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The Best Way to 'Finish' Your Workout...

7/8/2016

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The Finisher. Session is almost complete, mobility developed during the dynamic warm up, technical skills work, strength, & power been achieved during the primary lifts, core stability is nailed, nervous system primed. The finisher (possibly the most grueling part of the sessions) remains.
The finisher is the final aspect of the workout where the last droplets of effort are squeezed out. This potentially means exercise form & technique is not as crucial, the time to add some volume and hard grind to your workout is now.
Ultimately the content of your finisher is based on goals and the current training focus. Below are some examples:
  • Fat Loss - Lactate intervals on a piece of CV machine 30 sec on : 1 min off
  • Bigger muscles - Nail the specific muscle you want to develop with ultra high reps
  • Boosted strength - don't do a finisher, you need to stay fresh. Best to just stretch.
  • Sports performance - a great time to develop the lactate threshold with complexes, sleds, carries and pushes.
  • General fitness - as sports performance finisher or any of the suggested
  • Injury reduction - nail the stabilizing muscles around the joint such as upper back activation type exercises like prone T's & Y's
From start to finish the ideal time would be 6-10 minutes including rest periods. The intensity & focus will drop if we push for longer than 10 minutes.
The Landmine Complex - a barbell jammed against the wall with weight plates on one end works for a great complex.
Bike Sprint Interval - a lactate style interval to boost intensity and achieve some additional fat loss
Sled Work - Simple heavy sleds pushed, pulled, dragged 'up & back' develop some nasty adaptations in the legs and sick work capacity.
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