Here is a tough conditioning ladder you can add to your exercise routine. It consists of three exercises: Reverse Lunge, Push-Ups, and V-Ups. You will be performing 10 rounds of exercise, starting with 1 repetition each exercise and building up to 10. It may start off easy, but by the time you reach the 10th round you’ll be feeling the effects!
1. Reverse Lunge
Name: Tuck Jumps
Uses: Plyometric/Conditioning
Name: Inch Worm Hop Through
Uses: Conditioning/Core strengthening
Exercise: High Knee Jump Rope
Uses: Conditioning/Fat Loss
I love conditioning exercises. The majority of them require only your body, leaving you the flexibility to perform them anywhere. Here are the top 10 conditioning exercises I like to use in my personal programs and with my boot camps. (more…)
Tabata training is based on the 1996 study by Tabata et al. In the study, subjects were prescribed an exercise protocol that consisted of brief bouts (20 seconds in duration) of high intensity exercise (~170% VO2 Max) followed by short rests intervals (10 seconds in duration) and repeated for 4 minutes. Subjects were trained on a cycle ergometer. The training protocol resulted in a 7ml.kg-1.min-1 increase in VO2 max and a 28% improvement in anaerobic capacity. These results are significant because a simultaneous increase in VO2 and anaerobic capacity are not typical of traditional endurance training. Also significant was the fact that these results were achieved with a lower volume of training than would be required for traditional endurance training. (more…)
