7.31.2007

Interesting Workout Tip

Found this while looking for individual Football workouts:

Try 'Hundreds' it is a muscle blaster to the max. The way to do hundreds is to lift 1/4 of what you normally would lift for 100-reps.

For example if you normally lift 200 pounds on the bench press you would cut that amount to 50 pound more or less. Your goal would be to bench press 50-pounds 100-times. Your first few reps will seem easy but before you get to a total of 100-reps your muscles will give out. Rest for only a minute or so and then continue from where you left off.

Lets say that you were only able to do 25-reps before your muscles gave out, then you would need another 75-reps to finish your workout.

You want to have a total of 100-reps. You do not want to count sets you only want to count reps. Do as many sets as it takes to reach a total of 100-reps.

You can only do hundreds on two major body groups at a time and never on the same day. Try this workout.

Do your chest workout on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only. On Tuesday and Thursday workout you back. Rest on Saturday and Sunday.

Do one exercise of 100-reps a day (only) and you are done with that muscle group for the day. NO MORE! You DO NOT WANT TO OVER DO IT.

This is a major wake up call for your chest, back, or what ever muscles you want to work on. You can do the same type of work out for your other body parts. For example, try working out your biceps and triceps together or quadriceps and calves. Do not do all these work outs in one day because it is too much for the body to recover from. You will need plenty of rest to go along with your workouts.

Remember that your body needs to rest in order to build muscles. Your muscles grow when you give then time to recover.

This is from a high school football coach giving free advice on a website, so I don't know how much credit I give it, but it's interesting. I can see doing push ups like that on my strength days, and adding in some cardio on my off days. But my cardio is swimming, and I'm guessing I'm not supposed to use the same muscles for cardio as I do for my strength training.

It gives me something to think about, though.

3 comments:

Jay said...

If it's time for a change, it might be worth a try. Don't plan on using your arms the next day though :)

Kristen said...

Do you think this is for fat burning or building muscle?

Kevin A. said...

I'd guess a little of both, but mainly building muscle. Actually, toning muscle might be the more appropriate definition.