Sunday, December 18, 2011

Strength and Work Capacity.



This week we focused a lot on strength mixed with some endurance work capacity sessions. The goal is to keep the athletes strong for their recreational sports. I focused on some single leg squats to target the weaker side and improve balance. We also did some 15 to 20 minute work capacity sessions that really pushed them metabolically. It is amazing how strong everyone is getting and how much harder they are able to work.

Day 1

warm-up: SBGU 7 min

6 rounds

4x clean and push-press
8x jump squat
40x flutter kicks

6 rounds

8x kbell front squat
10x bounds
straddle

15 minutes ARAP

10x jump lunges
10x swings
10x plank walk-ups
10x ea single leg squat

Jane Fonda 45 seconds

Day 2

warm-up

25 20 15
sprints, sit-ups and push-ups

6 rounds for time

30x step-ups
3x ea sbag clean
6x sbag squat jump
6x push-press

2 rounds

1 min burpee
1 min bosu lateral hop
1 min box jump
1 min sled drag
1 min rest

3 rounds

10x bird dog
10x plank-walkups
10x up with a twist
10x back extension

Saturday, December 10, 2011

The week of no snow!



This week was really busy for classes, which made me happy and I was glad to see people are still trying to stay strong for ski season when hopefully it finally does come. It is hard when you train for 8 weeks and then just stop, it is so important to maintain strength, balance and stabilization through the season. This week we did a day of strength and day of tough work capacity that combined a lot of strength and endurance. It is great because everyone has a really strong base, so now we are able to train more specifically. I want to continue to increase everyones core strength and power!

Day 1

warm-up
3 x Barbell Complex

6 rounds

4x mr. spectacular
8x Sandbag squat jumps
3x shoulder dislocate

6 rounds

6x front squat
40x high knees
quad stretch

6 rounds

8x tricep ext
10x jingle jangles
8x sit-ups

3 rounds

10x bird dog
30/30 side plank
10x ea side crunch

Day 2

warm-up
25 20 15 10
bounds, swings, goblet squat

2 rounds

1 min step-ups
1 min bosu squat jumps
1 min sandbag burpee
1 min square drill
1 min touch jump touch
1 min sled
1 min rest

10 min as many rounds

4x atomic manmaker
5x ea single leg deadlift
10x squat jumps

10 rounds one every 30 sec
suicides

45 second Jane Fonda