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Workout Routine in Covid-19 / Question
Posted on 5/4/20 at 6:07 am
Posted on 5/4/20 at 6:07 am
Trying to determine to best bang for my buck. I’ve been doing the following workouts:
- Running 3 miles , twice a week
- Run 0.75 miles, 5 rounds of pull ups, push ups and sit ups , run 0.75 miles, all with little to no rest in between sets - do this twice a week also
My question is, is it better to keep up this routine, or just do the 2nd one to get both aerobic and strength benefits?
TIA
- Running 3 miles , twice a week
- Run 0.75 miles, 5 rounds of pull ups, push ups and sit ups , run 0.75 miles, all with little to no rest in between sets - do this twice a week also
My question is, is it better to keep up this routine, or just do the 2nd one to get both aerobic and strength benefits?
TIA
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Posted on 5/4/20 at 6:45 am to Kreg Jennings
The second one. Body weight training is better than no strength training at all. There a bagillion different exercises you can do with body weight and make some decent strength gains. I find people (mostly men) look sick when all they do is run. Yeah, you can run non-stop, but you look like a kid with leukemia. But, you gotta do what you can commit to.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 7:01 am to DeafJam73
I agree especially older men
Posted on 5/4/20 at 7:05 am to DeafJam73
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I find people (mostly men) look sick when all they do is run.
Just to clarify, I do part 1 on Mon & Thurs
Part 2 on Tues & Fri
Posted on 5/4/20 at 7:17 am to Kreg Jennings
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Just to clarify, I do part 1 on Mon & Thurs
Part 2 on Tues & Fri
If you want to keep running, great, but I would stop running on the days you do BW workouts and make those days more intense. There are conditioning exercises that you can do that will work your cardio and improve strength/explosiveness (box jumps, burpees, lunges, etc.)
Posted on 5/4/20 at 9:31 am to DeafJam73
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There are conditioning exercises that you can do that will work your cardio and improve strength/explosiveness (box jumps, burpees, lunges, etc.)
Love box jumps, rowing (max effort for 500 meters), and other similar cardio focused exercises.
Truth be told, I’m an Iron Tribe Fitness fan at heart (highly recommend). It’s just with gyms being closed, trying to make due. Don’t have a rowing machine, box for jumps at home.
Thanks for the feedback.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:13 pm to Kreg Jennings
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Run 0.75 miles, 5 rounds of pull ups, push ups and sit ups , run 0.75 miles, all with little to no rest in between sets - do this twice a week also
I do this on back and tricep day. The park next to my apt has a pull up bar/tricep dip combo. I do 10 pull ups, 10 dips, 10 leg raises, rest about a min or two and do it again. After the second round, I run the park as fast I can and time myself. The park is half a mile around. I’ll do this 5 times. That equals 100 reps of everything and 3 miles. It’s a total arse kicker and I love it.
This post was edited on 5/4/20 at 3:14 pm
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