#bent forward row

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Wednesday 18th December

Countdown to Crimbo!! This a nice little combo exercise - perform 1 of each of the below without stopping - Stiff leg Deadlift - Shrug - Power clean - Push press - Front squat (or overhead if you can!) - Reverse lunge (each side) - Bent forward row - Press up on bar - Bar roll out After 1 of each do 5 more!!  The add a little more weight and do 4 more sets!!

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Wednesday 11th December 2013

RANT WARNING!! Today's COD is dedicated to all those fitness professionals that seem obsessed with re-inventing the wheel of circuit training :-) The latest in a very long line is something called EDT - Escalating Density Training - a 'fat shredding workout in less than 30 mins' ????? Sounds 'awesome' eh? - Turns out it is as simple as one of any number of weighted circuits such as below. Don't get me wrong, I like a good acronym as much as the next guy but keep it simple - all our challenges of the day are nothing more than various types of circuits of which none do we pretend to have invented or lay claim to - these sessions have evolved from the years of training we have done with clients and groups - sure, we have tweaked and maybe polished the sessions but to say we have invented a new type of training is ridiculous.  We also do not suggest that one type is more 'fat-shredding' over another - the one below (like the EDT one and many. many more we've come across) is a great type of circuit but it's not new and it certainly does not need another new name to confuse people - circuits is circuits people and they are all 'awesome' and 'fat-shredding' if you put the work in :-) Now - rant over - get the work done!!   10 x Thrusters 10 x Press ups (on bar/dumbbells) 10 x Kettlebell swings Repeat as many times in 10 mins Rest for mx of 2 mins then: 10 x Weighted step ups 10 x Bent forward row 10 x Weighted burpees Repeat as many times in 10 mins as possible