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From Now until learly August, I'll be playing alot of lacrosse and using this program I made.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=714752

After that I was thinking about making a program that trains for more useful things ("functional" as some people call it). I'm not saying more useful compared to the program I'm doign now, which should help alot for lacrosse, but more useful for day to day things than the average workout. I don't mean I'll be stopping all weights, but I'll be changing it up. Here is what I plan on doing.

JOG (1-2/week): Until it gets too cold. Jogs will probably last 30 minutes.

GPP (1-2/week): Burpees, Plyometrics, sprints, Shouldering weights (heavy bag, stones, logs, etc.), Sledge hammer work, hitting heavybag, jump rope, sled dragging.

GYM (1/week): Olympic lifts, Deadlifts, Squats, Grip work, Ab exercises.

SWIM (1-2/week): Until it gets too cold. Swimming will probably last 30 minutes.

BW (1/week): Pushup variations, Neck bridge variations, Pistols, GHRs, Inverted row variations, Hand stand pushups, Ab exercises.*

CLIMB (1/week): This will be completely different. I'll just go out and climb. Trees, Ropes, Buildings, Fences, Monkeybars, etc. It should build a strong upperbody. It should also raise my strength to BW ratio. *Because of this day, I'll make BW day more Press oriented.

REST (1-2/week): ...

How do you guys think of a program like this. It's probably alot different than what you're use to. Any thoughts or tips about this program would be good.

Thanks
 
About me:

16 years old
6'2
195lbs

I'm not doing any mma training at the moment, but I plan on doing some in the future. The reasons I'm asking this question on this forum is because I think fighters are among the best athletes.
 
Could you break it down on a 1 week scheme mon-fri? And lay out a day too, like for example...

8am wake up - jog 30 minutes
12pm go for a swim
7pm go to gym and do blah blah sets of what.


Your "(1-2/week):" kind of confuses me. Does that mean you only do it 1-2 times per week right?

So from looking at your routine you could easily so more than half the things on your list in 1 day. Unless all your going to do for an entire day is a 30minute run? If so then I don't think thats a very good routine.

Maybe I completely misunderstood you, so please clarify it to me. :)




And lastly what are you going to do when it does get too cold? Stop doing cardio completely? My suggestion would be a stationary bike inside, and if you don't have one I would say they are definately worth the money. I loved mine, but I strictly run now, but it did help me a lot when I was first starting out.




EDIT: Lol, I over looked something that was pretty important. I'll be playing alot of lacrosse and using this program Kind of missed that :P .... so disregaurd the above and I say it looks like a good routine! GL to your lacrosse team this season.
 
Uberkraut said:
Could you break it down on a 1 week scheme mon-fri? And lay out a day too, like for example...

8am wake up - jog 30 minutes
12pm go for a swim
7pm go to gym and do blah blah sets of what.


Your "(1-2/week):" kind of confuses me. Does that mean you only do it 1-2 times per week right?

So from looking at your routine you could easily so more than half the things on your list in 1 day. Unless all your going to do for an entire day is a 30minute run? If so then I don't think thats a very good routine.

Maybe I completely misunderstood you, so please clarify it to me. :)




And lastly what are you going to do when it does get too cold? Stop doing cardio completely? My suggestion would be a stationary bike inside, and if you don't have one I would say they are definately worth the money. I loved mine, but I strictly run now, but it did help me a lot when I was first starting out.




EDIT: Lol, I over looked something that was pretty important. I'll be playing alot of lacrosse and using this program Kind of missed that :P .... so disregaurd the above and I say it looks like a good routine! GL to your lacrosse team this season.


No you had it right in the first place, I'll be doing this program AFTER lacrosse. My hockey will start by than though. I'll break it down so you see what it could look like.

Monday AM: JOG
Monday PM: GYM

Tuesday AM: SWIM
Tuesday PM: GPP

Wednesday AM: SWIM
Wednesday PM: BW

Thursday AM: OFF
Thursday PM: GPP

Friday AM: JOG
Friday PM: CLIMB

Saturday AM: OFF
Saturday PM: OFF

Sunday AM: OFF
Sunday PM: HOCKEY

When It becomes too cold for swimming or running outside I could always go to the YMCA to swim/run/bike. Or If I don't have time to leave home, I could do some sort of circuit training.
 
I'd probably cut down a little on the jog as you might want to allow some reovery as well. The rest is good as it is.
 
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