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Summer Break Workout 07.08.11

07.08.11 By Patrick Leave a Comment

  • For two 3-minute rounds: Jump rope or do a combination of jumping jacks, high knees, heels up, etc.
  • Skills Work: Practice bursting forward from a neutral position delivering a simultaneous defense and counter, i.e. 360° Defense. Train both sides and use a mirror if you can.
  • Do each of the following using the Tabata protocol (8 rounds of 20 sec work, 10 sec rest), no additional rest between exercises. So, you’ll do each exercise for 4 min, totaling 16 min for the workout.
    • Burpees
    • V-Ups or Toe Touches
    • Bas Rutten combo #4 (jab, cross, left hook, cross) as fast as possible with the good form and full extension you practiced yesterday, no pause between repetitions. If you have a heavy bag and can put gloves on in the 10 sec before this exercise begins, go for it.
    • Sprawls

Here’s an online Tabata timer. There are also mp3 downloads.

Filed Under: Kenpo News, Krav Maga News, Strength & Conditioning, Training Tagged With: burpees, circuit, core, metcon, Ross Enamait

Summer Break Workout 07.07.11

07.07.11 By Patrick Leave a Comment

  • Experiment with some of these warm-up ideas.
  • Skills Work: Shadow Boxing. Concentrate on footwork and balance. Keep your chin down, elbows in tight, keep your hands up. Do this for at least four 3-min rounds with a minute rest between.
  • Farmer’s Walk: Pick up two heavy objects an walk with them for as long as you can. Set them down when you can’t hold them any longer. (Don’t go to absolute failure and drop them on your toes!) Rest 2–5 min. Do 3 sets total.
    Suggestions: Use kettlebells, dumbbells, iron plates, cinder blocks, water jugs, toddlers…
    For an extra challenge for your core, experiment with carrying on only one side and trying to keep your torso as straight as possible.
  • Pick up and hold a large, heavy object for 5 min. The heavier and more awkward the better. You can change your grips, walk around, or do whatever you want while holding it, just don’t set it down.
    Suggestions: sandbag, water-filled Swiss ball, a wild boar* (like this, not this).
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    *Wear your sparring gear and attempt at your own risk.

Filed Under: Kenpo News, Krav Maga News, Strength & Conditioning, Training Tagged With: kettlebells, Ross Enamait

Summer Break Workout 07.06.11

07.06.11 By Danelle 1 Comment

  • Experiment with some of these warm-up ideas.
  • Three 5-minute rounds consisting of the following circuit:
    • Shadow Boxing – 0:30
    • Sprawls – 0:30
    • Push-Ups – 0:30
    • Mountain Climbers – 0:30
    • Burpees – 0:30
    • Shadow Boxing – 0:30
    • Sprawls – 0:30
    • Push-Ups – 0:30
    • Mountain Climbers – 0:30
    • Burpees – 0:30

    1:00 rest between rounds.

  • Skills Work: Side Kick static holds, 5 reps each leg. Use support if necessary.

Filed Under: Kenpo News, Krav Maga News, Strength & Conditioning, Training Tagged With: burpees, push-ups

Burpee Challenge Complete!

03.01.11 By Danelle 1 Comment

We should all be so proud of ourselves for completing the February Burpee Challenge. I know my burpees have improved tremendously. Have yours?

We can keep this going! There are people who do 100 day burpee challenges. You’ve already completed 28 days of it–you’re over a quarter of the way done. Today, do 29. Tomorrow? 30. Break it up throughout the day. You don’t have to do them all at once.

Ok, so if 100 days of burpees don’t excite you, then maybe we should just continue to include burpees in our everyday workouts. Why not do 3 sets of 10 each day? Try variations on a theme–jump higher, jump to the side, forward or back. Jump over someone. Jump up to a pull up or muscle up. Add a squat. Have fun with it!

Want a heart pounding, quick workout? 10 burpees on the minute for 10 minutes. That’s 100 burpees folks.

Hope you enjoyed this challenge. There will be more to come!

Filed Under: For Your Amusement, Krav Maga News, Strength & Conditioning, Training Tagged With: burpees

February Burpee Challenge

01.19.11 By Danelle 8 Comments

UPDATE: Just a reminder that this starts tomorrow. It’s gonna be a great February!

Ok, so I’ve promised you some challenges to get us ready for Spring.

We are going to work on doing burpees consecutively. We’ll build ourselves up to do 28 burpees in a row with no breaks. We’ll use February to do it.

Beginning February 1, we will begin our challenge. On Feb 1, we’ll do 1 burpee. Feb 2, 2 burpees. Feb 3? Yep, 3 burpees. We build until Feb 28th, when we will perform 28 burpees, unbroken. This is done on your own time, not in class. If you miss a day, you must make up those burpees. So, if you miss Feb 14th burpees because you are with your sweetie, on Feb 15th you are doing 15 burpees + 14 burpees. I suggest you don’t get behind because it sucks.

In case you are wondering, this is what a burpee looks like:

Who’s in? Post in the comments if you are joining us in the burpee challenge!

Filed Under: For Your Amusement, Krav Maga News, Krav Related, Strength & Conditioning, Training Tagged With: burpees

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