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Extreme Home Fitness From P90X to Crossfit to Russian Kettlebells – Proof that at any age you can still give it the beans and be your own hero!
What now? Frosh Week is over, there will be a maximum of 3 workouts posted here each week from gym so what do you do in the mean time? In other words, how do I build my own workout. Here’s a quick method. How many workouts a week? Should be 6 so I will go … Continue reading “Frosh Week Is Over. The Punishment Never Ends…”
Since most of the people who this is aimed at are previous gymnasts this should be easy. For the rest of the world you need to start working on your gymnastics skills. It’s a tough sport to compete in but the skills you develop as a gymnast are valuable for all aspects of sport and … Continue reading “Frosh Week Day 6 – The Last Day (Be A Gymnast)”
In case you can’t read my scrawl this was yesterday’s workout. 5 Rounds: 10 Pushups 15 VSnaps 20 Squats 15 Full Situps 10 Military Pushups Bonus round after all 5 are done: 10 Burpees 10 Pushup Burpees 10 Pushup Tuck Jump Burpees
Frosh Week Workouts Day 4 Cardio… because beer is carbs Tabata protocol: 20 SECONDS WORK 10 SECONDS REST X 8 THAT’S JUST 4 MINUTES OF ALL OUT WORK 5 rounds is a total of 20 minutes of effort. SO WORK!!! Jumping jacks VSNAPS Mary Katherine lunge switches Pushups Burpees
Time for a rest, of course only if you have done the previous 2 days. This is not so much a day off as a chance to work back into your flexibility and is something that, if you don’t do yoga at the Student Gym, you are going to need to do twice a week. … Continue reading “Frosh Week Day 3 – Warmup and Stretch”
Sticking with the HIIT format for the week in case you were wondering. Here is day 2: 5 rounds or until you vomit stale beer. 100 walking lunge 25 vsnaps 20 burpee tuck jumps 25 squats 20 pushup burpees 25 full situps 100 walking lunge
So it’s been 10 days since I stopped the cut, went to Cuba on vacation and ditched counting calories in favour of what I would consider a major refeed. I learned a couple of things during this week, first that my strength takes a major hit when I am cutting, something that I have missed. … Continue reading “Frosh Week Workouts and The Return To TDEE”
It’s that time of year again and my heart is heavy as I say goodbye to some of my wonderful kids. They are moving on, away from a sport that has given them the kind of strength and coordination that nothing else can and for that reason they need something to keep them going. Hitting … Continue reading “The Most Savage Workouts – How To Stay In Shape After Gymnastics”
The week leading up to the Warrior Dash was not great. I coached Wednesday despite having a fever and after spiking over 40 degrees I was off work on Thursday and Friday with only some gentle walking on the treadmill and outside to count as exercise on Friday. My throat was extremely sore, and to … Continue reading “R7D30-35 – Warriors In Sickness And In Health”