Where Science Meets Fitness

No matter what your current fitness level or former athletic experience, you can learn to train like an Olympic-caliber athlete. I am Erin Borchard, a former elite springboard/platform diver (NCAA Champion and multi-year All-American at Stanford University, former member of the US National Diving Team, and two-time competitor at the US Olympic Team Trials), specializing in personal and small group training sessions. I am also a Phi Beta Kappa student with a B.A. in Human Biology; my strong science background is an ever present influence shaping and changing my training philosophy.

I want to help you push yourself to YOUR maximum...you'll be shocked to find the true athlete living inside of you.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Run, Run, Risers!

*Below is the workout I led at the 9:45am Athletic Conditioning class at the Harris Y today:


WARM-UP:
3 Rounds of 1) 1 min., 2) 45 sec., and 3) 30 sec. x
  • X-Body Punch (5 lbs)
  • Shoulder Press (5 lbs)
  • Knee Push-Up (sternum to floor)
-------------------------------> OUTSIDE to Pavilion (4 RISERS/ person)
#1: 2 Rounds
  • 30 x Air Squat (buns to risers)
  • 400m Sprint
@ 4 Riser Stacks: 1 min. x Decline Plank (feet atop risers, hands on floor) (mod: incline plank - feet on floor, hands atop risers)

#2: 2 Rounds
  • 20 x Lateral Hop Over Risers
  • 400m Sprint (High-Knee Run last 150m)

@ 4 Riser Stacks: 1 min. x Decline Plank
#3: 2 Rounds
  • 10 x Bkwd. Run Up Small Hill/ Run Fwd. down
  • 10 x Incline 1-2-3 Push-Up (hands atop 4 riser stack: 1 knee bent and up by arm pit, hop and switch legs 3x, then push-up w/ knee up (works obliques))
@ 4 Riser Stacks: 1 min. x Decline Plank
#4: 2 Rounds
  • 8 x Squat-Thrust-Lateral Jump over risers (challenge: Burpee-Lateral Jump)
  • 8 x Traveling Jumping Jack Up Hill/ Run Down
@ 4 Riser Stacks: 1 min. x Decline Plank
#5: 2 Rounds
  • 20 x Sumo Squat to risers 
  • 400m Sprint (Bkwd. Run last 150m)
@ 4 Riser Stacks: 1 min. x Decline Plank

Thought for the Day: And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. (I Peter 5:10)

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