Monday, October 27, 2008

Off-Week Workouts

It’s important to give your body a break after engaging in high intensity workouts, so please use our time off to heal up any bumps, bruises and strains. After a few days of rest, we suggest participating in some type of workout to get the blood pumping and the muscles working again. If you’ve really got some pain, stick to the swimming pool or bicycle, and try to work on perfecting your push-up, sit-up and squat form.

Otherwise, we’ve listed some different workouts to try out over the break so you can come back to camp rested and prepared to tackle another 6 weeks.

Many of you indicated that you’d love to work out together so please post comments to form your own small groups. Give some details – when/where/what workout – and I’m sure you’ll get some folks on board.

  1. Run a 5K and record your time. Use www.mapmyrun.com to map out the 3.1 mile distance around your neighborhood.
  1. For time:
    10 rounds with reps 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of
    burpees
    push-ups
    sit-ups
    squats
  2. 5 rounds – AFAP
    50 jumping jacks
    40 mt. climbers each leg
    30 tuck jumps
    20 crunches
    10 diamond pushups
  1. 45 min. tour of a park

As you run to various locations, include the following in your tour:

Bench jumps – 30 secs x 5

Dips – 30 secs x 5

Hill Runs

Bench squat jumps – 30 secs x 5

Plyometric push-ups – 30 secs x 5

  1. Complete 3 rounds of the following and record your time:

Run 400 meters forward

Run 200 meters backward

When finished, complete a hip circuit with 30 reps of each.

  1. Play a sport for 45 minutes. We’re serious! Get together and play basketball, Frisbee, flag football, whatever.
  1. Alotta tabata. Complete the following series with no rest in between sets other than the 10 seconds:

Pullups (or jumping pull-ups or rows if you can find a railing/bar that’s appropriate)

Situps

Pushups

Squats

Dips

Total time: 20:00 min

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi All,

I had trouble with attendance last session and want to recommit to my program. Is anyone willing to be a "buddy" with me so that we can encourage each other, maybe check in the night before camp nights, or anything else?

Due to some work travel commitments, I signed up for a reduced number of sessions this time, but I would like to try for perfect attendance for the number of days that I have signed up. Please let me know if you would like to buddy up for mutual encouragement/policing.

See you all next week!!!!!

ANDIE--Rocks! said...

Love to be your buddy Lisa, make sure you tell me which classes you are missing so I will not hassle you warranted!

FYI- This Wednesday 5:45 workout
Agnes Scott parking lot Cindy and I
email me for more instruction
andie.boyd@bluelinxco.com
404642-8117

Way to push me this morning Cindy!
3.48miles could not have done it with out you and lolli

cpow said...

thanks Andie for meeting me! i feel so much better for having done something. now i can feel relatively guilt free whilst eating my spaghetti and watching The Biggest Loser tonight :-)

tomorrow morning 5:45a Agnes Scott parking lot next to the tennis courts! be there or be in bed!