WOW: Slowdown

July 4, 2011

Complete two cycles of the following, slowly:
12 Pushups
15 Squats
10 Pullups
2 Minute Plank

How-to:
Warmup: 30 second Grok Squat, lateral, forward, and backward leg swings (10 each leg).
I was privileged to speak at Bo Railey’s fabulous Indy HIT seminar last month in Indianapolis. While there, I had the the pleasure to train with Bo and Dr. Doug McGuff, of Body By Science fame, using the SuperSlow Systems equipment at one of Bo’s Exercise Inc. facilities. I did a row, an overhead press, and a leg press. “Pleasure” may not be the right word, because this was not pleasurable. It was over quickly, but it was intensely unpleasant in a good way. I’ll invite Doug to guest post on the concept in a few weeks.
I’m still not a machine guy – though I admit they are effective, especially when helmed by a guy like Doug or Keith Norris – but I thought it’d […]

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