Hard Training

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The last 5 days have been very invigorating as far as my training has been going lately. Maybe it's the change in the weather, the thought of Summer soon approaching, but I've really been enjoying my workouts lately and training a litter harder than usual.

Friday I enjoyed another great Gauntlet Workout after leading my Cycle Circuit Class through a rather challenging hour.

I'm seeing some amazing results from the Gauntlet training in myself and everyone who is participating in it. When you change things up a bit, your body needs to think about what you are doing so it needs to work harder to keep up with the challenges and demands you ask of it. When you stick with the same routine for too long, your body acts like it is on cruise control and isn't going to work any harder for you and then you don't see anymore progress. Many people quit at this point thinking they aren't going to make anymore progress. They are right, but if they change up what they have been doing and incorporate some new training they'll soon be surprised by the results!

Saturday I came to the gym and participated in the Gauntlet Workout again. It was awesome! We swung the sledge hammers, which really gets your heart pounding and lets you relieve a lot of stress too! We also did dive bombers, one legged bicep curls and jumped rope. Everything was a minute and a half long (that extra 30 seconds really adds a bit of a challenge)!

Sunday, I found myself back here again and I did my usual 20 minutes of cardio (split between 10 on the treadmill and 10 on the bike with sprints at the top of every minute). I went through a complete upper & lower body circuit workout 3 times including different exercises each time I went through it. Some of the exercises included (not necessarily in this order) box jumps, stability ball one-legged push ups, stability ball chest presses & flyes, lat pull downs, bent over raises, shoulder presses, lateral raises, upright rows, dead lifts on the coreboard, walking lunges, one-legged leg press, one-legged hamstring curls on the stability ball, overhead tricep press, tricep dips, dumbbell skull crushers, 21's for biceps, concentration curls, kettlebell one arm plank rows, preacher curls, one-legged hammer curls, ab crunches, standing calf raises, seated calf raises, bent over calf raises, hyper-extension, ab's on the ab coaster & planks.

There was no rest during the hour, I kept my heart rate up by moving quickly between every exercise.

Monday I was able to ride with my Cycle Circuit class and we had an awesome journey! We had enough bikes so we didn't have to have as many circuits as usual to accommodate everyone we normally have, so we were able to stay on the bikes longer than our usual 3 minute interval. The extra time on the bike kept every ones heart rate up, a little bit breathless and pushed them a little past their comfort zone. There wasn't a dry shirt or head of hair in the class!

If you are not making the kind of progress you would like, come to the BrickHouse and give our classes and training sessions a try. If you are already a member, change up your routine and don't be afraid to try new things! We have so much new stuff coming and already going on like our sledge hammer training, tire flipping, suspension training, battling ropes, kettlebell training, rope climbing and more!

We have everything you need to help you get in shape at the BrickHouse. See you soon!