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Today’s Workout – June 10, 2009

June 10th, 2009

rocky boxing meat

Resistance Training Day

Warm-up

  • 5 min of Joint Mobility exercises & Dynamic Stretching

Workout

Superset #1

  • 10 minutes of heavy bag work – fists, knees, feet & elbows

No rest between techniques…sweat pouring off me like Niagara Falls

60 sec rest between superset 1 & 2 as I moved from the heavy bag room to the weight room

Superset #2

  • Push-Ups – various grips – Bodyweight – 10 sets of 10 reps, supersetted with
  • BW Row on Smith Machine – Bodyweight – 10 sets of 10 reps, supersetted with
  • Swing Snatch – 35 lb plate – 10 sets of 10 reps

No rest between sets

30 sec rest between superset 2 & 3

Superset #3

  • Straight Arm Pushdowns – Dynamic movement – lots of core involvement – 8 sets of 20 reps, weight pyramiding from 145 – 260 lbs., (last 3 sets 19, 16, 14 reps) supersetted with
  • Jumping / Shuffling Split Lunges – 8 sets of 40 reps, Bodyweight

No rest between sets

60 sec rest between superset 3 & 4

Superset #4

  • Cybex Incline Chest Press – 10 sets of 20 – 13 reps – weight increasing from 145 – 300 lbs, supersetted with
  • Bulgarian Split Squat – 10 sets of 7 reps, Bodyweight,

Flexibility/Mobility Training

  • no time to stretch…oops, gonna pay for that

Notes:

Short on time today. 35 minute workout. No rest between sets. No rest between supersets. Exhausted at the end of 35 minutes. Jogged to the gym and jogged/stumbled home from the gym

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Today’s Workout – June 08, 2009

June 8th, 2009

one arm press paul anderson

Resistance Training Day

Warm-up

  • 10 min of Joint Mobility exercises & Dynamic Stretching

Workout

Superset #1

  • Rollouts – 10 sets of 10 reps, supersetted with
  • alternating sets of Bodyweight Squats & Bodyweight Reverse Lunges – 10 sets of 20 reps

No rest between sets – Total reps – 100 rollouts & 200 reps squats/lunges

3 min rest between superset 1 & 2

Superset #2

  • Pull-Ups – various grips – Bodyweight – 5 sets of 5 reps, supersetted with
  • 1 Arm DB Press – 75 lbs – 5 sets of 3 reps, supersetted with
  • Jumping Lunges – Bodyweight – 5 sets of 20 reps

No rest between sets

3 min rest between superset 2 & 3

Superset #3

  • 1 Arm Kneeling Pulldowns – 8 sets of 5 reps, weight pyramiding from 145 – 250, supersetted with
  • Glute Ham Raises – 8 sets of 5 reps, Bodyweight

No rest between sets

3 min rest between superset 3 & 4

Superset #4

  • Standing Cable Crunch – 7 sets of 3 reps @ 135 lbs, supersetted with
  • Bulgarian Split Squat – 7 sets of 7 reps, Bodyweight, supersetted with
  • Standing Cable Row – 2 hand – focus on scap retraction not biceps – 7 sets of 7 reps @ 225 lbs

No rest between sets

3 min rest between superset 4 & 5

Superset #5

  • Cybes Shoulder Press – 5 sets of 5 reps @ 205 lbs, supersetted with
  • DB Concentration Curl – Hammer grip – 5 sets of 5 reps @ 50 lbs

No rest between sets

Flexibility/Mobility Training

  • 15 min of stretching

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Workout Burnout

March 12th, 2009

groundhog-day

Yesterday was Groundhog Day at my gym.

The same people, with the same bodies, were doing the same workouts that they do each and every day.

  • The skinny-fit people were running hard, uphill, on their treadmills
Brandon Moen: treadmill marathon champ

Brandon Moen: treadmill marathon champ

  • The skinny-fat people were jogging, like good little hamsters on their treadmills or ellipticals, and

skinny-fat

  • The wanna-be skinny-fat people were plodding along in their fat-burning zones.

exercise-reading-book

  • The resident “strong-men” of the gym were trying hard to hide even more muscle under their generous layers of body-fat.
Dave Tate - powerlifting guru - pre-transformation

Dave Tate - powerlifting guru - pre-transformation

  • The “machine-junkies” were getting a very safe & sensible workout

curves

  • The Yoginis were stretching themselves into pretzels
model: Christy Turlington

model: Christy Turlington

  • And the interval training junkies were working out like this:

and this:

And the question I ask is…

Why?

Why do the runners run and the lifters lift?

Why don’t the yoginis ever try to build some strength?

Why do the Crossfit cultists only do Crossfit?

Why don’t the Curves circuit bunnies ever do some sprints on the exercise bikes?

Why?

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So, I ‘m asking you.

Do you have the guts to break out of your routine and try something new?

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Cross Training Best For Cardiac Patients

October 4th, 2008

A new study, published in the ACSM’s journal, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, shows that coronary artery disease patients should replace their existing aerobic exercise programs with a combined resistance / aerobic training program.

The study looked at various markers of health important to individuals suffering from coronary artery disease.

These markers were:

  • Vo2 peak
  • Body Composition
  • Anaerobic Endurance
  • Muscular Strength
  • Muscular Endurance

The cross training (combined Resistance and Aerobic training) group demonstrated greater improvements than the aerobic group in every single marker of health.

After 29 weeks:

  • Vo2 peak – Improved 18% in the Cross-Training (CT) group and 11% in the Aerobic (AT) group (data)
  • Lean Body Mass – The CT group gained close to 4x more muscle mass than the AT group (1.5 kg v.s 0.4 kg) (data)
  • Body Fat – The CT group lost 2% body-fat while the AT group lost 0.1% (data)
  • Anaerobic Endurance – Insignificant changes in both the AT and CT groups (data)
  • Muscular Strength – The CT group increased their leg strength by 18%, while the AT group increased leg strength by only 6% (data)
  • Muscular Endurance – Muscular Endurance (tested by Leg Press) improved 100% in the CT group and only 15% in the AT group (data)

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Scientific Conclusion

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The major findings of this study are that replacing two aerobic training (AT) sessions with two Resistance Training (RT) sessions (creating a Cross Training (CT) workout) each week elicited similar or higher changes in cardiovascular fitness (V⋅O2peak) than AT alone (5 sessions per week) with the added benefits of significant gains in muscle strength, local muscle endurance, lean mass accretion and reduction in percent body fat in CAD patients.

These data support the hypothesis that combined RT/AT training (or CT) was superior in eliciting physiological adaptations, with more substantial gains seen with increased volume of RT for lean muscle mass, lower body muscular endurance, VAT, and V⋅O2peak.

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