Since I’m working from home full time right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I started to figure that I had the time to spread out my workouts from the 2 times per week that I’m currently programmed for. After some thought, however, I opted to stick with my main programming schedule and start getting in some extra workouts. This is something that Westside Barbell is well known for doing to increase each lifter’s general fitness by way of GPP training. GPP stands for General Physical Preparedness, and is in essence base conditioning. The better an athlete’s GPP, the better able they are to recover between sets during a workout, and better they can recover between workouts.
In Westside, the general mode of GPP is sled work, where they will pull and push the weighted sled with a variety of different movements. I don’t currently have access to, or the space to use, a sled, but I do have an AirDyne, as well as a medicine ball, a ton of bands and a handful of extra equipment.
I’ll write a longer post about extra workouts, but here’s what I did for yesterday and today.
March 23, 2020
A1. Face Pull – 3×30 @ 35lbs
A2. Chin-ups – 3×6
B1. Overhead Triceps Extensions – 2×20 @ 35lbs
B2. Body Weight Calf Raises – 2×25 @ BW
March 24, 2020
A1. AirDyne
- 15 minutes steady state
- 4 minutes (10 seconds high/20 seconds low x 8 rounds)
- 6 minutes steady state
B1. Band Pec Cross Overs – 3×20 @ Mini Bands
C1. Band Pressdowns – 3×20 @ Monster Mini Bands
Ramble on Fitness 