Today we are rowing some intervals that take us to the middle of the lactic acid pathway.
Set the CII Rower for intervals a minute long with a minute's rest.
We are going to row ten of the intervals. This is a twenty-minute workout.
On the efforts, set the rower to projected meters and row the first interval at 95%
On the rest, row easy, maximizing your recovery.
On subsequent intervals attempt to repeat the distance covered on the first interval.
Submit your total distance for each of the ten intervals.
IF YOU CAN'T ROW,
On a track run a lap, walk the next. Repeat until you've run ten and walked ten.
This is an amazingly complete workout in only twenty-four minutes.
Set-up the rower for intervals of twenty seconds work and ten seconds rest.
Set the rower to display meters in the lower window. Go all out on the first effort.
On subsequent efforts work to capture as many meters as in the first effort.
In the same interval pattern, 20on/10off X 8,
Squat (air squat).
Same interval pull-ups.
Same interval push-ups.
Same interval sit-ups.
If you transition from one exercise to the next in ten seconds, this is a
twenty-minute workout. For all but the best athletes this will be all but impossible.
Transition from one exercise to the next as quickly as you can. One-minute maximum
transition break! No ranking will be considered for total time that exceeds twenty-four minutes.
Ranking is based on least number of meters in each of eight rowing intervals, and least
reps in each of eight intervals for each of the other four exercises.
Submission includes five numbers: least number of meters in rowing, least number of squats,
least number of pull-ups, least number of push-ups, and least number of sit-ups.
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.
Set-up the rower for intervals of twenty seconds work and ten seconds rest.
Set the rower to display meters in the lower window. Go all out on the first effort.
On subsequent efforts work to capture as many meters as in the first effort.
In the same interval pattern, 20on/10off X 8,
Squat
Pull-ups
Push-ups
Sit-ups
If you transition from one exercise to the next in ten seconds,
this is a twenty-minute workout. For all but the best athletes
this will be all but impossible.
Transition from one exercise to the next as quickly as you can.
One-minute maximum transition break! No ranking will be
considered for total time that exceeds twenty-four minutes.
Ranking is based on least number of meters in each of eight
rowing intervals, and least reps in each of eight intervals for
each of the other four exercises.
"Tabata Interval" Squat
(Squat for 20 seconds, rest for ten, repeat for total of 8 efforts in 4 minutes)
Rest 4 minutes
20 Pull-ups (assisted if needed), followed immediately by 20 reps Bench press
Rest 3 minutes
15 Pull-ups, followed immediately by 15 reps Bench press
Rest 2 minutes
10 Pull-ups, followed immediately by 10 reps Bench press
Rest 1 minute
"Tabata Interval" Squat
(Squat for 20 seconds, rest for ten, repeat for total of 8 efforts in 4 minutes)
Take note of the weakest number of squats in each of the 16 intervals.
Use the least amount of assistance possible to complete the pull-ups and use
max load on bench press.
This entire workout takes just over twenty minutes. Take note of the devastation.
Ask yourself what it is that your friends are doing in the gym for hours at a time.