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Fitness Wisdom Wednesday: Partner Training
Here’s a guest post from Total Gym GRAVITY Master Trainer and strength and conditioning coach, Maria Sollon. Maria offers her tips for sport-specific partner training on Total Gym. Grab a partner and get after it!
By Maria Sollon Scally, MS, CSCS, GRAVITY Master Trainer
www.groovysweat.com
It’s hockey season! As a strength and conditioning coach for the East Coast Hockey League (AAA hockey league of the NHL), I regularly use Total Gym as a training tool for time sensitive athletes. During season there is more time spent on the ice than in the gym. Maximizing an athlete’s workout to condition effectively without injury is best accomplished with a combination of strength, core power and agility timed intervals.
To add more resistance and team building skills, I developed a series of exercises on the Total Gym GTS that can accommodate two people at the same time. One person is performing exercises on GTS and the other is working with different equipment on the floor – both with timed intervals.
This video is an example of a workout that I do with my hockey team (also written below the video). For example, while half of the team rides the bikes, the other half rotates through three minute stations that incorporate the Total Gym. This format works well with limited time and space. Enjoy!
Teammates Pair Up
Circuit Style Workout using Total Gym GTS
3 min. / station
1 min/ exercise (30 sec. recovery)
1. Incline Squats with Extra Weight (or body weight from another teammate sitting on the glideboard)
2. Lateral Lunges with Kettlebell or Medicine Ball
• BOSU Lateral Hops
3. Kneeling Single Arm Rotation Punch
• BOSU Burpees
Does it work? Who knows. I called to order a machine in 2008 and was told that I won one. So I gave Total Gym my tax info and that was the last I heard from them. A few months ago, I was contacted by the IRS with a claim that I didn’t pay tax on the machine I allegedly won. Total Gym did not provide me with a machine, a resolution 3 years later, or a revised claim to the IRS. Needless to say, I thought this company was reputable but it costing me hours of time to clear my name with the IRS. I cannot recommend engaging in business with Total Gym.
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