This afternoon I took a client's workout on the trail. We hiked Upper Table Rock and stopped at the benches for pushups and at a few trees for some modified pullups (using my homemade suspension trainer...basically a rope with 2 handles).
Earlier in the day, I had a quick little workout challenge with a client.
I had him doing some intervals on his Precor elliptical trainer between other exercises and at one point we started half joking about increasing the resistance level to 15 (he had only done around 30 seconds at a time at this level before).
He said that if he was going to do level 15 then I would have to do it too. So, I told him I would do level 15 for as long as it took him to do 5 supersets of lat pulldowns and pushups x 15 reps each and then he would have to do the same amount of time on the Precor at level 15.
He countered by telling me that I would have to do the same supersets while he did the Precor.
Soooo.....it was ON!
It took 3 mins 30 secs for him to finish the supersets and I didn't do an easy pace on the Precor. After a total of 7 mins of Precor and supersets, we were both pretty much toast (this smack talkin', bluffing, macho, ego crap will kill ya every time....LOL).
Unfortunately for him, he still had some crunches and back extensions to do....hehehe.
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~Feelin' Alive!~
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- TOPFIT
- Medford, OR, United States
- Hi! I'm Patrick Frey, your in-home, online and on-the-trail Personal Trainer, Fitness Educator, and Strength & Conditioning Specialist. With over 35 years of fitness experience, and certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the International Sports Sciences Association, and the American Council on Exercise, I have the knowledge and experience you need to reach your health and fitness goals. My interests over the years have included running, bicycling, cross-country skiing, hiking, backpacking, bodybuilding, powerlifting, olympic lifting, volleyball, and general health, fitness and nutrition. I've trained hundreds of people of all ages and abilities from elite athletes to sedentary couch potatoes, in everything from well equipped gyms to un-equipped homes, online, in the park and on the trails. To me, there's nothing more exciting than helping people improve their health, look better, feel better, or improve their sports performance.
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