re: One of our very own, Hawgfaninc, achieved Crossfit results without Crossfit

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Hawg,

I'm interested in what your workouts look like. Exercises, rest periods, etc. I'm guessing you are doing small rest periods and that is counting as cardio on weight days. Something along those lines?

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there's more info in that thread killz linked in the OP

but my sets in the gym are generally 8 reps, 6 reps, 4 reps, 2 reps, then burn out with 20 reps. with one minute rests between sets. do my sets like that so I get the heavy weight to build muscle and the light weight to burn calories. If I change my sets at all it's to burn out at the end of my workout with sets of high reps to get a good pump before I leave.

I also run a 7:30 min pace mile on the treadmill prior to lifting to warm up. And I try to stay no longer than an hour in the gym, however sometimes it gets to 2 hours.