Richard Gibney's 365 Days of Fitness: Day 257
Day 257 The workout today was a lot of fun. The weather wasn't very nice today, so I ran my conditioning group inside tonight. Earlier in the year this would have been too difficult with the larger numbers, but right now the group is just small enough to run in the actual gym.
The workout tonight consisted off 3 components. Each component was done within a 12 minute time frame, with the goal being to perform as well as possible within that window.
Today's Workout
Component 1: Spin Bike Maximum Calories in 12 minutes - I managed 150. This guy Rod in my group almost cracked 200. Very impressive.
Component 2: Body Weight Circuit As many rounds as possible in 12 minutes - There was a 25 rep cap on all exercises per round.
- Chin-ups 17,12, 12, 9, 6
- Push-ups 25, 25, 25, 25, 25
- Air Squats 25, 25, 25, 25, 25
- Knee Grab V-Sits 25, 25, 25, 25, 3
- I didn't quite make 5 full rounds but I was close
Component 3: Tabata 8 Intervals: 20 sec on / 10 sec off
- Squat Jumps
- High Knees
- Squat Jacks
- Split Jumps
- Squat Jumps
- High Knees
- Squat Jacks
- Split Jumps
- We rested 2 minutes after the first Tabata series then completed another one. The second one hurt significantly more than the first.
As I said, I really enjoyed this workout. The best part was doing with the group. I can really see how some Crossfit enthusiasts look forward to working and suffering together. I've mentioned before that some of the crossfit principles and practices appeal to me. Workouts structured like today's would be an example of that. However, I'm not all the way there. Through snatches of clean and jerks into the mix with this kind of structure is not likely to happen in my workouts anytime soon.