TR vs the future

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.

taniwharugby

out in the hot sun; 
 
1 min on the punch bag, 15 push ups, 40 mountain climbers, 40 sec plank, 20 box jumps, 10 dips, 25 med ball squat press = 1 set x 5. 
 
The last set was hard (the box jumps in particular) and no rushing between exercises!!

JK

Thanks for the support for the golf mate! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':good1:' />

taniwharugby

Arms, shoulders & legs tonight. 
 
Good sets on the EZ bar and then pushed myself on the hammer curls and then skull crushers. 
 
The new weights I bought have hand grips on them which is good in that I can put them on the EZ bar and do BB Rows with a wide vertical grip, mixed them with DB press. 
 
Legs just a light squat night as I intend going for a run tomorrow.

The Silver Fern

TR vs the future