Feedback on dryland regimen

RE: Feedback on dryland regimen

habu987 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:54:17 GMT

We've got the second dryland workout tonight after practice. I think I'm gonna change it to 5-6 exercises per station and have them be 30 seconds on, 15 seconds off. Given the 10 minutes per station, that'll allow everyone to go through ~3 rounds of the exercises at each station. While I love the idea of giving folks a specific number of reps to do of each exercise, that's just not feasible with this group. For example, if I have 20 pushups be one of the exercises, there are some folks who wouldn't be able to even come close to that. Ergo, doing stuff for time. I'll post tomorrow with feedback on tonight's altered workout. Thanks, guys!

RE: Feedback on dryland regimen

swimshark — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:56:19 GMT

I swim with an age group team and your dry land looks a lot like what we do for dry land before practice. The coach either gives us a specific rep amount or time. When we do time, it's usually 60 on, 30 off. It's hard for someone my age (40+) to keep up with but it's doable. I would be interested in what the others on your team think as well.

RE: Feedback on dryland regimen

mcnair — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:03:31 GMT

Wow, that looks pretty brutal... I'd be interested to know how many show up for the next one! I used to do a lot of bodyweight exercises, but have been doing strictly water-based exercise for over a year, there's no way I could jump into something like this right away, but it looks like a great routine to ease into. Now that they know all the exercises you might keep the core exercises as is and have them choose three or four per body-part (lower/upper) at the other stations... but instead of one long set (:45) with each exercise, have them do two short sets (:25-:30) with fewer exercises, but rotate through all the exercises over the course of your 3 workouts/week. I like the idea of doing them after practice when everyone is already warmed up, but shorter sets might help keep the focus in form especially since they'll be a little tired already.