Sunday, January 10, 2010

100'S..

Sometimes it nice to switch your weight training and strengthening routines just as it is for cardio. Bored from your normal 3 sets of 20 reps?...Well mix it up by throwing in cardio in between exercises or doing cross fit workouts like I have posted previously. Another method I picked up from Western was called doing "100's". How you can do it is you pick 4-6 exercises and you do 100 sets of each exercises and see how much time it takes you...Next time you do it you can beat that time. It's also just different on the muscles to go straight through 100 reps and fatigue just the working muscle group without switching exercises. Usually I will set one day and pick upper body or lower body and zone all exercises towards the designated area. For instance..arms..so do 100 curls with dumbbells, 100 tricep dips, 100 push ups, 100 rows, 100 yoga push ups, and 100 sit ups. However you could pick full body exercises as well. As usual be creative and build new routines off of old ideas or suggestions like these! =0 You can also throw in sprints, jumping jacks, or jumping rope in between as well. Posted below is a workout I thought up and did yesterday incorporating 100's and a pretty steady treadmill interval I used a few weeks ago.
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The ten min treadmill interval I used is as follows and you could build this into any routine or alter however you like to make another workout for the future =

*10 min on treadmill (intervals)
... 7.0 speed, 2.0 incline, 1 min
... 5.2-5.5 speed, 0 incline, 30 seconds
... repeat for a total of 10 minutes
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..........and this is the workout I put together =

*10 min on treadmill (intervals)
... 7.0 speed, 2.0 incline, 1 min
... 5.2-5.5 speed, 0 incline, 30 seconds
... repeat for a total of 10 minutes

*100 bicep curls ( with desired weight) ; 100 tricep dips
*1.5 min sprint on treadmill @ 9..this can be lowered if needed.(however it takes the treadmill a little bit to even get to 9 so you Can do it!!! =))
*100 push ups ; 100 rows (use free weights or machine)
*1.5 min sprint on Tread. @ speed 9
*100 yoga push ups ; 100 sit ups
*1.5 min sprint on tread. @ 9

10 min on treadmill (intervals)
... 7.0 speed, 2.0 incline, 1 min
... 5.2-5.5 speed, 0 incline, 30 seconds
... repeat for a total of 10 minutes

walk for a bit at a good pace and cool down if you can.

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