Archive for the ‘High Intensity Training’ Category

3×10 Wide legged Deadlifts 3×10 Deadlits Then: 5×3 Deadlifts 70%max 3×2 Deadlifts 80%max 3×1 Deadlifts 95%max Rest between 45-90 seconds between each set. However at 95%max rest upto 2 minutes. Then: 5×60 seconds Freestyling on the Pull-up Bar Rest adequately between sets Then: Cool down

Interval Weight Training, IWT for short devised by Pat O’Shea in 1969. His books worth getting Scientific Principles and Methods of Strength Fitness and Quantum Strength Fitness. Mind you not easy to get hold of… Dynamic Warm-up Then: 12x Front Rack Squats (2x8kg or 2x12kg for women and 2x24kg or 2x32kg kettlebells) + 2 minutes [...]

Mobility and Dynamic Warm-up Then: 5×5 Pull-ups Rest 30 seconds Then: 5x Single Arm Suitcase + 10x Single Arm Bent Over Row Complete 5 sets using dumbbells or kettlebells. Rest 60 seconds inbetween each set. Then: 5×5 Chin-ups Rest 30 seconds Then: 3×8 Wide SL Deadlifts (Heavy Resistance Band) Rest 60/90 seconds. Then: 3×5 HIT [...]

Its not the STRENGTH but DESIRE which moves us… Dynamic Mobility Warm-up Then: Indian Clubbell 25x Swings to Squat + 25x Single Arm Swinging Shield Cast Complete 2 sets Then: 5 sets of – 5x BB Squat (barbell should weigh your own body weight) HIT (10seconds Concentric Phase and 10 seconds Eccentric Phase) + 20x [...]

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Interval Weight Training Session Dynamic Warm-up Then: 5x BB Hang Cleans + 5x Push Press 70% max + 2 minutes Sprint 15 seconds + Run 15 seconds (15sec Hard/15sec Less Hard) + 2 minutes Rest Three Rounds Then: 5 minute break which includes the 2 minutes rest from the last set Then: 10x Jerks Heavy [...]

Dynamic Warm-up Then: 3×60 seconds Tyre Flips Then: 10×1 Deadlifts (working up to your heavy max) Then: 5×5 80% max Deadlifts Rest 2-3 minutes between sets Then: 6x TGU (3 each side) Then: Cool down and rest

“Functional strength training involves performing work against resistance in such a manner that the improvements in strength directly enhance the performance of movements so that an individual’s activities of daily living are easier to perform.” Unknown Dynamic Mobility Warm-up Then: 10 minutes x KB Manmakers (Renegade Rows – Press-ups – Cleans – Squat Press – [...]

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit and is a state concerned with choice, lying in a [...]

Strength Session Dynamic Warm-up Then: 3×10 Pull-ups Then: 5×5 BB DL 5×5 KB SLDL Then: 3×20 Glute-Ham Developer Back Extention + Sit-ups with KB extended over chest Then: Cool down Roundhegians RFC Conditioning Session Dynamic Mobility Warm-up Then: 5x 10 seconds of push/wrestle + 50m shuttle run, with 30 seconds rest between reps 5x 10m [...]

Mobility Warm-up Then: 3×6/8 Swiss Ball Single Arm DB/KB Chest Press 3×6/8 Swiss Ball Single Arm DB/KB Incline Chest Press 2×10 DB Press-up to Gladiator (Light) 2×10 Bridging DB/KB Chest Press (Light) Then: 2×10 DB/KB Seesaw Press 2×6/8 Kneeling Swiss Ball DB/KB Shoulder Press 2×8 DB/KB Bent Press Then: 5×6 (3 each side) Kettlebell Turkish [...]

Strength Work Dynamic Warm-up Then: 2×15 BB Stiff Leg Deadlifts 2×15 KB Suitcase Deadlift 5×3 BB Heavy Deadlifts Then: 3×5 2x32kg Floor Press + 3×5 32kg Single Arm Bentover Rows Then: 3×2 minutes Clubbells Gamma (alt sides) + Rest 1 min between sets Then: 3×10 GHD KB Sit-ups Then: Cool down

Dynamic Mobility Warm-up Then: 3×5 BB Overhead Squat Then: 15 meters KB Walking Overhead 2x Lunges + 2x Squats 30 KB Step ups 3 rounds Then: 5×5 Zercher Squats with KBs on each end of the BB Hold for count of 5 on the top position. KBs will create instability. Rest 90 seconds to 2 [...]

HIT – High Intensity Training What Is HIT? The initials H.I.T. stand for High Intensity Training. It is a system of training made popular by Arthur Jones, and involves working harder, briefer and less frequently then the high volume approach to training. Many famous bodybuilders have used High Intensity Training including Casey Viator, Mike Mentzer, [...]

High Intensity Training (HIT) is a form of strength training popularized in the 1970s by Arthur Jones, the founder of Nautilus. The training focuses on performing quality weightlifting repetitions to the point of momentary muscular failure. The training takes into account the number of repetitions, the amount of weight, and the amount of time the [...]