First, let me apologize ahead of time for the photographs - there simply isn’t very much space to take pictures in my house, and the ab wheel isn’t very practical in the yard!
This is one of those exercises that looks far, far easier than it truly is. The device itself is simple a wheel of [...]
I’ve always maintained that having a strong core is vital to any athletic endeavor, be it weight lifting or running. When people think of core strength, the usually think abdominals. In reality, having strong abs plays a very minor part in having real core strength. Core muscles are all the intricate muscles which stabilize your [...]
As adults, a lot of us have completely forgotten about jumping rope. And let’s face it, a lot of us who are younger only jumped rope as children when we were made to at school. Yet jumping rope is one of the most effective aerobic conditioning exercises out there if you factor in the time [...]
21-15-9 reps of:
225 pound Deadlift
Handstand push-ups
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Five rounds for time of:
400 meter run
95 pound Overhead squat, 15 reps
This one makes me feel better about the wine I’ll be having later. Damn near puked up lunch!
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And Happy Holidays to all of you, have a great new year! Saturday’s workout was:
Complete as many rounds as you can in twenty minutes of:
10 Pull-ups
7 Handstand Push-ups
Rope climb, 15 ft
7 Ring Dips
And today’s Christmas Eve workout is a nice, easy 5k run. I’ll probably substitute it for 25 minutes on the bicycle trainer.
Take care [...]
First, let me say that I didn’t do a very hardcore workout today and I’ll give a bit more detail in the update that follows. Here’s the workout:
6 rounds of 1 minute rope jumping, averaging 100-200 jumps per minute, varying the style such as double-unders, alternating feet, two feet at once, knee to chest, etc.
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Five rounds for max reps of:
Body weight bench press
Pull-ups
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As many of you might have figured out based on my choice of daily exercise, I am a big fan of intense interval training of all flavors. The sort I’ve found most likely to make you keel over and puke is often referred to as “Tabata intervals” and requires you to work for 20 seconds, [...]
Today’s workout was to complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as I could of:
Run 400 meters
Max rep Pull-ups
I didn’t keep track of how many I did, but I can tell you the pull-ups were insanely difficult after sprinting a quarter of a mile. They’re definately improving after having done them daily for the last [...]
