Who's HARDCORE (join if you dare!)? I'll bet ya I can make
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I was way overthinking those - I know what they are and I've done them. Count me in!0
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Ooookay....phew. Here's basically what I did -
4 minutes at a 5.8 mph jog
1 min at 8.0 (didn't even know I could run that fast), then 1 min at 5.8, three times
some push-ups but those were hard, and I didn't really watch the clock. Just did as many as I could, followed by a short rest
same with the bicycle crunches
2.5 min on elliptical backwards at level 5
.5 min much slooooower - did this for about 10 min
walked at a 5.0 incline for 2 min
jogged for 1.5 min
walk for .5 min - did that 3 times (still at incline)
Then, still at incline, I jogged for 1.5 min followed by 1.5 min of running at 7.5 mph (did this 3 times as well)
I'm not sure if I'm listing all my times correctly, but my total time was about 54 min with 446 calories burned (30% fat), my average HR was 84%, my high was 97%.
Tomorrow, I think I'll walk or do a light job followed by some upper body strength.0 -
After basketball practice today, I plan on doing an interval workout (taken from one of Banks' previous HIIT workouts):
stretch
5 min jog
10 sprints (length of basketball court)
3 min jumping jacks
5 sprints
5 frog leaps
3 minute continuous quick jump rope
10 slides
1 min pushups
10 sprints
stretch......really really really really good0 -
bumbin to keep in My Topics - for good ideas or...if i decide to join
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After basketball practice today, I plan on doing an interval workout (taken from one of Banks' previous HIIT workouts):
stretch
5 min jog
10 sprints (length of basketball court)
3 min jumping jacks
5 sprints
5 frog leaps
3 minute continuous quick jump rope
10 slides
1 min pushups
10 sprints
stretch......really really really really good
Hmmm, I like that. Wonder if my gym has jump ropes. What are frog leaps? I think I know...and slides?0 -
This sounds awesome.
I'd love to join...but I Hardcore pulled my quad at my soccer game yesterday :sad:
Coach's orders were to take it easy for the next few days so I will be tip top by next game.
Looking forward to watching ya'lls progress!!! :drinker:0 -
Oh and bump!0
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nice cor. 84% average means you probably popped above 90% at least 8 minutes or so of the 54, and that's good.
Nat you big baby, wrap it up
Just kiddin. rest that sucker, quads can be dicey, especially considering how much we use them when we work out.
OK I just did the whole routine top to bottom, to a T.
47 minutes for me total (I shortened a couple of rest cycles), 550 calories. My quads are burning right now real bad. It's an awesome burn. Now I want more. I figure next time I add 1 more set into my running cuz I felt like I coulda done a little more if I really pushed hard.
So when you guys are on your high intensity sections, you know, when your legs are beginning to burn, and the sweat is really starting to drip from multiple spots off your brow, and you are like half way through, what do you think about? I split my time between, "I can't do this for another 2 minutes" and "OK half done with this hell, almost to the slow part".0 -
Nat you big baby, wrap it up
Just kiddin. rest that sucker, quads can be dicey, especially considering how much we use them when we work out.
:laugh: Yea, that's what I get for not stretching enough. Stretch people!!!
It probably wouldn't have been as bad but it happened in the first half of the game and I had to keep sprinting up the field. :sad: No fun!
BTW...nice av!
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frog leaps are a full squat to the floor then jumping up as high as you can, all in one motion.
when you do slides, you are position like you are sitting in a chair. butt down. back straight. i do, arms out, palms up (for basketball). you are sliding right to left or vice versa. don't cross your feet.0 -
Well, today was my first time, so I was mostly thinking "Wow! I can't believe I can do this! I'm so tired, but this feels so good!"
I'm going to push myself a little bit harder on Wednesday. I think this will really help my running times though! I'm so excited!0 -
I pulled both my quads at the beginning of basketball season. It's no fun. I feel your pain...
I used to hardly ever stretch when I played sports in school, now, I stretch at random times throughout the day! ha0 -
I pulled both my quads at the beginning of basketball season. It's no fun. I feel your pain...
I used to hardly ever stretch when I played sports in school, now, I stretch at random times throughout the day! ha
Both quads?? :noway: Yeowtch!0 -
I DID IT! I modified a bit.
Sprints I did a 8.3, walked at 3.0 and to take a 2 min rest in between them as my HR was flying! Probably had something to do with the 3 cups of coffee prior to doing this.:drinker:
Because of my shoulder probs, I did wall p/u on a disc.
