Phelps is doping???
Michael Phelps is totally dope.. but I read an article on the internet a few days ago about MP using his ipod on deck and that some people thought it was a form of doping. The author quoted several medical journals that had done studies on athletes using music and athletes not using music. The findings suggested that music increased the SPO2 in the blood or the capability to carry more oxygen for a short period of time. I could have told them that without the wasted money and effort of a scientific study!!! Music has always been a huge motivational tool for me. One of the worst work out killas is seeing that button go orange on my Ipod!!!!! And I had to pull out the bad @ss playlist for todays WOD!! 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals. 1st set=pull ups, 2nd set=push ups, 3rd set=sit ups and 4th set=squats. So you end up with a total of 32 working sets! Doesn’t look to bad on paper but it really does suck. I don’t have a pertner to time or count for me so I chose to keep up with time instead of my total count. The pull ups and push ups killed me, the 20 seconds of work just seemed to stretch out longer and longer and the 10 seconds of rest seemed to get shorter!! The sit ups weren’t too bad and I know I was getting 15-17 every 20 seconds, the squats weren’t too bad either and I was getting 17-23 of those. Bonus…they didn’t hurt my glute so I think I’m on the mend!! Spitfire is back!!! (:
August 19, 2008 at 9:41 am
Where did you get that 20/10 thing?? Trainner I know brought it up to me and we were trying to apply it to cardio! It is TOUGH . We only got through like 7 iterations before totally gasping for air. IT gave my 17 yr old heat exhaustion. I think I will back off a bit on this….
August 20, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Hey CT,
I saw where you had the issues of timer for your Tabata Something Everything workout. Here are a couple of options if you are home near your computer you can use
http://www.speedbagforum.com/timer. This website has a timer function like a boxing interval timer. It is free to use. Or you can order a gym boss trainer http://gymboss.com/. It is only $19.95 and has a belt clip function. You can take anywhere it has a dual timer function with an interval whislte or vibrate function. It makes intervals easy. I have had one for like two years and maybe changed the battery once. And I use it a couple of times a week for different things. Just my two cents.
August 20, 2008 at 2:14 pm
For your Tabata workouts, you can either use
http://www.speedbagforum.com/timer, which has an online boxing style interval timer. You have to play with it a little bit to get it right for Tabata. I have a Gym Boss Timer (http://gymboss.com/). It is $19.95 and is pretty easy to use. I’ve had mine for two years and replaced the battery once. I typically use it several times a week for different stuff. Just my two cents.
August 23, 2008 at 5:19 pm
The mind/body connection is incredible! You definitely had some killer tunes going for that workout of yours!