Monday, January 19, 2009

Continuous Squat Jump & Gorilla Pull Up, Explosive Clap Push Ups, Snatches & Core...

I wanted to keep my training simple while getting a cardio workout and some core training as well so I tried a new exercise I got from muscle and fitness called the "Continuous Squat Jump & Gorilla Pull Up".

The exercise is done like this:
  • Find a pull up bar
  • Standing underneath the bar, squat down until your thighs are parallel to the the floor and jump to grasp the bar with a wider-than-shoulder-width grip
  • Immediately perform a pull up while simultaneously doing a knee raise, bringing your knees as high as possible toward your chest
  • Lower your body under control, drop to the floor, squat and repeat with no rest in between reps
  • Try to make the motion as smooth and fluid as possible by landing on the balls of our feet
    In addition to being a great strength and core exercise if done for reps with not stopping it is a great cardio exercise!
  • I did 10 sets of 5 reps today for 50 total reps.

The rest of my training looked like this:

Explosive Clap Push Up - 25 reps

Snatches - 16kg bell - 100 reps

Spiderman Plank - 5 sets

Hanging Leg Raises - 30 reps

Supine Plank - 3 sets of 1 minute

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