Exercise program template

If you want to design a simple exercise program, this template will get you started & help make sure you include all the necessary info.

This is very basic, but it's a good start until you are skilled enough to create your own version.

Check it out: https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1L9ocSDVr7tzVwKqspTnhaXx0RXdVBqLM5djs6vCq1pQ&hl=en&pli=1#

OMG blasted by 16 minutes of exercise today

My inspirational training partner Jez joined me for a circuit today and it really knocked me on my backside.

We've been training some high intensity circuits & last week we did a similar upper body circuit, we worked super hard and managed to complete the circuit three times. This week we threw in some leg stations and we paid the price.

Today's circuit was: Eight stations, 45 seconds of work with a 15 second change-over. Most stations require working to failure, we have three minutes of active rest after completing the circuit.

Why was this week so much harder than last week? I've boiled it down to two reasons:

1. The two extra stations I threw in were lower body. Because my body had to re-direct blood flow from upper to lower body during the circuit, it blew me away.

2. I didn't eat enough food today. I was working on an empty fuel tank and I think my blood glucose levels got belted - maybe hypoglycaemic.

For the PT, this shows that giving clients an eight minute circuit (twice) can deliver a ripper workout. It doesn't require much equipment, just a really motivating PT to get the client working at high intensities.

If you want to see what my circuit looks like, check it out at this link.

If you want to learn how to design this type of workout and see what it feels like to complete one - you'll need to come to my PT workshops at Central Institute of Technology.

Awesome BOSU workout today...

Today I did an awesome workout with my hard-core colleague Jeremy and two very brave students also came along - Nat and Wes.

Thanks Jez, Nat & Wes for being great training partners. Nat and Wes will make excellent Pt's in the future, no doubt about it.

Some details about today's circuit:

Six stations, all lower body, one minute per station (15 second change-over).

Yes - a six minute circuit. We completed it three times - so 18 minutes of work all up, but we had three minutes of active rest in between.

Can anyone really get a decent workout in 18 minutes?

You'll need to come along to my PT workshops to find out if this could possibly work for you!!

Check out a plan of my workout: https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1En-A3c9i3-dCUeEP40WQqoqfft8-r9dkP7_8ckoXckM&hl=en#