Hostyle Workout - Group class - TABATA FUN!

What a wild workout today! Was crazy! I stole this description from Greg's Blog found HERE.... I'm lazy like that sometimes haha!

We did the Tabata routine today with Curd! It was very intense, 20s of intense exercise, followed by 10s of rest, for 8 sets per exercise. 30s rest during the switch between exercises. Exercises performed under the Tabata system are ideally movements that use a lot of muscles. Our routine this morning conformed to this principle. The entire Tabata routine lasted about 30 minutes.


Pushups

Squats (varied between regular, hands out to the sides, prisoner)

Planks (varied between the elbow and pushup varieties and also threw in commands to raise right or left arms or legs and sometimes hold)

Lying Bent-Knee Raises

Running on the Spot With High Knees

Burpees/Squats (alternating sets)


Finished off by going upstairs and pounding out 500m on the row...

Strength Workout - Bench - Technique, Technique, Technique

Today I again worked on the technique.

10 reps BAR

5 Reps @ 95

3 Reps @ 115

Did a bunch of 140 rep singles, working on the shoulder and feet presses.

Worked well.

Finished with 95, 115 and 135 reps for pure technique.

Shoulder shrugging went well, new for me ;)

Played around with 40lb, 80 lb and 120 lb sand bags with Danny for a bit for fun!

Overall getting better on technique!

Cardio Day - Stationary Bike

Today I pushed things a little harder, thanks mostly to some mood music from the Progressive Swedish Death Metal band Opeth in my headphones.

I was able to hit 11km's in the standard 30 minutes! Felt good doing it also, sweat all over, but not the usual puddle.

Hostyle Workout - One on One Ta"BAD"a!!

Well today was a crazy Tabada workout!

First off tho I will update my weigh situation.

I dropped 2.6 lbs this week to hit 331.6

I am happy with the results as usual! 11.6 to go to hit the 320 and claim my prize from the boys! I am hopeful to hit this in 3 weeks or so...Exciting stuff!

Well the workout was crazy. Tabada is 30 seconds of a movement broken down as 20 seconds of intense effort, followed by 10 seconds of rest. You never stop it seems, the 20 seconds gets longer and the 10 second break is enough to grab a deep breath or 2...

I did 8 - 30 second rounds of 6 exercises.

There were no breaks in between the exercises.

I did

Dead lifts (135lb bar)

Body Squats

Push ups

Horizontal rows using 2 red bands (pulled crazy tight)

K Bell swings

Ball Slams (25lb ball)

I finished with an extra minute of Ball slams...

This was basically my 30 minutes in a nutshell.. I was TOAST!

I can barely type this now.... I need to end my typing.. Goodnight!

Anyone selling some new arms? ;)

Cardio Day - Stationary Bike

Yippeee!

Boring eh? haha

Another 10.33 km's

Not too much to report. Weigh in tomorrow... Should be good, was strict as usual on my diet.

Monday - 400 reps! - 2nd Week!

Well I did the 100 rep routine for a second time and my goal was too improve my times.

100 Squats

100 Knee Raises

100 Blue Band presses

100 Green Band press downs

I was able to improve all of the times! I felt good and strong today!

Squats - Old 7:30, Today 5:48

Knee Raises - Old 5:22, Today 4:22

Blue Band Presses - Old 3:51, Today 3:46

Green Band Pull Downs - Old 4:10, Today 2:47

I took a short 30 second rest between exercises. Its going to be quite the challenge to better these times next week! haha

Hostyle Workout - Group class - Plank-A-Palooza

Yesterday was another great group workout in the Hostyle training center.

It was a plank fest as the title indicates.

Here is the link to the workout. It was challenging to say the least. We had a great turnout!

We hit up the standard 500m row after the class. I was able to hit a 1:45, another best for me. .8 of a second off my previous best! I will take it!

Day off today, chillin...