You Can't Quit!

I wanted to share a quick story about my workout today. My friend Neil and I were doing interval training, 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off. We ended up doing 38 sets, which by the format took 38 minutes. It was extremely intense.

We had done 10 sets of one exercise and 6 rounds of a 3 exercise circuit. 28 down, 10 to go. The last exercise was going to be for 10 rounds. It was a side to side plyo hop on a 20" plyo box. I got through the first 30 seconds fine. Out of breath, but fine. My second time through my quads started to lock up on me. I'm not talking a little spasm I'm talking leg buckling practically dropping me to the ground spasm. At first, I thought to myself "You've done plenty, just stop now." The problem with that is I know how powerful the mind is. I knew that if I looked within, focused on my breathing, and worked my hardest, I would be fine.

That's what I did. I felt it coming on at the 15 second mark of round 3 but I kept focusing on my breathing. Round 4 no problem. Same for round 5-10.

I am all for listening to our bodies and knowing when to call it quits, but don't sell yourself short. Do a quick analysis of the situation and if there is a chance you can continue, you better get to your feet and get moving.

I just spoke to Rachael and we are going to do another workout when she gets home. What can I say, I love to workout.

Stay Strong!

Joshua Mandel

Cranford New Jersey Personal Trainer

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Challenge Workout #5

This workout was a tough one. I felt like I was putting it off for a while because I knew it was going to be a hardcore challenge. Check out the picture to see what the workout entailed. I ended up with a higher score than expected.

This week's challenge is different that any challenge we've done so far. Stay tuned for videos and pictures from this week's challenge workout.

Here's a video of the New Jersey RockHoppers taking this challenge head on:



Have a great day!

Joshua Mandel

Cranford New Jersey Personal Trainer

Cranford New Jersey Boot Camps

Jersey RockHoppers

Check out the Jersey RockHoppers as they train in the home gym. We did a ten station circuit followed by hill training and stairs. Check out the video. For more information on the RockHoppers, go to www.jerseyrockhoppers.com.

Joshua Mandel

Cranford New Jersey Personal Trainer

Cranford New Jersey Boot Camps

My Niece is the Cutest!

Watch this video of my niece.

Enjoy every minute of every day and be grateful for all that you have!

Joshua Mandel

www.NewJerseyBootCamps.com

New Jersey Personal Training Challenge Workout #4

This one was another killer workout. My personal training clients, a few members of the Jersey Rock Hoppers and a few boot camp participants took this workout head on. We did what is called density sets. It's not often that I'll do the same movement again and again for 5 minutes. It's a good change of pace though. Here's how the workout breaks down:

How many "complete" rounds can you complete?

5 minute sets

Round 1: 5 Push-ups and 5 Pull-ups
Round 2: 5 Waterball Clean and Squat and 5 Burpees
Round 3: 10 Mountain Climbers and 10 High Knees
Round 4: 10 Kettlebell Press and 10 Kettlebell Rows
Round 5: 5 DB Stepback Lunges and 10 Sit-ups

We took about 1-3 minutes of rest between rounds. Check out the scores on the board at the end of the week.

Keep Working Hard!

Joshua Mandel

New Jersey Personal Trainer

New Jersey Boot Camps

New Jersey Personal Training Challenge Workout

This workout nearly crushed me. I did the kettlebell swings first. Around the 80th rep, my back was getting real tight and I had to do small amounts of reps in order to finish. It was brutal. After a small amount of rest, I made my way over to Part 2 of the workout. Oh, forgot to mention in case you can't see from the picture, Part 1 was 150 kettlebell swings. Part 2 consisted of 2 exercises (double unders and sit-ups). Double unders are when you are jumping rope and you jump and spin the rope twice before you land. One suggestion: Make sure you have a good jump rope. If you don't, it will take you forever! The breakdown was simple: Do 50 double unders and 50 sit-ups, then 40 and 40, 30 and 30, 20 and 20 and 10 and 10. This is non-stop for time. It took me 11 gut wrenching minutes to complete. Stay tuned for this week's Challenge workout. I made a new piece of equipment that is definitely going to be challenging.

Have a great day!

Joshua Mandel

Union County New Jersey Personal Trainer

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