Navy SEALS workout

[Bon]

Man, you have got to do swimming!

 

It's so much better than running..

 

Plus, you don't get hot or anything =)

 

 

[Phantasmatic]

That's true, I love swimming, you should just do some extra MA on the side.

 

 

[Jack]

No swimming pools anywhere near me. Going once a week would be a challenge, going 5 times a week is damned near impossible.

 

I am very busy timewise anyway, juggling school, coursework, training and sleep is a fine balance as it is.

 

 

[tessone]

Whoa. I'm going to try the first few weeks in a cycle til the end of June, then when I'm at Middlebury and have time and access to a swimming pool, I'll try six weeks of the program, as I'll only be there six weeks.

 

 

[ZeRo]

im doing the first week but with out the running. i was just wondering what are dips? i think they come in at about week 13.

 

 

[tessone]

Free squats, perhaps?

 

 

[Bon]

Dips..

 

You have two bars either side, you grip them both with your hands, then lower yourself down, then push yourself back up, then down again and so forth without assistance of your feet..

 

You know ? You've probably seen a picture of Arnie with these heavy weights attached around his waist while he does his dips..

 

You can get a chair or something, place your feet on a bed or something, then proceed to do dips using the side of the chair as your bars.

 

 

[Dbzhub]

you only have to do this 3 times a week? pshh easy smeasy.. the only problem is- is swimming what is an alternative, bike riding?

[Jack]

on the SEALs site it says biking is an alternative to swimming, but it must be done for twice the duration. If you have the time, try that.

 

Of course you can simply take some things from their routine and mix it with other things and your own input, get something that works for you.

 

 

 

[Bitseach]

Yikes!

 

Dips are triceps dips. If you imagine you are standing between parallel bars, put each hand on the bar beside you with knuckles away from your body. Take your weight on your arms by stepping or jumping up so that your body is straight and arms straight (though elbows not locked is best!). Then dip your chest down so that your chest is level with your fists and push back up to the straight arm position. One.

 

If you go to a gym where they have the "chin-ups" machine upon which you can support part of your weight by kneeling on a padded support attached to a counterbalance, this machine usually had a dips part too. This means you can build up the muscles to do the dips until you are able to take your whole weight (if you can't already!) and is useful for creating "muscle memory".