Well, despite the best laid plans of 'beep testing' night planned for last night, due to rain... we ended up postponing this - so that will hopefully be done on Monday night next week.
Instead, we boxed, kickboxed & ran in the rain.
Get Fit, Lose Weight & Feel Great, Outdoors!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Fitness Testing week
This week is Fitness Testing week at Attitude to Burn. Because we 'do it outdoors' we don't have access to treadmills, stationery bikes etc to do what would normally be considered as 'formal' types of sub-maximal testing.
Our testing is based on what is functional or appropriate for our style of training.
So...
last night was the following:
set 4 cones up 10 m apart - each cone has an exercise, ie
10 alt. lunges
10 situps
10 tricep dips
10 pushups
race back to start - how many rounds in 10 minutes. One tester got 1 and 3/4 more laps around this time around from 6 weeks ago, which is excellent.
Then the next test was:
Mark out a designated area, and do one lap of the area running (or run/walk depending on fitness levels of participants), then 10 pushups, 10 situps, 5 burpees. Time for 3 laps through.
Then we finished off with # of pushups/situps/10m shuttle runs over 1 minute period.
All had made great gains since the last 6 week testing.
Wednesday night is Beep Test night - which will be followed by strength & kettlebells.
Our testing is based on what is functional or appropriate for our style of training.
So...
last night was the following:
set 4 cones up 10 m apart - each cone has an exercise, ie
10 alt. lunges
10 situps
10 tricep dips
10 pushups
race back to start - how many rounds in 10 minutes. One tester got 1 and 3/4 more laps around this time around from 6 weeks ago, which is excellent.
Then the next test was:
Mark out a designated area, and do one lap of the area running (or run/walk depending on fitness levels of participants), then 10 pushups, 10 situps, 5 burpees. Time for 3 laps through.
Then we finished off with # of pushups/situps/10m shuttle runs over 1 minute period.
All had made great gains since the last 6 week testing.
Wednesday night is Beep Test night - which will be followed by strength & kettlebells.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Above all else.....
Fitness should be FUN!
I am a firm believer in trying to weave fun into fitness.... or fitness into fun.
Last night we played a pseudo version of netball with a fit ball as our warmup.
Certainly beats a normal warmup ;-)
If your workouts are...ho hum...or just plain boring, spice them up with a game of something!
Now I'm trying to think up next week's warmup games :-)
I am a firm believer in trying to weave fun into fitness.... or fitness into fun.
Last night we played a pseudo version of netball with a fit ball as our warmup.
Certainly beats a normal warmup ;-)
If your workouts are...ho hum...or just plain boring, spice them up with a game of something!
Now I'm trying to think up next week's warmup games :-)
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The TRUE outdoor workout!
Movement in Nature - The Workout the world forgot.
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The soundtrack to this sounds like it's by our very own (French import!) Endorphin
">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGF-ErsJiI
The soundtrack to this sounds like it's by our very own (French import!) Endorphin
Friday, April 3, 2009
Partner Workout
Last night we did a partner workout, which proved to be challenging & fun!
The circuit consisted of:
KB Zig zag runs with a sprint back (partner squatted while waiting)
Med Ball squat & pass
Med Ball situp & pass
KB swings
Kickpad work
It's the sort of workout you can do anywhere with a friend - you can substitute a dumbbell if you don't have a kettlebell, sandbags or anything.
The circuit consisted of:
KB Zig zag runs with a sprint back (partner squatted while waiting)
Med Ball squat & pass
Med Ball situp & pass
KB swings
Kickpad work
It's the sort of workout you can do anywhere with a friend - you can substitute a dumbbell if you don't have a kettlebell, sandbags or anything.
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