OMG-on the manual treadmill!!!!
Elliptical I did at level 8, the first round and 6 the second.
Wall sit-no prob-did the curls.
The last round did at 7.4-8.0
Results-28 min with my HR in the 84- 90% zone! Hard level is (set for me).
Burnt 745 cals. Feel great. Thanks Banks
When I was hurting I thought about what I could set up for a session and that I was kicking butt!:drinker:0 -
I'm about to do this at 1:00! I'm going to shorten it a bit because I already did a really intense full-body workout which I will be posting for all of you! Mwahahah! :devil:0
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I DID IT! I modified a bit.
Sprints I did a 8.3, walked at 3.0 and to take a 2 min rest in between them as my HR was flying! Probably had something to do with the 3 cups of coffee prior to doing this.:drinker:
Because of my shoulder probs, I did wall p/u on a disc.
OMG-on the manual treadmill!!!!
Elliptical I did at level 8, the first round and 6 the second.
Wall sit-no prob-did the curls.
The last round did at 7.4-8.0
Results-28 min with my HR in the 84- 90% zone! Hard level is (set for me).
Burnt 745 cals. Feel great. Thanks Banks
When I was hurting I thought about what I could set up for a session and that I was kicking butt!:drinker:
NICE lady. I wish I thought about productive stuff like that when I was in the hard section. My thoughts are all about how stupid I am for doing this
You like that manual treadmill? I learned that one from Jillian on the Biggest loser (season 2 I think). Yes, after about 1 minute on the treadmill unpowered, your ARMS feel like they are gonna explode (or at least mine do). Thats why I do it right after push ups, to really maximize the effect!0 -
Hotmom- go you! That's great! Wow... 745 calories burned! Man, I feel weak now.
Song - can't wait to see your workouts!0 -
I'm about to do this at 1:00! I'm going to shorten it a bit because I already did a really intense full-body workout which I will be posting for all of you! Mwahahah! :devil:
I'm a little afraid right now. I just KNOW you are gonna put in all the things that I avoid and thus suck at. :ohwell:
Oh, I'll do them, I'll hate you a little after SB, but I'll do them. 0 -
I'm about to do this at 1:00! I'm going to shorten it a bit because I already did a really intense full-body workout which I will be posting for all of you! Mwahahah! :devil:
I'm a little afraid right now. I just KNOW you are gonna put in all the things that I avoid and thus suck at. :ohwell:
Oh, I'll do them, I'll hate you a little after SB, but I'll do them.
Well as a hint...I LOVE plyometrics, I LOVE jumping, and I LOVE compound and supersets...Today I was dripping sweat after about 5 minutes and my legs still hurt. :laugh:0 -
I"m absolutely in! My workout consists of mainly weights. I do 20 minutes elliptical and have a 2 day split. Legs (squats, leg press, leg extension, hamstring curls on the ball) and core. Day 2 is Upper body (chest press on a ball, chest press on flat bench, lat pull down, one arm rows, overhead press, lateral raises, preacher curls, skull crushers). I started doing plyos with my husband 2 weeks ago...but he hurt himself...so now I'm flying solo again and looking for ideas.
My only problem is time. I superset all my weights and pyramid as well. So, my workouts including cardio take less then one hour.
I'm excited by the challenge and look forward to my decathelete body!:happy:0 -
Well as a hint...I LOVE plyometrics, I LOVE jumping, and I LOVE compound and supersets...Today I was dripping sweat after about 5 minutes and my legs still hurt. :laugh:
I'm actually a big fan of plyometrics too. They are great for baseball as most things you do in baseball start at a rest and need you to be full speed very fast (pitching, stealing bases, swinging a bat).
What kind of supersets do you like SB? I prefer compound as they really kick the crap out of you, but they don't isolate muscles as well so that's a definite drawback. I only do supersets when I do leg training though, as it's getting close to baseball and supersetting my upper body would have drawbacks to my shoulder arms and traps (I pitch, and the upper body muscles for a pitcher need to be nice and lengthened).0 -
I just wanna say that I loved this workout today and that I'm so energized! I didn't even get a lot of sleep last night b/c I had a hard time falling asleep. Normally, but now, I'd be exhausted - even with my run and eating healthy and taking vitamins! haha
Well, I'm energized, but my legs are exhausted!0 -
I just wanna say that I loved this workout today and that I'm so energized! I didn't even get a lot of sleep last night b/c I had a hard time falling asleep. Normally, but now, I'd be exhausted - even with my run and eating healthy and taking vitamins! haha
Well, I'm energized, but my legs are exhausted!
