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.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Yesterday's Last-Minute Athletic Conditioning Class



I was asked very last-minute yesterday to sub the 1pm Athletic Conditioning class at the Morrison Y.  Below is what I came up with VERY quickly yesterday morning after church.  We worked our tails off, as usual!  This is a great one to try on your own in your backyard.

Equipment: Medicine Ball



WARM-UP: 
3 Rounds - (1 min. ea. of all 3 exercises, then 45 sec. ea., then 30 sec. ea.)
  • Sumo Squat: MB Side-to-Side Rush Center
  • MB Elbow Plank Roll-Out (mod: MB Hand Plank Hold)
  • 30 sec. ea. - 22 sec. ea. - 15 sec. ea. x Step-Back Lunge to MB Knee-Up
MAIN OUTDOOR SET: 
#1: LUNGE COUNTDOWN + SPRINT-BACKS (@ pavilion gravel hill)
  • 20 x Walking Lunge (w/ MB Overhead) up hill (+ 5 x Med Ball Push-Up)/ Sprint back down hill to start 
  • 19 x Walking Lunge up hill (+ 5 x Push-Up)/ Sprint back down hill to start
  • 18 x Walking Lunge up hill (+ 5 x Push-Up)/ Sprint back down hill to start
  • ...all the way to 1 x Walking Lunge up hill (+ 5 x Push-Up)/ Sprint back 
#2: FROG HOP COUNTDOWN + SPRINT-BACKS (@ lower field) 
  • 15 x MB Squat Swing Frog Hop/ MB Sprint back to start line
  • 14 x MB Squat Swing Frog Hop/ MB Sprint back to start line
  • 13 x MB Squat Swing Frog Hop/ MB Sprint back to start line
  • ...all the way to 1 x MB Squat Swing Frog Hop/ MB Sprint back to start line
#3: BURPEE COUNTDOWN + BACK PEDAL-BACKS (@ lower field)
  • 10 x Burpee-2x Backward Jumps/ Back Pedal back to start line
  • 9 x Burpee-2x Backward Jumps/ Back Pedal back to start line
  • 8 x Burpee-2x Backward Jumps/ Back Pedal back to start line
  • ...all the way to 1 x 2x Backward Jumps/ Back Pedal back to start line

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