Tag Archive: planning

1. 12 Days of Christmas Workout

   17th December 2010 5:49 am 4 Comments

   How to make a festive finisher for your young athletes

    When dealing with young people before Christmas, it is important to change the pace and style of delivery to keep them fresh and engaged.

   Here is an example of a finisher I have done with some athletes over the last week.

   “On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…

    

   1 L- Pull up (or bear crawl, or 400 m run or 200 m row). Something hard for the person concerned.

    On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me..

   2 Turkish Get ups

   And 1 L-Pull up.

   And so on

    3^rd day-  Burpees,

   4^th day- 1\2 pikes

   5^th day Hindu press ups

   6^th day Hindu Squats

   7^th day Parallel curls

   8^th day back twisties

   9^th day parallel presses

   10^th day pull ups

   11^th day squat jumps

   12^th day alternate v sits 

   You can change the variation and weight to suit your athletes. Be aware that the higher reps are challenging, the lower reps can be hard exercises as cumulatively 10-12 sets gets a training effect. 

   This takes about 20 minutes, so you can get your main training done beforehand.  .

    Enjoy and Merry Christmas

    

    

    

2. Top Training Tip

   20th August 2010 10:42 am Leave a Comment

   The top training tip – is get started. Don’t delay, get started.

   Once you have got started, then you can worry about the specifics.

   It is like starting a new essay or project, sometimes just writing the title is enough to get going.