Monday I did my 20s/40s intervals at the track, Tuesday I did lateral movement intervals. These are the same types of workouts I was doing around this time last year. While last year I was working hard to go from almost no fitness to being fit enough to survive a serious tryout process, this year...

I hope for this blog to be a good mix of theory and practice. In addition to talking a little bit about what I’m doing, I’ll be posting about strength and conditioning theory. What I choose to talk about will be influenced by what’s currently in my training schedule.

Prior...

What is circuit training?

Circuit training involves performing a series of strength training exercises with less than the normal amount of rest. The rest between sets is purposefully not enough for complete recovery.

There are many ways to design a circuit. You could pick ten exercises and do one...

Ok this is really the last of the circuits.  Brian and I decided on one more and we were determined to end on a good one.

What is the Death Circuit?

What follows is a modification of the Survivor Circuit  (formerly known as the Death Circuit).  The Death Circuit was developed...

This will sadly be the last in the series of circuit training with Brian. It's been a nice change of pace but it's time to get back to my more normal lifting routine.

Exercises were paired.  We did 40s of work followed by 20s rest for each exercise. Each pair was done three times.  80s...

Okay so all of the comments from my calf catastrophe post finally motivated me enough to get my butt in gear with the soft tissue work.  Thanks guys!  I have successfully done at least a few minutes of work every day for the past five days.  Forming new habits is hard!  If you...