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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Sweaty Tuesday!

TONIGHT'S WORKOUT!
5 Rounds

Each round is two minutes. The athlete will sprint to fence and back and use the remaining time to perform as many push-ups until the round is over. One minute of rest after each round. The athlete is scored by the total number of push-ups.
 
15 Dbell/Kbell Renegade Man Makers
30 Box Jumps
one set of lampost suicide runs
10 Dbell/Kbell Renegade Man Makers
30 Box Jumps
one set of lampost suicide runs

5 Dbell/Kbell Renegade Man Makers
30 Box Jumps
one set of lampost suicide runs
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Man Maker # – Dbell or Kbell go AHAP (as heavy as possible)
Guys should be around 35-45
Girls should be around 20 to 25 pounds

Go heavier if you can. Good strength movement.
here is an awesome description on how to correctly do a manmaker...
.How to do a manmaker....
Man Maker... The man maker takes the basic push up and adds a variety of progressively challenging elements. The man maker addresses strength, balance, coordination and mid line stability in one movement.

Start by standing with a dbell in each hand and drop into the plank position with one dumbbell in each hand. Ensure you maintain a solid plank position and engage your abdominal muscles. Execute a full range of motion push up by lowering your chest to the floor. Press away from the floor and return to the plank position by fully extending your elbows.
Now that you have returned to the plank position, pull one dumbbell up to your chest (rowing motion) and return it to the floor. Repeat by pulling the other dumbbell to the chest then thrust both feet forward toward hands (as if performing a burpee) and complete a squat clean bringing the dbells up to the catch/rack position (at shoulders) then press both dbells overhead. We will be adding 2 standing lunges. This is one rep. The man maker requires a lot of abdominal and shoulder stability and balance especially during the movement.

Abdominal strength – Complete 100 knees to elbows after the workout. Each time you have to drop the bar, roll over and do 20 pushups

"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others."
- Bill Gates
what did you do today to empower someone else? 
 I overheard a conversation between two young athletes at the gym.  One was saying to the other that the workouts at the gym in the classes just weren't "working anymore" and that she needed to get slimmer and bathing suit ready another way.  There's two ways I like to respond to this kind of thinking! One...are YOU pushing the weight that you need to be pushing, no matter who the instructor is, you get out of your workout what you put into it. Two...you can't out-train bad nutrition.  If you are working yourself hard in the gym and still not getting the results you need, it's not your gym's fault, it's your eating habits. Get real with yourself, look hard at what kinds of fuel you are feeding yourself.  If you have to, keep a food journal.  Many of my clients think that they have wonderful eating habits, until they actually write it down.  Then it is much easier to really see where we are falling off the wagon.

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