Hard and fast 10 minutes

[Ben Martin]

cool thanks, i don't really like doing squats as there is a history of knee problems in my family and i dont like to put pressure on them

You should always see a doctor before doing exercise to ensure it is safe.

However some people who perform squats do it wrong and end up with knee problems. Some go as far as to say that squats cause knee problems. This is wrong. Its not squats, its poorly performed technique. If done with proper technique squats, are very safe.

yeah your right but when ever i do squats or those leg weights where lie almost upside down and you have to push the weight up by straightening your legs my knees click. when i do squats with the weights on my shoulders i do the horse riding stance and do them like that and its less pressure on my knees.

[AnonymousOne]

Ugh... have you been visiting the crossfit website? it sounds as if you were talking to one of the advanced trainers trying to come up with a brutal workout...

Actually it sounds more like a Ross Enamait workout . He is more of a body weight and calistetic guy with sandbags and medecine balls thrown in for added resistance . His workouts are real butt kickers . His workouts are great but not for the feint of heart . I do like cross fit as well . They have great workouts Too ! Just a different approach.

I have practised such sequences for well over 30 years. However I have read Ross Emanaits manuals (2) and yes he teaches very similar things and is a very hard out young man. A true warrior it seems

I learnt this type of training from my teacher orginally

[fangshi]

I have practised such sequences for well over 30 years. However I have read Ross Emanaits manuals (2) and yes he teaches very similar things and is a very hard out young man. A true warrior it seems

I learnt this type of training from my teacher orginally

Which books do you have ? I have the "underground guide to warrior fitness " and like it alot . Lots of great stuff in there . Just wondering what his other books are like .

[AnonymousOne]

I have practised such sequences for well over 30 years. However I have read Ross Emanaits manuals (2) and yes he teaches very similar things and is a very hard out young man. A true warrior it seems

I learnt this type of training from my teacher orginally

Which books do you have ? I have the "underground guide to warrior fitness " and like it alot . Lots of great stuff in there . Just wondering what his other books are like .

I also have "underground guide to warrior fitness " and "The Boxer's Guide to Performance Enhancement" which is a fantastic manual, especially in the area of developing training schedules

[fangshi]

I also have "underground guide to warrior fitness " and "The Boxer's Guide to Performance Enhancement" which is a fantastic manual, especially in the area of developing training schedules

I have incorporated alot of his stuff in my rehab and have seen great results . Much quicker results than what you would normally see when it comes to back surgery.

This mornings workout

10 MIN walk - warm up

20 knee hugs

20 chinnies

20 V-Ups

20 russian twists

20 divebomber push ups

50 squats

Repeat to a total of three times

15 MIN yoga for back - cool down

Depnding on how the back holds up will probably do Tai Chi and/or yoga tonight .

I know , nothing like what you do but I am working on it .

What was your routine like ?

[Sam]

Cool - theyre all fun. Im working on my flexibility mainly at the moment, but got a mental note to try all those...

The only cardio i do regularly at the moment is 30 mins on the running machine.

5 mins @ 5mph

5 mins @ 6mph

5 mins @ 7mph

5 mins @ 8mph

5 mins @ 9mph

5 mins @ 10mph

non stop.... cnat quite finish it yet.... only get up to half way though the 9 mph.

[AnonymousOne]

I also have "underground guide to warrior fitness " and "The Boxer's Guide to Performance Enhancement" which is a fantastic manual, especially in the area of developing training schedules

I have incorporated alot of his stuff in my rehab and have seen great results . Much quicker results than what you would normally see when it comes to back surgery.

This mornings workout

10 MIN walk - warm up

20 knee hugs

20 chinnies

20 V-Ups

20 russian twists

20 divebomber push ups

50 squats

Repeat to a total of three times

15 MIN yoga for back - cool down

Depnding on how the back holds up will probably do Tai Chi and/or yoga tonight .

I know , nothing like what you do but I am working on it .

What was your routine like ?

Which routine do you mean friend, what I did today?

[fangshi]

Which routine do you mean friend, what I did today?

Yes

Today I did

10 min walk (warm up )

8 inch worm

8 one arm push up

8 pull up

8 one leg squat

50 step up (each leg)

8 catepillar

Repeat 8 times (was actually going for 10 ) maybe next time

yoga for back for cool down

Today was also physio so may not do night routine .

Am attemping to regain my strength endurance flexability from before my injury . Was sort of hoping I could use your work outs as a motivator .

[AnonymousOne]

Ok I see.

Well yesterday I ran 4 miles at 6am in 27 minutes. Followied by 4 200 metre sprints with 50 burpees inbetween.

The evening training consisted of 15 minutes warm ups, 45 minutes of basics and one hour of Kata.

[fangshi]

You seem to run very often . And at a pretty good clip too . I plan on adding that a little later in my progess .

Morning workout

pull ups - 18 (as many as I could hammer out in one rep )

body weight squats - 364 ( as many as I could hammer out in one rep )

divebomber pushups 94 (starting to get tuckered out )

plank - not very long -need to work on that one

lunges -100

lie on floor and question why I just did that - about three min

various crunch combos 200 in all

Yoga and stretching

The plan for tonight is to get back into some basic movement and kata . Has to be lowwer intensity to start as per doctors orders.

As for how long

Its been 4 weeks tomorrow since the back surgery and things are going great

Thanks for bearing with me AO it really does help !! If you are so inclined it would be great if we could keep this up for a bit . Feel free to add your opinions on the work that I do there may be things that I am omitting or whatever . And seeing what another persons workouts are like really helps to put myine in persective .