You know why Cor? Cuz when you work your muscles in ways they aren't used to, to the point of fatigue; you raise your metabolism, shoot crazy hormones (the good ones) into your body, and burn all this extra energy. All of the endorphins released for the exercise stick around for a while. Mix that with the increased metabolism you have right now, and you feel like a million bucks.0 -
I'm about to do this at 1:00! I'm going to shorten it a bit because I already did a really intense full-body workout which I will be posting for all of you! Mwahahah! :devil:
I'm a little afraid right now. I just KNOW you are gonna put in all the things that I avoid and thus suck at. :ohwell:
Oh, I'll do them, I'll hate you a little after SB, but I'll do them.
Well as a hint...I LOVE plyometrics, I LOVE jumping, and I LOVE compound and supersets...Today I was dripping sweat after about 5 minutes and my legs still hurt. :laugh:
Damn, you stole my idea! :grumble: I LOVE plyo and high intensity aerobic stuff. Looking forward to it!
Oh and Banks-didn't you hear the tone of my sarcastic voice regarding the manual treadmill. It was a killer!:devil: I've never tried that before, great alternative. I'm printing these off and saving them. So Banks, today's I have as #1. This way we can always go back in future workouts to it. If you guys think, that is.:bigsmile:0 -
Well as a hint...I LOVE plyometrics, I LOVE jumping, and I LOVE compound and supersets...Today I was dripping sweat after about 5 minutes and my legs still hurt. :laugh:
I'm actually a big fan of plyometrics too. They are great for baseball as most things you do in baseball start at a rest and need you to be full speed very fast (pitching, stealing bases, swinging a bat).
What kind of supersets do you like SB? I prefer compound as they really kick the crap out of you, but they don't isolate muscles as well so that's a definite drawback. I only do supersets when I do leg training though, as it's getting close to baseball and supersetting my upper body would have drawbacks to my shoulder arms and traps (I pitch, and the upper body muscles for a pitcher need to be nice and lengthened).
Well a superset is technically working two different (usually opposing) muscle groups back to back. A Compound set is using the same muscle groups for two different exercises. I really like compound sets because it's the easiest way to reach fatigue, which is pretty much the goal of any set, whether it's higher or lower rep. Fatigue means you've recruited even the deepest muscle fibers and fatigued all of them, so they will all adapt.
I did the workout, and it was awesome! I had to tweak it a bit because the gym was PACKED :grumble: Plus I wanted to add some more abdominal work since I didn't do it earlier. Here's how it looked:
5 min warmup on stairmill/dynamic stretching
6 min of 20 second intervals (can't change that) on the stair mill, Lvls 10/15
1 min Pushups
4 min of 20 second intervals on stair mill, lvls 11/14
2 min bicycles
1 min sit ups (these are my favorite lol)
5 min reverse elliptical intervals, lvls 15/20
1 min wall sit
1 min plank
6 min of 20 second intervals on stair mill, lvls 10/13 (got tired lol)
2 min plank/side planks, alternating 30 sec
5 min cooldown
It was awesome!!! I loved being able to really bust a move on the stairmill because I had little 'rests (?)' doing other activities.0 -
I'm jealous...you guys all did a GREAT job!
I finally got hit with the flu that has been passing through my house...first DH, then the kids.....finally got me
I have a fever, chills, aches..I hope to be up and running in another day or so
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Y'll are incredibly MOTIVATING!!! Really pushed hard today at the gym after reading thru this thread.0
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Well as a hint...I LOVE plyometrics, I LOVE jumping, and I LOVE compound and supersets...Today I was dripping sweat after about 5 minutes and my legs still hurt. :laugh:
I'm actually a big fan of plyometrics too. They are great for baseball as most things you do in baseball start at a rest and need you to be full speed very fast (pitching, stealing bases, swinging a bat).
What kind of supersets do you like SB? I prefer compound as they really kick the crap out of you, but they don't isolate muscles as well so that's a definite drawback. I only do supersets when I do leg training though, as it's getting close to baseball and supersetting my upper body would have drawbacks to my shoulder arms and traps (I pitch, and the upper body muscles for a pitcher need to be nice and lengthened).
Well a superset is technically working two different (usually opposing) muscle groups back to back. A Compound set is using the same muscle groups for two different exercises. I really like compound sets because it's the easiest way to reach fatigue, which is pretty much the goal of any set, whether it's higher or lower rep. Fatigue means you've recruited even the deepest muscle fibers and fatigued all of them, so they will all adapt.
