AMRAP - TSF 1st non-meatheads challenge + ACTC's workouts
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Intervals are amazing fitness builders. And if you want to go to the extreme, Tabata intervals can't be equalled.<br />
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20 seconds of all out effort, followed by <br />
10 seconds rest<br />
= 1 round<br />
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Repeat for a total of 8 rounds.<br />
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Try these with burpees, sprints, squats, rope skipping, or any exercise that involves large muscle groups. Tabata Burpees truly suck in ways that cannot be properly articulated with words alone.<br />
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For these, you need a decent stopwatch or even better, an interval timer. I use something called a Gym Boss, which is a type of timer that is specifically designed for interval training. -
Last Saturday did workout AMRAP in 15mins<br />
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500m row<br />
12 deads @75<br />
15 burpees<br />
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5+row+7 deads<br />
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It was my rowing that really stuffed me in terms of time. <br />
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Today went at lunchtime - did a thruster Tabata that I lost count of how many reps I did in total. I did it for 15 rounds (7:30mins) in total. <br />
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After that did some circuit work with squat variations and pushup/dumbbell row variations. <br />
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Finished with some intervals on the bike. -
[quote name='Kirwan']Hey, pretty similar to mine today. But you did two extra rounds, nice. <br />
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What was the weight for the thruster?[/QUOTE]<br />
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35kg. I was keen to do it at 40kg but I hadn't done Tabata with thrusters so went for 35. -
Latest workouts<br />
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Sat - started out with some squats. Best was 5x90. Wasn't game to go beyond that weight without a spotter. <br />
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Then into two different circuits<br />
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5xRFT - 9x deads@70kg, 12x chest touch/hand raise pushups, 15x box jumps. 10:43<br />
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AMRAP 12mins - 1min sprinting treadie, 20x alt lying KB press@24kg<br />
5 rounds + sprint + 11 press<br />
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Last night - didnt go to the gym but at home at 8:30pm did workout. warmup then 50/50 air squats/pushups no rest. Then into 3 rounds 10x 1 arm db shoulder press@17.5kg, 20x DB squat thrusters. <br />
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Out on the street for run for 400m medium pace. Then did intervals basically went from street light post to post sprint/walk. It was freezing cold last night. Felt good though -
[QUOTE]5xRFT - 9x deads@70kg, 12x chest touch/hand raise pushups, 15x box jumps. 10:43[/QUOTE]<br />
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That's an awesome time, you're a machine. Doing two circuits is pretty impressive, I'm not sure how long it would take me to recover enough to go again. -
[quote name='Kirwan']That's an awesome time, you're a machine. Doing two circuits is pretty impressive, I'm not sure how long it would take me to recover enough to go again.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Cheers. Felt really good going into the workout on Saturday. I did however forget the 1 x Starfish upon completion <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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I rested about 3mins in between the two mini workouts. <br />
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I try to mix it up on days similar to you Kirwan, lifting first up and then a WOD/AMRAP/Circuit. On other days, just warmup and then into the circuits etc. -
Early morning workout today. Plenty of stretching and warmup activity to get things going. <br />
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Push press lifting then set the watch at 15mins to do: 30x BB thrusters, 500m row. Was a struggle but first attempt totals were 66 thrusters and 1K row. <br />
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Followed that up with some DB bench press and BW Bulgarian split squats. <br />
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Stretching and planks to finish things up