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After work I have been going in the gym for 20 mins, I know it's not much , but what do think I'll be best doing? I've been doing intervals on the spinning bike, but I do a bit of mountain biking about twice a week and insanity most days,so I was thinking I maybe would be better doing some upper body weights, what do you think?
Cardio-Strength Training!
I suppose it's a bit like Cross-Fit before there was Cross-Fit but it's essentially a sequence of exercises performed back-to-back as many times as possible in a given time.
For example: 40kg barbell - 6xpowercleans, 6xpush-press, 6xjump-squats, 6xbent-over-rows, 6xbarbell rollouts - as many circuits as possible in 15mins.
It's disgusting and time will never pass so slowly but doing this 2/3 times a week (different routines / sequences each time) probably got me in the best shape I've been in.
I suppose it's a bit like Cross-Fit before there was Cross-Fit but it's essentially a sequence of exercises performed back-to-back as many times as possible in a given time.
For example: 40kg barbell - 6xpowercleans, 6xpush-press, 6xjump-squats, 6xbent-over-rows, 6xbarbell rollouts - as many circuits as possible in 15mins.
It's disgusting and time will never pass so slowly but doing this 2/3 times a week (different routines / sequences each time) probably got me in the best shape I've been in.
Twistygit said:
Thanks, I'll have a look at some exercise's,
It was my friend who is a S&C coach that suggested we give it a try. He devised our workouts based on the theories / exercises from the book...http://www.amazon.com/Cardio-Strength-Training-Mus...
...but it wouldn't be difficult to devise your own circuits to ensure you give the whole body a good going over each week using the kit available to you in the gym.
The only problem with it is that, depending on the combination of exercises, you may need to commandeer certain pieces of kit for the full 15mins but you can always plan around that I suppose.
Hoofy said:
Or simply grab one of the heavy fixed bars in your typical lifestyle gym as nobody uses more than 20kg BBs anyway. I swear the 45kg fixed barbell I used was dusty.
OP - in seriousness, I agree with the above, have a look at the kettlebell complexes in the wiki at the top of this page.
Edited by TheJimi on Wednesday 12th March 09:38
TheJimi said:
Hoofy said:
Or simply grab one of the heavy fixed bars in your typical lifestyle gym as nobody uses more than 20kg BBs anyway. I swear the 45kg fixed barbell I used was dusty.
OP - in seriousness, I agree with the above, have a look at the kettlebell complexes in the wiki at the top of this page.
Edited by TheJimi on Wednesday 12th March 09:38
Hoofy said:
TheJimi said:
Can't believe you took the bait!
Well, it certainly sounds daft on the face of it and I never knew those fixed BBs existed until I went to that gym so my own statement would have confused me until 3 months ago.
TheJimi said:
Hoofy said:
TheJimi said:
Can't believe you took the bait!
Well, it certainly sounds daft on the face of it and I never knew those fixed BBs existed until I went to that gym so my own statement would have confused me until 3 months ago.Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff