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Jun 2013
8:54pm, 17 Jun 2013
2,106 posts
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Wobbling
riiight, they don't sound like something I would volunteer to do.
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Jun 2013
9:26am, 18 Jun 2013
16,905 posts
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sheri3004
I haven't tried them yet. However I have been tricep dipping like a madwoman.
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Jun 2013
9:34am, 18 Jun 2013
9,963 posts
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fleecy
7 minutes of burpees? Jesus, that's mental! I can do a minute before my form starts suffering and after 2 minutes I could easily chuck up.
Sheri: look online for a simple routine to do for weight training, it'll be easier than making up your own. Or something like the Shred DVD incorporates strength and cardio and core into a single 20 minute workout. Much better than just tricep dips, better to work all your muscle groups rather than one in isolation.
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Jun 2013
9:48am, 18 Jun 2013
16,907 posts
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sheri3004
I will do, fleecy 
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Jun 2013
1:19pm, 18 Jun 2013
155 posts
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Gizzard Puke
Feels like you're dying at touch towards the end of the 7 minutes of Burpees. I think the record is 140!!!!
Like Fleecy said, it's better to do compound movements than isolation movements. If you do large pressing movements your triceps will works as an aid to the primary muscle worked. Compound movements also have more of a functional carry over to real life. You can also run into problems with joints and posture if you work one muscle without working its antagonist, Sheri3004
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Jun 2013
1:21pm, 18 Jun 2013
16,931 posts
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sheri3004
Thanks. I wasn't meaning to suggest I was only going to do one thing
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Jun 2013
3:04pm, 18 Jun 2013
156 posts
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Gizzard Puke
Didn't think you were, but that's how my reply came across :). Sorry for that, I must have sounded like a right twit :D
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Jun 2013
3:26pm, 18 Jun 2013
2,326 posts
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tom_craggs
Soem good advice from v'rap. As a PT I include lots of HIIT work and pretty heavy resistance but for the runners I coach I am fun advocate of keeping strength training very simple. As V'rap said push for full body press ups from the start and build up. When you develop strength you can add variations (tricep press, diamond press etc).
For runners I keep things really simple (same kinds of exercises I do myself);
Press ups, chin ups, inverted rows, dips, single leg squats (focusing on form not depth), and lots of core and glute strength but generally all body weight. Key is consistency though. For me 3-4 sets of the above most inf not every day is far more beneficial than 2-3 smash youself in the gym sessions with heavy squats and deadlifts. For a runner press up beats chest press for me every time.
I save the crossfit workouts for non runners generally as I often find they take the sharpness out of the high intensity running sessions (if you do them that is!).
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Jun 2013
3:27pm, 18 Jun 2013
2,327 posts
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tom_craggs
Written all the above from a runners perspective mind you. Burpees are great and I love them, same with olympic lifting - great and all sorts of gym work but I think the key for 'most' runners is to keep it simple.
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Jun 2013
5:22pm, 18 Jun 2013
16,938 posts
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sheri3004
Thanks Tom, sounds like good advice.
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