Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Is Eating Meat Ethical? | Mark's Daily Apple
Is Eating Meat Ethical? | Mark's Daily Apple Some food for thought (pun intended)!
Today's Training Session: Strength Training
Today was a strength training session centered around the DB Incline Press as per Wendler's 5-3-1 program.
Warmup: Ankle mobs, Indian clubs, wall slides, low box hip flexor, 1/2 kneeling adductor
Workout: Incline DB chest press: 1 x 5 @ 70, 1 x 3 @ 80, 1 x 4 @ 90; Face pulls 3 x 12 @ 60 ; Smith machine inverted rows 3 x 15 supersetted w/Rip Trainer overhead chops 3 x 8 ea.; 1 arm MB pushups 3 x 6 ea. supersetted w/rollouts 3 x 10
Comments: Hit good number on the "max" out set on the DB incline chest press. This 5-3-1 program works very well for me as it has for some of my clients.
Train hard and train smart!
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Warmup: Ankle mobs, Indian clubs, wall slides, low box hip flexor, 1/2 kneeling adductor
Workout: Incline DB chest press: 1 x 5 @ 70, 1 x 3 @ 80, 1 x 4 @ 90; Face pulls 3 x 12 @ 60 ; Smith machine inverted rows 3 x 15 supersetted w/Rip Trainer overhead chops 3 x 8 ea.; 1 arm MB pushups 3 x 6 ea. supersetted w/rollouts 3 x 10
Comments: Hit good number on the "max" out set on the DB incline chest press. This 5-3-1 program works very well for me as it has for some of my clients.
Train hard and train smart!
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Today's Training Session: Sprints
In case you haven't already guessed I love sprints. If my body could recover from them I would do them daily but for now anyway 2-3 times weekly will suffice. There is nothing like running all out....we loved it as kids and we should work towards doing it even as adults IMO.
Warmup: Lateral squat, march series, arm circles, toe/heel walks, high knees, butt kickers
Workout: 8 x 60 meter sprints on turf; walk back for recovery.
Comments: Good session; ankle and knees felt pretty good but the key is always in the recovery. Crisp but nice morning. Had to bundle up a bit and wear a hat and gloves but still great to be out sprinting!
Train hard and train smart!
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Warmup: Lateral squat, march series, arm circles, toe/heel walks, high knees, butt kickers
Workout: 8 x 60 meter sprints on turf; walk back for recovery.
Comments: Good session; ankle and knees felt pretty good but the key is always in the recovery. Crisp but nice morning. Had to bundle up a bit and wear a hat and gloves but still great to be out sprinting!
Train hard and train smart!
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Yesterday's Training Session: Lower Body Training
Notice when I say lower/upper body training I almost invariably include some of the other "half" of the body in my training if only through total body movements like swings. I very seldom do true split training.
Warmup: Ankle mobs, Wall scap retractions, tabletop hamstrings, tabletop hip rotators, Swissball hip flexor, Swissball adductors, Indian clubs
Workouts: RFESS: 1 x 5 @ 45, 95, 1 x 3 @ 115, 1 x 4 @ 130; KB swings 4 x 12 @ 32 kg. supersetted with "fat grip" chins 3 x 15; KB Farmers carries
Comments: Simple but complete training session with some lower body work, total body movement, trunk work and upper body work. Good training session esp. after recovering from yesterday's first baseball games of the season.
Train hard and train smart!
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Warmup: Ankle mobs, Wall scap retractions, tabletop hamstrings, tabletop hip rotators, Swissball hip flexor, Swissball adductors, Indian clubs
Workouts: RFESS: 1 x 5 @ 45, 95, 1 x 3 @ 115, 1 x 4 @ 130; KB swings 4 x 12 @ 32 kg. supersetted with "fat grip" chins 3 x 15; KB Farmers carries
Comments: Simple but complete training session with some lower body work, total body movement, trunk work and upper body work. Good training session esp. after recovering from yesterday's first baseball games of the season.
Train hard and train smart!
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Opening Day: One of the Reasons to Train
Today was the opening day of my baseball team's season and, as usual, we play a doubleheader on Sundays.
Against one of the better teams in the league we won both games, 5-3 and 13-3, to start the season. It bodes well for the season as we got "younger" which is always relative when you're playing in a 48+ baseball league! :)
But today is one of the reasons I train so hard all winter as it prepares me physically for the demands of baseball.
Some people may pooh-pooh the idea of needing training to play baseball as they view it as very unathletic with not much action.
Those would be people that are very ignorant and don't know what they're talking about and confuse running around with athleticism.
The fact of the matter is that baseball requires a lot of explosive power, quickness and agility which is further complicated by the fact that the action in baseball tends to come in sporadic spurts. It is not more continuous in nature like soccer or lacrosse but that doesn't diminish the athletic demands of baseball.
In fact, my training prepares me for both squash and baseball which to many people may appear to be at opposite ends of the athletic spectrum. But, in reality, the greatest difference between the two sports is more in their metabolic, or conditioning, demands then in the other aspects of athleticism. In fact, as an outfielder there is much more high level sprinting in baseball than in squash. I know first hand as I had to chase down several well hit balls today! :)
So the point is that my "off-season" training prepares me for my baseball season to perform at my best as well as reduce my chance of injury.
Train hard and train smart!
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Against one of the better teams in the league we won both games, 5-3 and 13-3, to start the season. It bodes well for the season as we got "younger" which is always relative when you're playing in a 48+ baseball league! :)
But today is one of the reasons I train so hard all winter as it prepares me physically for the demands of baseball.
Some people may pooh-pooh the idea of needing training to play baseball as they view it as very unathletic with not much action.
Those would be people that are very ignorant and don't know what they're talking about and confuse running around with athleticism.
The fact of the matter is that baseball requires a lot of explosive power, quickness and agility which is further complicated by the fact that the action in baseball tends to come in sporadic spurts. It is not more continuous in nature like soccer or lacrosse but that doesn't diminish the athletic demands of baseball.
In fact, my training prepares me for both squash and baseball which to many people may appear to be at opposite ends of the athletic spectrum. But, in reality, the greatest difference between the two sports is more in their metabolic, or conditioning, demands then in the other aspects of athleticism. In fact, as an outfielder there is much more high level sprinting in baseball than in squash. I know first hand as I had to chase down several well hit balls today! :)
So the point is that my "off-season" training prepares me for my baseball season to perform at my best as well as reduce my chance of injury.
Train hard and train smart!
htt://fitnesstogether.com/media for our website and all of our links
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