TR vs the future

taniwharugby

After an odd day yesterday where I had some seriously painful cramp in my left glute (never get cramp!!) from about 4am through to about 7pmish...I didnt do anything. 
 
Today; 
 
Arms (straight bar curls, concentration curls, triceps) 
Shoulders (bent over DB flies, medicine ball throws) 
Legs (deep squats, unweighted)

taniwharugby

short sharp back, chest and ab workout 
 
45 pull ups (10, 8, 6, 6, 5, 5, 3, 2) 
129 push ups (25, 20, 20, 20, 17, 15,12) 
Mountain climbs, planks and staples (40 x 40 sec x 20) x 3

JK

Short sharp and nasty mate. Thats lots of push ups there!

taniwharugby

the mountain climbers and planks after hurt like hell in press up position!!

JK

Never heard of mountain climbers so will check them out

ACT Crusader

[quote name='JK' timestamp='1348738678' post='313535']Never heard of mountain climbers so will check them out[/quote] 
 
Cross body mountain climbers are what I use as a finisher. Highly recommend them if you wanna bust a gut and be on the verge of gagging.......

taniwharugby

[quote name='JK' timestamp='1348738678' post='313535'] 
Never heard of mountain climbers so will check them out 
[/quote] 
 
Maybe called something else? 
 
In a press up position and you bring each knee up like you are climbing/running.

JK

Oh yep - we often do those in our circuit but dunno what the PT calls them. 
 
They sure do get ya.

taniwharugby

when combined with planks and crunches or staples, they are killer, 5 mins is more than enough!! 
 
ACT, how do you do the cross body ones??

JK

We normally do 4 exercises of 45seconds to 1min each and then a short break and repeat. First time round not so bad but 2nd time ughhhh it burns from the start! 
 
Finish with a max hold plank or prone hold.

taniwharugby

lovely warm spring sunshine outside, so did a cardio session to get the heart pumping. 
 
40-50 sec hard out on the punch bag > 50 mountain climbers > 10 burpees = 1 set; 5 sets (may have done 6, couldnt remember if I'd done 4 or 5 so did an extra just to make sure) max 10 sec break between sets, enough to have sip or water and put the gloves back on 
100 skips > 8 1/2 pull ups > 25 med ball throws = 1 set; 3 sets (last set of skips I woulda done about 120, as if I trip, I start back from the multiple of 10, and did it about 3 or 4 times) 
 
Farked!

JK

Nice one! Mint day for it alright and the weather sure gets ya keen to do stuff like that. 
 
I got roped in to helping my wifes nana clean out the house and not only did I score a whole raft of rugby memorabilia but also an old school exercise bungy cord. Its kinda like a skipping rope but bungy cord with open loops at each end. Worked out a heap of exercises I can do with it already but finding a lot more via google right now. Will be good to put in the suitcase etc for when travelling and without a gym.

taniwharugby

Arms, shoulders and legs 
 
Arms - EZ bar (4 sets of around 60-70% of max; 15,12,9,6 @8 sec intervals) Hammer curls, skull crushers 
Shoulders - bent over BB rows, Med ball squat thrusters 
Legs - weight box step ups 
 
BTW, I make up names of exercises if I dont know them <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

taniwharugby

Back, chest, abs. 
 
1/2 pull ups, deadlifts (reduced the weight I was lifting as I looked at some clips on Youtube and I am not sure my technique was that great before) 
Bench - 15 x 65kg, 10 x 65, 7 x 65, 4 x 65, 4 x 65 (8 sec rest between each set, 1st set of 4 I got to about 80% up for my 5th, but couldnt make it) 
 
Mountain climbers x 50, Planks x 40 sec, crunches x 25 = 1 set, x 3

taniwharugby

wasnt really feeling it tonight, but forced myself to do a bit of cardio. 
 
Warm up on the bag as usual then; 
 
10 burpees with a 10kg medicine ball, 20 step ups (box around knee height) 100 skips = 1 set x 4. 
 
Certainly hard work, and happy I did it now!

NTA

Love that feeling - when I get a bit of a fuzzy head, sometimes hitting the bike or run clears it right up, even if I'm stuffed at the end.

taniwharugby

II thnk I need ot alter the way I do things as I feel like I've hit the wall, I have been doing 4 workouts a week, and run 1 time; I am gonna try running twice, another day of cardio exercises (burpees, box jumps, skipping etc kind of stuff) and have 2 days of weights. 
 
My weight has risen to 95kg since we came back from holiday in mid-July and am struggling to get back to the 92.7-93.2 I was sitting at back in Feb-June, and I just feel a change is required.

NTA

What are your rest day(s) in a week? 
 
Maybe you should take a week off from the exercise, control the eating, and give yourself a break.

taniwharugby

I had a few weeks off when I hurt my back about 5 or 6 weeks back, and also had 4 weeks of minimal exercise in June/July when we were in the UK, went for 4 or 5 runs in 4 weeks with no weights and too much not so good food (well it tasted good) <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> 
 
Rest days are usually a Friday and Monday but have been changing that about the past few weeks with an extra day off here and there. 
 
Which is why I think I need a change of what I am doing to get back on track, with the warmer weather about, it makes it much easier to want to go down to the garage and do a workout too!

taniwharugby

7.4km run today, 50mins. overall pace is a bit slow with TR Jnr along, but it only makes a difference on the uphill sections where I have to push him or his bike...he has me easily on the final 400m 'sprint' which starts on a rise and through a dip that he has to get off for before a 200m flat part to our driveway.

The Silver Fern

TR vs the future