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Offline Razor X

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Looking for a new workout routine?
« on: March 14, 2009, 07:34:57 PM »
My personal trainer gave me something new to do last night.  When I arrived at the gym, he had an 85 pound tractor tire and a 10-pound sledgehammer waiting for me.  First he had me swing the hammer over my head and pound it down on the tire as hard as I could.  After doing that repeatedly, I had to flip the tire over and move it from one end of the room to the other.  And then I had to swing the hammer and hit the tire on its side until I'd moved it back to the other side of the room.  Not as easy as it sounds.  It was the most exhausting thing I'd done in a long time.  I felt totally destroyed by the time the session was over.   !i#t



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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2009, 08:06:36 PM »
Where is your gym..in a barn or somethin...

in Russia!?

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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2009, 08:31:34 PM »
Where is your gym..in a barn or somethin...

in Russia!?

Go Rocky...

Draggo is comin' after you! ;)

I felt like I was on a chain gang or something.    ;)

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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2009, 01:24:03 AM »
You vill lose.


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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2009, 07:34:19 AM »
You vill lose.

Vee shall see.    ^-^

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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2009, 09:36:14 AM »
What are you training for?  A football walkon? :/O

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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2009, 05:16:47 PM »
sounds good to me. You should have a look at crossfit...similar stuff.
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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2009, 10:40:44 AM »
How much does the sledge rebound off the tire? I'll have to go back home to try this O0
Thanks Razor!

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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2009, 01:25:24 PM »
How much does the sledge rebound off the tire? I'll have to go back home to try this O0
Thanks Razor!

A couple of inches, I suppose.

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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2009, 05:15:43 PM »
Razor: my trainer just incorporated the same thing with the tire and hammer into my workout routine. (say once every 3 sessions).

He has me on kettlebells on a regular basis.

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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2009, 06:54:36 PM »
You can get an excellent workout with kettlebells.

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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2009, 11:01:34 AM »
Doesn't the recoil of the sledghammer hitting the tire put a tremendous load on the shoulder and elbow joints and ligaments? :/O  I would think you'd have to be well prepared in those areas to do this.  How does the trainer address the potential for stress injuries to the joints from this exercise?

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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2009, 11:22:17 AM »
Doesn't the recoil of the sledghammer hitting the tire put a tremendous load on the shoulder and elbow joints and ligaments? :/O  I would think you'd have to be well prepared in those areas to do this.  How does the trainer address the potential for stress injuries to the joints from this exercise?

It really doesn't recoil that much.

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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2009, 08:21:44 PM »
What your trainer had you do was a GPP (General Physical Preparedness) workout. It's a very effective tool in anyone's training regimen.  O0
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Re: Looking for a new workout routine?
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2009, 09:01:48 PM »
That's World's Strongest Man style.  I LOVE watching those.  Usually around Christmas time when I chilling at my parent's house, they have marathons of those. 
Huge dudes pulling trucks, flipping tire and just lifting and throwing huge and heavy things.  It's awesome.
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