
"Wall Ball"
Hollow Rock
Romanian Deadlift/Upright Row combo movement
We are ready for a break from the neurological and orthopedic stresses of
weightlifting and hard and heavy leg work.
Here is an interval that the NSCA identifies as being smack dab in the middle
of the lactic acid metabolic pathway. Remember one of the advantages of
interval training is that we get extended exposure to cardiovascular work
without the muscle wasting consistent with extended aerobic work.
On the Concept II Rower set up for intervals and go all out for 60 seconds
Row easy for two minutes.
Repeat for a total of fifteen efforts.
This is a total of forty-five minutes, yet the work is designed to enhance anaerobic
capacity. Now here’s the really cool part: even though this work is predominantly
anaerobic (lactic acid pathway), it carries a heavy aerobic benefit without the
disadvantages of reducing speed, power, and strength known to accompany
aerobic training.
On setup scroll the display to show meters in the lower window. On your first
effort throw as many meters up in the minute as you can. On the subsequent
fifteen efforts fight for as much of the first distance as you can.
On completion use recall to scroll through all fifteen intervals and record and
submit the meters rowed for each interval.
If you need help setting up the rower email us at [email protected].
If you don’t have access to a Concept II Rower, buy one.