workout

HIIT or not?

January 17, 2012

Not, I was going to make this evenings workout an HIIT workout but unfortunately I’d forgotten to charge a battery for the gymboss timer. I’d wanted to make this evenings workout bodyweight only as I’d done a kettlebell workout yesterday, since I’d also no battery for the mp3 player (I could have put a DVD [...]

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Full Body Boxing Workout.

January 15, 2012

This evening I worked out with my good friend “Bubby”. Together we worked through “The Pit, full body workout” a fuller description of the workout can be found here. We then alternated between gloves and focus pads for 12 x 2 minute rounds working straight punches, hooks to the head and body, uppercuts etc. We [...]

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Deck of cards weighted vest bodyweight workout 19th May

January 14, 2012

This evenings workout was a bodyweight workout using a deck of cards and weighted vest. The exercises were: Suits * Spades = Leg Raises * Hearts = Push ups * Diamonds = Lunges * Clubs = Squat Thrusts Repetitions * ace = 11 reps * 2 = 2 reps * 3 = 3 reps and [...]

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Christmas Day Workout.

December 25, 2010

Todays workout was just a light one before sitting down to dinner. Snow is still thick on the ground so I went into the workshop at work and with my new heavy duty wire jump rope and Gymboss Timer, I jumped rope for 12×2 minute rounds with 30 seconds of ab work inbetween rounds. I [...]

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Jump Rope and Heavy Bag Workout.

November 20, 2010

While I haven’t posted in an age, I haven’t stopped working out. I work out most days with maybe 2 or 3 days off a month. This evenings workout was a simple one. Using the Gymboss Timer I performed 12 x 2 minute rounds of jump rope then 12 x 2 minute rounds of bag [...]

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Boxing Workout.

July 31, 2010

My training over the last couple of weeks has gravitated over to boxing type training. I now have a training partner and both of us have boxed in the past, we’ll usually warm up with some jump rope then we work for 12 two minute rounds with 30 seconds rest between round. One of us [...]

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Art of Strength Providence Kettlebell Workout.

July 20, 2010

This evenings workout was once again the Providence Kettlebell workout. I love this Kettlebell workout although I really should put together more of my own. I’ve been doing this workout with a 20kg Kettlebell for a while now so I may just get myself a 24kg Kettlebell and see if I can manage it with [...]

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Workout for 18th July 2010.

July 18, 2010

Went running this evening 20 minutes there and 20 minutes back. A few abs exercises too: 50 sit ups 50 leg raises 50 bicycles 50 rusties 50 seated twists

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Workout for July 17th 2010 Kettlebell and Bodyweight Workout.

July 17, 2010

This evenings workout was a kettlebell workout using a 20kg kettlebell and my own bodyweight: After warming up I performed: Ten rounds of squat thrusts for 30 reps and then one arm kettlebell swings 15 reps each arm. A round is one set of squat thrusts and one arm kettlebell swings done back to back [...]

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Sledgehammer, kettlebell and bodyweight workout.

July 15, 2010

You don’t always need to use traditional exercise equipment and training routines in your workout program, as there are many great “alternative” training methods. One of my favourite “alternative” workout tools is the sledgehammer, although this is the first time in ages that I’ve used it. Using my 14lb sledgehammer and 20kg kettlebell after a [...]

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