March 29

25 Burpees.

March 28

24 burpees.

April's almost here. It's less about how badly you want it and more about what you're willing to do to get it. Recognize.

Leg Strength and Endurance: Week 4

5 circuits w/ 30 sec between exercises, 1 min between circuits


In case you've forgotten, the circuit is:


20 body weight squats
10  lunges per leg alternating legs
10 side lunges per leg alternating legs
10 step ups per leg alternating legs
10 squat jumps


Enjoy.

March 25,26,27

21, 22, and 23 burpees respectively.  Spent a few hours on Saturday with Mazur running a clinic for Hotchikiss and Choate's ultimate teams.  Warmed up for that with a mile run and this weeks leg strength workout.  Looking forward to track workouts starting next week.

March 24

I skipped two days of burpees, so I made them up tonight after class.18, 19, and 20, over a span of about 30 minutes. Tiring. Recognize.

Youtubes for Circuit workout

In case there's any ambiguity about the exercises, here's roughly how I've been doing them:

Squat - Body weight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4KhIEwoZHI (only a little faster, and hands behind head)
Lunge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ95qwNaD78 (also faster, hands behind head)
Lateral Lunge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu-82RlK0T8&feature=related (less of an English accent)
Step ups - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDwzB6xuZ9o (couldn't find a good one how I do them, but this looks pretty good. I do them alternating legs each time and exploding off of the box)
Squat jumps - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8AgiMBxXY&feature=related (I don't go this low ... looks bad for the knees. but yeah ...)

-Rafe

Effective cross training

Sometimes you need something new to keep your training exciting.

Ben Crane has some neat ideas...check them out.