Military Workout Mon 07 Feb 11

5 Rounds of tabata's.


Round 1 - Rower
Round 2 - Body weight squats or push ups
Round 3 - Stationary cycle
Round 4 - Back squat, push press, bench press, shoulder press 
or kettle bell swing (pick only one)
Round 5 - Nordic skier


1 minute rest between rounds.


The goal of this session is to prompt a cardiovascular response from the participants. Round four is to be conducted at light weights (no greater than 20-30kg), allowing greater repetitions which lead to increased respiratory demand and maintaining the desired outcomes.


The reason there is a choice of exercise in rounds two and four is due to injuries or medical restrictions that the participants may have, further alternative exercises are possible in rounds one, three and five if required. Programming for military personnel is difficult due to this, each workout programmed may have numerous variants all being conducted at the same time within the same session. There will be more on this in a later post.