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Wednesday, 01 March 2006
 

Full Body Max Strength Circuits

After the APK Warmup:

Workout:

L-sit to Tuck Planche - If you don't have access to parallettes, you can perform these on two chairs placed around shoulder-width apart. Hold an L-sit for a count of five (or a bent-knee sit, if you can't hold a perfect L), then raise into a tuck planche for a count of five (an easier progression would be to raise your hips and place your feet on the parallettes or chairs). Lower back into the L-sit in a slow and controlled manner for a count of four, then repeat the sequence until you get to a count of one. Move to the next exercise immediately.

Max-set Frenchies: Perform a regular Pull-up , but hold the top position for a count of 5, lower completely, then raise back to the top and lower halfway and hold for a count of 5, lower, raise to the top, then lower to 3/4 position for a count of 5. This counts as one rep. Perform as many as you can before your form falters. Move immediately to the next exercise.

10 Handstand Push Ups , Full Range of Motion. Take as much rest as needed to complete all the reps with good form, then move immediately to the next exercise.

10 Pistols or weighted pistols, each leg. Add weight as needed to make the 9th and 10th rep challenging.

Repeat this strength circuit 3 times with 2:00 rest between circuits. Post max-rep results, any weight added, and general thoughts to comments. 



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1. 03-01-2006 18:02

My physical therapist said no more crunches or back-extensions until my back is healed. :( I think these count, too. I'll figure something out by tomorrow.
InvasionANC

2. 03-01-2006 18:42

Did about an hour of fairly intense PK practice today. Also did 10hspu and 10 pullups with lots of passe muraille and sdc one leg takeoffs. About 2 miles run. 
 
Didn't do APK warmup, but want to try to do something from the WOD every day. 
Did one round, it killed me.  
L-sits - 5 sec no problem, tuck planche, 2 sec, big problem, so I did 10 reps best I could 
only 3 reps Frenchies 
did hspu's on parallettes, couldn't do full range, did 10 about 1/2 range with 3 full range negatives 
did 10 pistols each leg, using wall for support and to cheat 
 
Thanks gear for my Parallettes!!! 
m2.

3. 03-02-2006 05:23

I know it's pathetic, but that's why I'm doing this. 
 
Had to heavily modify the circuit, the Warmup is taxing me just as it is. Couldn't get even the frog stand to save my life, especially on the chairs, so I replaced that with extending the L-sit. 
 
Replaced the Frenchies with sustained Pull-up negatives. 
 
And I can't handstand, so I replaced that with a fairly high decline pushup- about thigh high. I've got something waist high I'm going to give it a shot on later. 
 
And then I did the pistols, but with poor form- didn't go down all the way. 
 
Got lots of work to do. Thanks for publishing these workouts- gets me off my ass and gives me something to shoot for. :sigh
MartialIX

4. 03-02-2006 08:12

That's what I'm here for! Don't hesitate to contact me if you ever need any further hints, tips or other help. I'm psyched to see you getting into them! :D
gearsighted

5. 03-02-2006 09:43

I've been doing the WOD for a while now and decided it would be a good idea to start posting. That way i can look back and seee what progress I've made. 
 
Also, i've got a knee injury so will have to change the workouts or do my own sometimes. 
L-seat to tuck planche with good for the first set and a half, then it went downhill. 
3,2,2 for the frenchies. 
My handtsands suck so i did 5 negatives agianst a wall each time. 
Missed out the pistols cus of my knee and did a bit of extra forearm training.  
 
rupert

6. 03-02-2006 10:23

Strength workouts are usually not my eh.. strength :( 
 
-No problems with the L-sit to tuck planche. 
-3 reps frenchies 
-Handstand pushups lol. I can do 3 consecutives, if I wait some time I can do another one. From then on I just did negatives otherwise it'd take my hours. 
-Pistols in a doorframe to prevent myself from falling back. I should work on that! 
 
My lower back feels broken cause of the Handstand push-ups, I hope my cold shower has saved me :x
Bubblemaker

7. 03-02-2006 12:10

arg sorry i havent been active with the WODs this week. I got a week from hell school wise. 3 big midterms, 1 paper, and 1 project all due. 
 
i will get back to doing these every day soon though.
demon

8. 03-02-2006 15:13

Today i went out with one goal, to get back something i had lost. I know it's not really parkour but i've been unable to do wallflips since an incident i had a while ago and it's been a source of constant bother to me. So today i busted out hte warmup and then did some light workout stuff before heading to the park. I built up with some flip training, and then i was just thinking about something i had been talking to M2 about and then it was all over. It was as easy as figuring out what i wanted to do and why i couldn't. So thanks M2. Now i'm going to d othe rest of the workout, thought i'd just share my joy with the group. :grin
Frosti

9. 03-02-2006 18:54

My gym got a new toy, a way to suspend yourself upside down.  
 
So i wore myself out (mainly my core) totally. I tried to start this but didnt make it past warm up :x
leonn

10. 03-02-2006 20:54

Well I was good for about one circuit. weee.
SkyNative

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