We are revisiting our tempo single leg work
Any weight you can hold with a handle grip in each hand today is fine. Milk or laundry soap containers filled with something is good. If you have no weights you can still do the WOD
The goal of today’s WOD is to review Rep tempo notation used by bodybuilders and weightlifters.
Rep tempo is typically shown as a 3 or 4 digit code that looks something like this: 3-1-3-0. Each number denotes the amount of time in seconds to perform a specific portion of the exercise.
The first digit (3) is always the eccentric (‘lowering’ or ‘negative’) portion of the lift. In a lunge, that would be lowering from standing tall to the bottom of the lunge for a count of 3 seconds.
The second digit (1) represents hold time at the mid-point of the lift. Again, in the lunge, you would hold at the bottom of the lunge for 1 second before initiating your stand up.
The third digit (3) would then be the concentric (‘lifting’ or ‘positive’) portion of the lift. This would be the act of standing (rising) from bottom position to top during a count of 3 seconds.
A fourth digit (0), which will not always be used, represents the time at the top of the lift. When there is no fourth number, or in this case with a 0, there is no time spent at the top of the lift (standing position for the lunge).
The theory behind tempo reps is that they can
-Improve development of connective tissue
-Improve body awareness and control
-Improve motor control of the lifts
-Improve stability
Warmup:
“”2x:
20 Jumping Jacks
10 Air Squats
10 Push-ups
10 Sit-ups
10 Lunges
20s Handstand hold. Use a wall from a wall walk, kick up to the wall, do free standing, your choice
2x:
5 dislocate Pass Throughs (PVC/Broomstick/shower curtain rack etc)
2 Overhead squats- :10 descent + 10 hold in bottom
5 Rep Squat Therapy (wall squats-facing the wall) @ 3311
WOD
3 sets:
-10 KB/DB Bulgarian split squat @3011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLEyaXRMv8o
-REST 45s between each leg
Us a stair or even a rolled up mat for the rear leg. If you don’t have a stable elevation for the rear leg, don’t worry, you can keep it on the floor.
To recap, this tempo is
3 second negative (descent)
0 second (no pause) at the bottom
1 second up
1second pause at the top
3 sets:
-10 Single Leg Romanian Deadlifts @3011
-REST 45s between each leg
3x:
-30s each side Front Scale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgXaf7g0Pyo
-30s each side Back Scale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arh2Q_prqvw
– 1 min Rest
Core Finisher
3 Rounds: 30s on/ 15s off
– Side to side (rotating) plank https://youtu.be/hP6j8Y57gwk?t=43 (go straight arm or on elbows according to ability)
– V-Sit Slides (raised leg crunches) https://www.muscleandfitness.com/workouts/abs-and-core-exercises/videos/raised-legs-crunch
– Crossbody Mountain Climbers https://youtu.be/1cwZ8VZvRjc?t=16
– jumping deck squat
Cooldown:
-10 Forward fold + exhale (toes elevated) https://youtu.be/JLu3py1fK5E?t=103
-10 Forward fold + exhale (heels elevated)
-10s Forward fold + leg squeeze (toes elevated)
-10s Forward fold + leg squeeze (heels elevated)
-10 Slow bootstrappers