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Week 15: 1st Week of HyperStrike Trial, Oct. 14-20

By Cindy | October 24, 2007

I enjoyed working with HyperStrike this week for my workouts. My official review will come at the end of the trial period. Here’s what I accomplished:

Monday: HyperStrike Strength Training Routine

• 60 rep jump rope warm-up
• Step Ups (2 sets/12 reps)
• Medicine Ball Crunch (2 sets/12 reps)
• Band Crunch (2 sets/12 reps)
• Arm-Reaching Rotation Crunch (2 sets/12 reps)
• Bent-Legged Deadlifts (2 sets/20 reps)
• 5 Stretching exercises for recovery

Tuesday: HyperStrike Strength Routine

• Jumping Lunges and Squat Thruster warmup (2 sets/12 reps)
• A-Bound (think high knee skips) (2 sets/25 yds)
• Alternating Split-Squat Jump (2 sets/5 reps)
• Narrow-Grip Lat Pulldowns 24 lbs (2 sets/12 reps)
• Lying Dumbbell Row 10 lbs (2 sets/12 reps)
• Dumbbell Lateral Raise-Standing 10 lbs (2 sets/12 reps)
• Push up(2 sets/20 reps)
• Alternating Curl-Seated 24lbs (2 sets/12 reps)
• Rope Triceps Press Down 10lbs (2 sets/12 reps)
• Arm-Reaching Situps (2 sets/12 reps)
• 4 Stretching Exercises for Recovery

Wednesday: HyperStrike Conditioning Routine

• 20 minutes Running (I ran a little over 2 miles.)
• 20 minutes Treadmill ( I ran 1.8 miles between a10-12 minute mile pace)
• 500 meters Rowing (I completed the 500 meters in 3 to 4 minutes)

Thursday: HyperStrike Conditioning Routine and My Own Routine

• Lateral Lunges Rotation (2 sets/60 sec.)
• Jumping Lunges Moving (2 sets/60 sec.)
• Forward Lunge Thrust (2 sets/60 sec.)

I added a 40 minute threadmill speed walking set and completed a Strength Training Routine which included:

• Bicep Curl 35lbs (3sets/12 reps)
• Tricep Extension (3sets/12 reps)
• Chin/Dip Machine-2 sets of chin/1 set dip 20-35lbs (3sets/12 reps)

Friday: Day Off. I shifted the HyperStrike Routine to Saturday

Saturday: HyperStrike Conditioning Routine from Friday.

• Jump Rope for 3 minutes
• Stair Climb for 10 sets of 15 sec bursts
• A-Skip for 1 set of 25 yds.

I did not complete the HyperStrike Conditioning Routine for Saturday. I plan on adding it into the early part of next week.

Sunday: Day Off.

Overall, I was very happy with different workouts this week. The combination of explosive exercises added a nice variety to my regular routines.

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