Comments on: Is This A Tough Bodyweight Workout?

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:28:28 +0000

Just read the above comment and uh, yeah, what he said.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:26:49 +0000

Perhaps the body is being prepped in the first round, warming up to the action that is about to come at them again. Second sets always go better for me personally.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:30:06 +0000

Hey David,
That’s pretty common actually. As the nervous system gets fired up and attuned to the movements, you can pour a lot more effort into the exercises and ramp up the performance from round to round. Eventually, it’ll dip back down as fatigue sets in after the peak…
Cheers,
Adam

By: David Levy

David Levy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:28:12 +0000

Great little circuit, I’ve put just about every one of my clients and classes through it.. I’ve heard the words “hidious” from some of my toughest athletes.

I tried an experiment tonight with a REALLY interesting outcome.
After everyone in my elite class completed round one, I told them to count honest reps in rnds 2,3,4. I gave them the first round to get attuned to the demands of the circuit.
What happened has me somewhat confused. Round 3 and 4 are where it gets interesting. For round 3, everyone beat their score for round 2. This is understandable since they now had a goal out there. That said, you might figure that this would be the best of the 4. knowing that, I set everyones goal for the midpoint between the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Everyone beat the 3rd round by about %5 for monster 4th rounds.
Thoughts?

By: bindiya

bindiya — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:22:16 +0000

oof!gonna try some of dis with my class tmw…wish me luck.

By: Peter Fabian

Peter Fabian — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:27:00 +0000

Once again a very creative use of movement in the lateral ground engagement–i’ve used the other three and variations in classes and find that many “older” fit folks find them very challenging and appreciate ways to approach them successfully–we of course use chairs/blocks etc to decrease the weight they initially stack on their de-conditioned upper bodies–this is often how i started–just wanted to say thanks and that many people can benefit from this type of work, even when they (we) feel lost when looking at the original examples

By: admin

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:47:54 +0000

Scott – That hilarious. I’ll have to create my own version…

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:10:47 +0000

Dale – I laughed at your client’s comment…it made me think of the following quote from a kettlebell swing+squat routine I “like”,

“You are going to alternate swings and Hindu Squat in descending and ascending ladders while periodically thinking of how to find me and beat me with a stick.”

By: admin

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:22:46 +0000

Scott – Cool. Thanks for the comparative analysis. Interesting.

Dale – Better you than me. I have enough people telling me that kind ‘a stuff already…

By: Dale

Dale — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:25:04 +0000

Did the workout with one of my most fit clients, she does triathalons and is used to working through pain. By the end, she told me she hated me and never wanted to do that workout again. So yes, I would say it is a killer workout!