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.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

"2 x 4" (Up By 2's/ Up By 4's)



EQUIPMENT: Barbell, KB

WARM-UP:
*Active Stretch + Shoulder Plank Series
*4 Rounds: 4 Pass Thru, 4 Strict Press, 4 Good Morning, 4 OHS
*200m Run (100m Fwd./ 100m Bkwd.)

SPEED WORK (16 min.):
4 Rounds -
*Within 2 Min.: 400m Run + AMRAP Hand-Release Push-Up in remaining time
*2 Min. Rest b/w rounds
SCORE = Total # Push-Ups over 4 rounds
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SET #1:
8 Min. AMRAP -
*2 x Strict Press (a: 95/65, i: 75/55, b: 65/45)/ 4 x KB SDHP (a: 70/53, i: 53/44, b: 44/26)
*4 x Strict Press/ 8 x KB SDHP
*6 x Strict Press/ 12 x KB SDHP 
….etc. (Strict Press going up by 2 and KB SDHP going up by 4 each round)
SCORE = Total Reps Completed
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SET #2:
8 Min. AMRAP -
*2 x Deadlift (a: 275/185, i: 225/155, b: 185/125)/ 4 x Handstand Push-Up (mod: 90 deg. decline p-up)
*4 x Deadlift/ 8 x Handstand Push-Up
*6 x Deadlift/ 12 x Handstand Push-Up
….etc. (Deadlift going up by 2 and HSPU going up by 4 each round)
SCORE = Total Reps Completed
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SET #3:
8 Min. AMRAP -
*2 x Burpee-Lateral Bar Hop/ 4 x KB Goblet Squat 
*4 x Burpee-Lateral Bar Hop/ 8 x KB Goblet Squat
*6 x Burpee-Lateral Bar Hop 12 x KB Goblet Squat
…etc. (Goblet Squat going up by 2 and Burpee - Lat Hop going up by 4 each round)

SCORE = Total Reps Completed


SCORING CHEAT SHEET for Sets 1 thru 3:
*2 x A/ 4 x B (6 total reps)
*4 x A/ 8 x B (18 total reps)
*6 x A/ 12 x B (36 total reps)
*8 x A/ 16 x B (60 total reps)
*10 x A/ 20 x B (90 total reps)
*12 x A/ 24 x B (126 total reps)


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