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Getting Strong with Interval Training

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Getting Strong with Workout Muse Interval Training Music

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By Ryan Ketchum of Bloomington Fitness Boot Camp

I developed my passion for strength and conditioning in an atmosphere where we lifted heavy and we lifted heavy often.   During my time as a young athlete and then collegiate track and field athlete my time in the gym was spent getting as big and strong as possible.

Although my goals have changed and I am much more intelligent about my training now, I still have the urge to push some weight around, but I don’t have the time to spend hours in the gym lifting heavy.  Workout Muse allows me to mix my fast paced training style with the “heavy” lifting of my past with the new 30-30 Mayhem interval workout music.

We use the 30-30 tracks to incorporate more strength based moves that need adequate rest time to be performed optimally.  It is tough to jump squat at max intensity for 50 seconds or do 20 seconds of pull ups with 10 seconds of rest and repeat it all over again.   I can however incorporate about any strength or power based movement into a workout using the 30-30 Mayhem tracks.   It gives me just enough time to get in a quality number of reps with the necessary intensity and also rest long enough to recover for the next movement. (more…)

The Plyometric Training Revolution

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

The Plyometric Revolution with the World’s Greatest Interval Workout Music

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By Wil Fleming of Bloomington Fitness Bootcamp

Plyometrics are an important and essential part to any effective athletic development program.  This fact is hard to argue, but the way plyometrics are effectively integrated into an athlete’s program often time leads to confusion and misuse.

Quite simply there are so many factors that go into determining what is the most effective and safe way to use plyo’s that it can be overwhelming.  Ground Contacts, Impact Forces, etc, all must go into the correct utilization of plyometrics.

But I have found a tremendously effective solution to this: Workout Muse!  Fitness music from the guys at Workout Muse takes plyometric training to the next level by incorporating timed rest periods in between intense bouts of work.

By using interval workout music from Workout Muse I am able to limit the number of ground contacts that an athlete has in a given session, while also gaining the extra advantage of defined rest periods that mimic the settings of athletic contests- in other words, sport-specific energy system development.  Training with interval workout music at a high intensity makes the athletic contests a breeze.

It is essential that the athlete be prepared for this intense interval workout by learning the proper technique for absorbing and creating ground force. Once the athlete is prepared, try this workout in the video:

1)    Lateral bounds
2)    Plyometric pushups
3)    Box Jumps
4)    Standing MB Slams

Once again I turn to my favorite interval training music, Workout Muse’s Ultimate Tabatas.  I recommend this shorter duration of 20 seconds work followed by 10 seconds rest, so that the technique and safety of the exercises remain intact.  Additionally in this workout I alternate upper body plyometrics with lower body plyos so that the rest periods are greater, and allow the quality of the work is then better in the work sets.

My athletes are using interval workout music from Workout Muse to improve their games, are yours?

PS- If you want to learn more about the world’s first and only turnkey 20-10 tabata interval training music system, please click the link below:

Tabata Interval Training Workout Music

Tabatas Interval Training Music