Showing posts with label horizontal pull ups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horizontal pull ups. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

FREE workout #141 is...

Check out this picture. This was a google images search of fitness and look what comes up, machines, machines, more machines and skipping. Is this really our idea of fitness? Is this really what we need to part take in fitness? I strongly suggest it is not. 
TrickyFit is done rain hail or shine. We were born with emotions, feelings and the capacity to appreciate beauty so all cardio machines will be replaced with actual moving except the rowing  machine which is an excellent developer of hip extension and is a full body workout. Due to the lack of access most people have to a lake I will let this one slide. 

Todays TrickyFit workout is...

100 Double unders
100 push ups
80 Sit ups
60 pull ups
50 double unders
40 push ups
30 sit ups
20 push ups

To complete this workout you will need a skipping rope and a chin up bar. A skipping rope can be $20 AUD or $5 AUD so there is no excuse for not having one. They are affordable and will develop a great amount of cardiovascular fitness and speed. For the pull ups, go to a playground, suspend some steel in your pergola or grab hold of a strong tree branch and pull your chin above the height of your  hands. Push up and sit ups require no equipment. 

Definitions:
Double Under - The act of skipping where the rope rotates twice under your feet with each jump. If you cannot achieve this don't fret, it requires a lot of practise and you will get there. In the mean time for this workout substitute double unders with singles and you will do 200 singles the first time and 100 singles the second.

Pull Ups - Pulling your chin above you hands hanging suspended from the ground....Too hard?? Try holding a rail with your feet on the ground and pull your chest to the bar. This will develop transferable strength that will develop your capacity to succeed at pull ups in the future.



Monday, 7 November 2011

November 7th 2011

Rounds of 30, 20, 10 reps

Kettle bell swings above head
Front Squat 40 kg
Push ups
Chin ups

My time 20.20 minutes (no weight on front squat just the bar)

Scaled workout

30, 20, 10

Run 800
Horizontal pull ups
Kettle Bell swing above waist or to shoulders
Lunges with BarBell 15 each leg
Push ups on incline with rubber band for support

Gillian 21.11mins Top effort Gillian woo :)

Sunday, 18 September 2011

September 18 2011 - Programming special

Daily Dose

5 sets for time
30 Ring chin ups
30 below parallel squats 50kg/ 110lbs
30 horizontal ring pull ups (feet on gym ball)
30m Sprint

Read more for exercise substitution for this daily dose from an advanced program to an intermediate level and then re-scaled again for beginners.




5 sets for time
(Scaled down version)
30 jumping chin ups
30 squat jumps
30 horizontal pull ups
30m Sprint


Scaled for beginners

5 sets for time
(Scaled down for Bs)
10 Jumping chin ups (Chin up bar head height)
10 BW Squats
10 45 degree pull ups
30m sprint

45 degree pull up
Attach rope to post at shoulder height. Place feet with toes touching post. Hold rope and extend arms to create a gap between your upper body and the post. Pull your body back to post.
This is an example of a horizontal pull action. A horiontal pull is pulling towards your chest and a vertical pull is pulling from above your head vertically towards it. This exercise is a horizontal pull with low gravity force for beginners.

Sunday, 28 August 2011

August 29 2011

Skill Training
Sets of 5,5,5,5,5 repetitions
Squat - Max weight that you can achieve 5 sets of 5 reps

Daily Dose
Max sets for 15 minutes

20 Horizontal Pull ups
20 push ups
20 double knee jumps