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, July 26, 2011

Plyo Progression Plus

WARM-UP:
*60-50-40-30-20-10 sec. x Side-to-Side Gliding Plank Tuck-Ins (tuck both feet up to the side of one hand, back to plank, then tuck both feet up to side of other hand, repeat)
*6-5-4-3-2-1 x 1/2 Wall Climb to 4x Single-Leg Rear Leg Lifts (start on belly on floor, push-up, then walk your feet up a wall until body is parallel to floor, creating a perfect table top, then alternate lifting 1 leg ~6 in. up w/ foot flexed; return to belly on floor b/w ea. rep)
BOX JUMP PROGRESSION:
2 Rounds -
*10 ea. x Single-Leg Low Box Jump (i.e. 1 step of a staircase, bench w/ 2 risers ea. side, OR 12-14 in. plyo box) 
*10 x Burpee Box Jump - Medium Box (i.e. 2 steps of a staircase, bench w/ 4 to 6 risers ea. side, OR 20 in. plyo box)
*10 x Super High Box Jump (i.e. 3 steps of a staircase, bench w/ 6 to 8 risers ea. side, OR ~24 in. plyo box)
STRENGTH: (Super Heavy Dumbbells (DBs) (i.e. 15 - 25 lbs.))
25-20-15-10-5 x:
*DB Squat Clean 
*R Palm-In Single-Arm Push Press
*L Palm-In Single-Arm Push Press
*Sumo Dead Lift High Pull w/ 1 Heavy DB
BOX JUMP PROGRESSION:
2 Rounds -
*10 ea. x Single-Leg Low Box Jump
*10 x Burpee Box Jump - Medium Box
*10 x Super High Box Jump
ABS:
4 Rounds -
*30 sec. x Banana Rock (on back w/ feet elevated and arms overhead (modification: hands beneath tush), hollow body position, rock body like a boat from shoulders to hips back and forth)
*30 sec. x Superman Rock (on tummy w arms and feet elevated, rock body like a boat from chest to hips back and forth)
STRETCH:

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