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ReddyMcMeaty · The Boss Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 5776

I did a tabata style workout this morning.

You do as many of a big exercise (like squats) as you can in 20 seconds, wait 10, then repeat. Do this for 4 minutes. First I thought it wasn't so bad but like I said, I'm having trouble walking!

Anyone want to join me in a challenge? I don't have enough experience with this particular exercise to know how many times I can do this per week...and recovery is going to depend on whether Fynn is teething/growing ;) but it was so fast that I want to do it pretty often.

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Puma · Hunter Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 180

Are you supposed to use weights or bodyweight?

I think I'd kill myself if I used lots of weight right now...I work 5x5 and 3x5 usually and wait a fair time between sets for strength and power gains...not really for conditioning like the tabata method does I think?

ReddyMcMeaty · The Boss Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 5776

You're supposed to use light weight, and the workout is supposed to kill you Laugh

I used my bodyweight and counted my extra lbs as my own "light" weight. It was enough!

http://www.musclewithattitude.com...e/most_recent/the_tabata_method_1

I've read about it coming from a lot of different angles, but it seems like a good thing to do.
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BlackLabelSimian · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject:

I'm on a pretty much daily bodyweight, sledgehammer and Turkish get up routine atm and doing well, so I ain't gonna fuck with it.
Good luck to ya though!
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Kristi31 · Top Cat Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 378 Location: Montreal

Did you say Turkish? My whole family is Turkish... Happy

Sorry for interrupting...hehe
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BlackLabelSimian · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject:

woof_woof · Carnivore King Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 796

I agree Turkish get up is a killer
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DaphneDescends · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: I am having trouble walking

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BlackLabelSimian · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject:

KBs are way too friggen expensive, IMHO.
I wouldn't mind having some, but I really have trouble justifying the price when a DB will work just as well the majority of the time.
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woof_woof · Carnivore King Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 796

True, for home use DBs can substitute KBs in most exercises.
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BlackLabelSimian · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject:

Not to mention that it's a bit easier to adjust the weight if need be if you have an adjustable set.
And hell, even fixed DBs aren't as crazy as KBs.
Oh, well...More power to Pavel, Mahler and the like. They've made a killing off the KB fad/boom. Hell, they created it. lol
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Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

well...after the accident im not touching a barbell again, so the cost aint so bad.

'sides, i'll be lucky to even use the "girly weights" rite now Cry

ReddyMcMeaty · The Boss Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 5776

I've only used dumbells.. couldn't get my head around the cost of kettlebells, since they're not my main form of exercise.

I'm not doing the exercises right now. I liked the swing a lot, but am trying to avoid hitting my adducter magnus very hard for a while. It's big enough.
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Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

whats an adducter magnus????

ReddyMcMeaty · The Boss Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 5776

adductOR..oops.

My legs are really long so I have to use a wide stance, and that particular muscle really kicks in and takes over when doing things like squats, deads, swings.... It's great for being very fast, but not so great when you don't want to wear out the insides of your pants.
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Carne Vorare · Top Cat Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 363

nice picture Happy

*really need to get sum virtual date before i go stark-crazy*

i thought swings werent supposed to increase the size of the thighs??
@ least dats what Pavel said in his book..dont plan to increase mine, either!

u do em one-handed or two?

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ReddyMcMeaty · The Boss Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 5776

It's my biomechanics. I have a very short torso , my arms are not overly long, and I'm 5 10" so that leaves about 36 inches of leg that has to fold itself when I'm doing squats. When I was doing that training it was with a very wide stance and that muscle just really kicked in. Swings did not make up the bulk of my exercise, AT ALL. Don't worry about them making your legs big. I did mostly sumo deadlifts, wide stance squats, walking lunges and lunges and lunges and more lunges and sprints on stairs. Proportionately speaking, my legs were not "big" but that muscle developed more than say, lower quads, and I want to address the aesthetic imbalance now, which means trying to prevent that muscle taking work away from the quads.

Again, don't worry about swings making your legs big. You won't want attention getting thighs? It is such a pleasure to walk around here and look at the shapely thighs and asses of men! I don't think men realize how much of an impact a well shaped lower body can have, especially with some well cut, well fitting pants to show it off. (yay for Euro men wearing tighter pants) Those saggy baggy jeans are an abomination.
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ReddyMcMeaty · The Boss Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 5776

If a stressor is not something that places undue stress on your body, it's not necessarily unhealthy. If someone sedentary goes out and tries to do some sprints and throw a frisbee around they're likely to get hurt. If someone conditioned to the activity does the same thing, even daily.. that isn't considered an unhealthy amount of activity, it's simply physical maintenance. I think training daily with heavy weights to failure is a sure way to get hurt, but an intense 4 minute bodyweight workout is a nice maintenance activity. As it is there were 5 days between the first and 2nd time I did this, hopefully I can decrease it for the 3rd and 4th!
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