Bootcamp Cardio Circuits
Monday, May 21st, 2012“
As several of us strolled through downtown San Diego after a long day of meetings, we all agreed on one thing cardio is boring and stupid. There were several bootcamp coaches there and it was cool to share some of the ways they incorporate cardio into their bootcamp workout routines. Some of them use drills and ladders, while some of them use an interval style approach at the end. We got to discussing how we use bootcamp cardio circuits, and that actually gave me some ideas to share with you. So, lets do this. Heres the deal be sure to do these cardio circuits at the end of your workout. Remember, the strength exercises need to be first. If youre getting stronger, youre getting leaner.
Editors note I spelled monotonous right the first time and thats like a big deal. OK, cool. Moving on For example, if you hop on the bike and do 30 seconds hard followed by 1 minute of recovery thats a lot better than regular cardio, but even that can get boring. Thats why I like using bodyweight exercises for the Cardio because you: A) Use more muscle, therefore burn more calories B) You give yourself variety by using different exercises and sets/reps schemes So, lets rock this thing. Since these circuits will take a while, skip the metabolic conditioning part of your workout (just do the strength training). This will replace your metabolic conditioning. Also, youll be able to fly up and down the stairs because of stuff like this. Youre welcome. Cardio Circuit 1 Do the following circuit one time. After you complete circuit 1, rest 2 minutes and move onto circuit 2. All exercises should be completed for 1 minute. 1A) Lunge Jumps (20 secs on, 10 secs off repeat this for one minute) 1B) Strap/TRX Row 1C) Close-Grip 3/4th Rep Pushups 1D) Total Body Extensions 1E) Spiderman Climb Cardio Circuit 2 Do the following circuit one time. After you complete circuit 2, rest 2 minutes and move onto circuit 3. Each exercise should be completed for 1 minute: 2A) Alternating Prisoner Reverse Lunge (lunge with your hands behind your head while squeezing your shoulder blades together) 2B) Pushups 2C) Jumping Jacks 2D) Plank 2E) Run in Place Cardio Circuit 3 This will be the fun part. This is the grand finale. Each exercise should be performed for 30 seconds. Do this circuit twice, resting for 30 seconds between circuits.
3A) Burpees 3B) X-Body Mountain Climbers 3C) Side-to-Side Jumps Now, thats some snazzy cardio baby. Now when it comes to the TRX or Strap rows, you can skip those if you dont have those available. You will want to do prisoner style lunge jumps so you can work your upper back.
Just an idea but if you find yourself in a rut with your workouts, you can dedicate an entire workout to bodyweight circuits like this to really change it up. This is like performing interval training using your bodyweight. It sure beats the boring treadmill, elliptical and bike. By using bodyweight exercises like this as your cardio routine, youll burn more fat and get that cool, chiseled look (as long as your nutrition is in check). Oh dear thats a whole new post. Keep rocking your workouts, and let me know if you have some unconventional cardio ideas, Mike Whitfield, CTT Related Bootcamp Posts: Ladder Workouts for Bootcamps The Express Boot Camp Workout How to Use Metabolic Resistance Training with Bodyweight Exercises Tweet 4 comments – What do you think?
Posted by Mikey – May 15, 2012 at 7:21 am Categories: Bodyweight Exercises, Boot Camp Workouts, Fat Loss Workouts Tags: bodyweight cardio, boot camp cardio, Bootcamp cardio drills no equipment, Cardio Workouts 4 Responses to Bootcamp Cardio Circuits Adrian fOSTER says: May 15, 2012 at 8:11 am I ordered twp products from you. One for a cost of US$77.00( TT MRT Bootcamps) and a second one for US$29.95(TT Bootcamps) Both have been paid by my credit card.The US$29.95 was taken off twice!! To make matters worse, I downloaded the TT Bootcamp file , but nothing would open or work!! Thwere was no problem wiht the TT MRT files.
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