Wednesday WODs

Original Post: https://www.americanpartisan.org/2020/01/ap-fitness-challenge/

In keeping with the spirit of the AP Fitness Challenge, I decided to post a Workout of the Day (WOD) every Wednesday to give you, the readers, a challenge to complete. I will be doing them beforehand and posting my results with the WOD. These WODs are not original, new or super secret. You can find lists and lists on the internet and adapt them to what equipment you have – or even if you have no equipment at all. I personally love the book Cross Training 101: Build the Ultimate Athletic Physique, which is where many of the WODs are coming from (I may modify some slightly to make them more relevant to our purposes).

Of course, modify the exercise as needed (i.e. if you cannot run, walk; if you cannot do a push up, do a modified pushup with your knees down OR a wall push up, etc)

Let’s first go over some basic types of WODs:

• As Many Reps As Possible (AMRAP) – Within a certain time constraint, complete as many rounds of exercises as possible
• Every Minute on the Minute (EMOM) – Within a certain time constraint, complete the exercise(s) at the beginning of every minute
• For Time – Complete the workout in the quickest time possible and record your time
• Tabata – Style of interval training where you exercise for 20 seconds and rest for 10 seconds for a total of 8 rounds
• To Failure – Doing reps until you physically cannot do another one

WOD

I am going to change it up a little bit and do a more traditional workout using a weighted backpack. My backpack was 20lbs loaded. I got most of these workouts from The Quad Guy, who normally only puts out Daily Workouts for use in a gym. However, he recognized that many people will be prevented from going to a gym so he came up with a few home workouts using either body weight or weighted backpacks.

4 Rounds to Failure

• Standing Calf Raise
• V Sit-Up
• Backpack Front Squat
• Backpack Back Squat

Followed by

• Backpack Pushup / Backpack Bent Over Row / Weighted Side Lateral (5 x 30/30/30)
• Couch Dips / Backpack Overhead Extension / Backpack Bicep Curl (3 x 30/20/20)

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