8 rounds of: Run 400 meters Rest 90 seconds My Time: 26:40 Average Heart Rate: 154 bpm Maximum Heart Rate: 185 bpm
Archive | April, 2010
Calories and What they mean for your workout
Are all calories created equal? The basic premise is you need to balance calories consumed with calories burned to maintain a healthy weight, but the type of calorie you choose does indeed make a difference when it comes to fueling your body before, during, and after a workout. Here are some quick tips from the exercise experts at Fitness Town & Life Fitness about how to choose your calories wisely.
W.O.D. – April 26/10
For time: 30 Handstand push-ups 40 Pull-ups 50 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 poods (used a 28kg kettlebell) 60 Sit-ups 70 Burpees My Time: 27:35 Average Heart Rate: forgot my heart rate strap today… Max Heart Rate: had to lie down a few times Great workout! Would like to improve my time, but all in all I [...]
Fitness Basics Everyone Should Know
The hardest part of any new routine is getting started! But, once you get going, you may be surprised at how easy it is to maintain a routine. Here are a few basics from the exercise expert at Fitness Town and Life Fitness that you should know:
crossfit: grace: ouch
So today I decided to break the cycle and give a crossfit workout a go. That was where I went wrong. Too many of my friends do this stuff so a testosterone rush had me wanting to prove myself that I could do it. After a quick 30 second warm up on the Power Plate [...]
W.O.D. “GRACE” (Day 10 of the 90 Day Challenge)
“Grace” Clean and Jerk 135 pounds, 30 reps My workout today was pretty humbling. I worked out with a friend of mine (Dai) who has been doing Crossfit probably twice as long as I have – not making excuses . My time to finish “grace” was 11:49. Dai’s time was just a hair over 3 [...]
a day of pain-ishment!
crossfit football workout: Power Clean 5×3 (set new PR) Pull Ups 3 x max reps Warm up: 5 x 45lbs 5 x 135lbs 3 x 225lbs set 1: 255lbs x 3 set 2: 25lbs5 x 3 set 3: 255lbs x 3 set 4: 255lbs x 3 set 5: 260lbs x 3 ( and I pressed [...]
Failure, a Prerequisite for Success.
It’s that time of year. That time of year where most of us are talking about what our New Year’s resolutions “were” – you know those goals that we set for ourselves at the beginning of the year with the best of intentions. It’s now a quarter of the way through the year and either [...]
Crossfit Football W.O.D.
Yesterdays prescribed workout was as follows: Power Snatch 8 x 2 rep max then… as many rounds in 15 minutes of; 5 x 315 deadlift 10 toes to bar I trained with Cesar at Fitness Town Burnaby Tarmo: Power Snatch 195… Completed 10 rounds Cesar: Power Snatch 155… Completed 9 rounds I have to comment. [...]
Round 2 with GSP…(Day 7 of the F.T. 90 Day Challenge)
I recently did this workout that I found from a GSP training DVD. Everything else is sore from yesterday so I thought I’d see if I could better my time from my previous bout with this workout. 3 rounds of the following with little to no rest between sets/exercises: • 10 x Flat Bench press [...]
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