Cardio DOCS

Happy Cardio DOCS Wednesday! Another Training Room crowd favorite (for some of us)

It’s going to be a warm one on Wednesday, so start hydrating NOW and get some quality sleep!

Once again, here are a few health reminders!

  • Get 7 hours of sleep per night.
  • Drink half of your body weight in ounces of water.
  • Walk daily.
  • Take time to stretch after class.
  • Don’t force movement that causes pain.
  • Work on your weaknesses.
  • Go outside your comfort zone
  • Eat real food

Kicking things off with a Training Room classic deck of cards on Wednesday.

Metabolic conditioning (also known as cardio with weights) that is…

Speaking of Metcon, here’s a little workout that we did for Men’s Journal a while back for future reference.

Here’s Thursday’s conditioning session…

  • Hearts=Swings/hinge choice or Jumps
  • Diamonds=slam, sledge or squat thrust
  • Clubs=Squat choice
  • Spades=Cardio Choice for time

Some sledgehammer variations…

Cardio Choices…

  • bike
  • row
  • ski
  • jump rope
  • jumping jacks
  • sled push
  • run, skip, Pegs

Cardio Choice times:

  • Aces-45 seconds
  • 10’s-40 seconds
  • 8-9’s-35 seconds
  • 6-7’s-30 seconds
  • 4-5’s-25 seconds
  • 2-3’s-20 seconds

Enjoy your Wednesday!