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.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

The Most Awesome Holiday Workout of the Season

I always try to teach and inspire clients to design their own at-home workouts when the gym is not an option.  Some of my favorite group exercise class participants, married couple Frank and Angie Hopkins, traveled to Frank's small home town of Eden North Carolina.  Without access to any formal exercise equipment, these two turned an abandoned factory site into their own personal gym.  Check out photos of the site and the breakdown of their fantastic workout below.



Equipment:
1 12lb bucket of spackle
Bricks from around the site (ones together with concrete are best)

Workout:
3 rounds
Sprint to first station
20 Squat swings of bucket
Sprint to next station
20 Box Jumps on concrete slab (approx 20”)
Sprint to next station
20 Burpees
Sprint to next station
20 Push Press with bricks

3 rounds
Zig Zag uphill carrying bricks (25’ elevation change)
5 burpees at the top
Zig Zag downhill carrying bricks
5 burpees at the bottom

1 round
Sprint to first station
20 Squat swings of bucket
Sprint to next station
20 Box Jumps on concrete slab (approx 20”)
Sprint to next station
20 Burpees
Sprint to next station
20 Push Press with bricks


Frank: "Hope you enjoyed that.  It was a 45 min workout and was tougher than I had planned."

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