I've got a combo exercise that I thought of last week and will try this week. It may kill me, but hopefully will just leave me really winded. [X] number of burpees done underneath a pull-up bar. On the last burpee you jump and grab the pull-up bar. Proceed to do pull-ups to failure. Remain hanging and do straight leg lift or knees lifts (either a set amount or to failure. my hands will likely give way before I'm unable to continue with the leg lifts, but we'll see). Repeat three times.
I've thought about doing overhead lunges. But with the weight on a barbell, it seems like it would be an awkward balance. But it will be a much less awkward balance doing them with a plate instead. So, good tip. I will try these on for size.
I already do all the stuff mentioned in the last page. The ab work is what i do on top of all that. I do overhead squats a lot, regular squats, thrusters, overhead lunges, cleans, dead lift, all of it. We are actually maxing this week. I'm hoping to max at 250 on bench, 375 on squat, 205 on clean (my worst lift), and im not really sure about snatch yet. we just started doing snatch recently.
we do something similar. burpee pull ups. they're good because people of all sizes can do them. Burpee under a pull up bar, and when you go into your jump at the end of the burpee, grab on to the bar and do a pull up. Then go back down into a burpee and repeat for 15-25 reps. Another killer combo we do is called dumbell man makers. you get 25s, do three push ups using them as your base, but in between each push up, you do a single arm row with each dumbell. after you have finished the three push ups you do a clean and jerk motion with the dumbells. then repeat for 12 reps.
sounds like you exercise quite a bit. have you actually measured your calorie intake? you can eat mcdonalds every day if you work out all the time. how long have you quadrupled your calories for and seen no effect? i bet it wasn't over a couple of months.
It isn't important to do if you aren't trying to get bigger or smaller. I did it for a week or so just out of curiosity. It actually would take about two minutes out of your day if you download a free app.
snatch is interesting. the form is hard to get down, but once you get it, the lift gets easier and easier to go up in weight.
we do burpee pullups regularly. Usually some sort of combo including burpee pullups, lifted push ups, Iron Mikes (walking lunges), crunches and sometimes a sprint. They can knock you out in a hurry. Last week we even added inverted planks to the combo. I've done kettlebell lunges in each hand, but never overhead. Sounds interesting. Two weeks we did .6 miles straight of lunges (no added weight). I was ready to die right then and there.
Our PT Instructor ran us for almost a mile then stopped and said "Good news, we only have just over half a mile left of PT then we're done." We all knew we were royally screwed.
