Taking a break from pull ups for the first time in a while today. Pay attention to the movement when you do the toe squats. Make sure you get good calf raises out of them and concentrate on squeezing your quads and your core out of the squat. Push ups have been too easy lately. [...]
Archive for July, 2011
The house has set the suits to their movements and the dealer’s got the cards in hand, now get to work and keep up the intensity… :: Movements :: ♣ = Toe Squats ♠ = Dips ♥ = Double Push-ups ♦ = Ring Push Outs For more than one athlete, assign the suit to different [...]
Maintaining intensity for more than one person… Assign the suit to different exercises for each person. That way nobody ends up waiting on anyone else to perform an exercise. When a Diamond is drawn, each person does their specific Diamond movement. :: Movements :: ♣ = Burpees ♠ = Pull-ups ♥ = Push-ups ♦ = [...]
Time for another deck of cards workout. I’m working out alone at the fire station today and I had to swing out to station 14, so I’ll have to make due in unfamiliar surroundings… Below are the 4 movements I’ll be using: :: Movements :: ♣ = Cross-body Lunges ♠ = Pull-ups ♥ = Dips [...]
Here’s a fun workout that I first read about on a Judo website. I’ve since learned that it’s actually a popular CrossFit workout too. We’re gonna use a deck of cards to determine the type and number of exercise to do. We’re working with 4 movements only. :: Movements :: ♣ = Hindu Squats ♠ [...]
Today I’m making up for eating terribly last night – really terribly. We had chicken fried steaks and all kinds of good stuff at the fire station last night. Of course, I ate too much of it and that leads me to today, feeling like I need to make it up to my body as [...]
Well, today will be a bit odd – I’ve left all of my gear, all of my rings and parallettes and what-not at the fire station and that’s too far to drive on my day off… Given that, I think I’ll try to put as much punishment on my soft-ass vacation-ruined body as I can. [...]