Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Cross Fit Training

I have had a lot of great help this summer in the weight room. One of my former players who was my quarterback the first two years I was here at Juab is home for the summer and has been helping me. He is a great kid and has been helping the kids get some extra lifts in. He has brought kind of a new type of lifting that he calls cross fit lifting. In this style of weightlifting he has them start off by doing a metcon. This is where they do 3 different lifts and do one right after the other. You do 3 sets of each of these and so by the time you are done with these you are sweating and definitely warmed up. This only takes 5 minutes but is a great warm up and tightens your muscles up right away. One example of one we did last week was shoulder press, med ball push ups, and burpees. After this is completed then there is still about 5-6 other lifts that he has you complete. The kids have really enjoyed this change up and have even payed a little extra to have Shane train them on this type of lifting.

1 comment:

  1. Mike,

    Run them through a "fight gone bad" workout! It is tough, but the kids love it.

    We have been doing some crossfit stuff off and on for about the last 6 months. I love teh competition some of the lifts bring in as you keep track of time, or reps, or rounds.

    Great stuff!!
    Paul.

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