I did the workout, and it was awesome! I had to tweak it a bit because the gym was PACKED :grumble: Plus I wanted to add some more abdominal work since I didn't do it earlier. Here's how it looked:
5 min warmup on stairmill/dynamic stretching
6 min of 20 second intervals (can't change that) on the stair mill, Lvls 10/15
1 min Pushups
4 min of 20 second intervals on stair mill, lvls 11/14
2 min bicycles
1 min sit ups (these are my favorite lol)
5 min reverse elliptical intervals, lvls 15/20
1 min wall sit
1 min plank
6 min of 20 second intervals on stair mill, lvls 10/13 (got tired lol)
2 min plank/side planks, alternating 30 sec
5 min cooldown
It was awesome!!! I loved being able to really bust a move on the stairmill because I had little 'rests (?)' doing other activities.
OOh, you used the Tabata protocol. Touche lady! Very nice. I was going to add that (tabata is 20 seconds max effort, 10 seconds light effort for 4 to 6 reps). that's supposed to be really kick *kitten*. I haven't tried it yet, but I want too, I may try it next one.0 -
Well as a hint...I LOVE plyometrics, I LOVE jumping, and I LOVE compound and supersets...Today I was dripping sweat after about 5 minutes and my legs still hurt. :laugh:
I'm actually a big fan of plyometrics too. They are great for baseball as most things you do in baseball start at a rest and need you to be full speed very fast (pitching, stealing bases, swinging a bat).
What kind of supersets do you like SB? I prefer compound as they really kick the crap out of you, but they don't isolate muscles as well so that's a definite drawback. I only do supersets when I do leg training though, as it's getting close to baseball and supersetting my upper body would have drawbacks to my shoulder arms and traps (I pitch, and the upper body muscles for a pitcher need to be nice and lengthened).
Well a superset is technically working two different (usually opposing) muscle groups back to back. A Compound set is using the same muscle groups for two different exercises. I really like compound sets because it's the easiest way to reach fatigue, which is pretty much the goal of any set, whether it's higher or lower rep. Fatigue means you've recruited even the deepest muscle fibers and fatigued all of them, so they will all adapt.
I did the workout, and it was awesome! I had to tweak it a bit because the gym was PACKED :grumble: Plus I wanted to add some more abdominal work since I didn't do it earlier. Here's how it looked:
5 min warmup on stairmill/dynamic stretching
6 min of 20 second intervals (can't change that) on the stair mill, Lvls 10/15
1 min Pushups
4 min of 20 second intervals on stair mill, lvls 11/14
2 min bicycles
1 min sit ups (these are my favorite lol)
5 min reverse elliptical intervals, lvls 15/20
1 min wall sit
1 min plank
6 min of 20 second intervals on stair mill, lvls 10/13 (got tired lol)
2 min plank/side planks, alternating 30 sec
5 min cooldown
It was awesome!!! I loved being able to really bust a move on the stairmill because I had little 'rests (?)' doing other activities.
OOh, you used the Tabata protocol. Touche lady! Very nice. I was going to add that (tabata is 20 seconds max effort, 10 seconds light effort for 4 to 6 reps). that's supposed to be really kick *kitten*. I haven't tried it yet, but I want too, I may try it next one.
Yea, it was close to Tabata, but the rests were 20 seconds as well unfortunately....but now you have me wanting to do it for real! Hmmm...I could incorporate that into my gym ritual of pain and destruction...:devil:0 -
I feel stupid - in my mad rush to get out the door last night I forgot my change of clothes, my HRM and the workout that was planned...:ohwell:
So here's what I did....
30 minutes elliptical - 2 minutes on level 8 backwards - OUCH, of the 28 minutes I ran 5 minutes
leg presses - 3 sets of 10 (1 set each at 140, 120 and 100 pounds), arm pulls 25 pounds 2 sets of 15
bicycle crunches 2 minutes with 30 sec rest in between
held plank pose twice for 1 minute with brief rest in between
treadmill - 20 minutes with about 5 1 minute running sessions in there (1 at 6.2 MPH--I was afraid to try faster since my running is usually 5 MPH)
I got really dizzy so decided not to do rowing machine.:sick: They were out of clean towels and no paper towels in bathroom so I was literally dripping with sweat!:blushing:
Not exactly what was planned but I got my heart rate up to 173 while running - the stupid treadmill monitor wasn't working half the time so not sure overall but I kept it up there.
Hopefully will have my ducks in a row Wednesday and do the actual workout then...with all my "gear"!0
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