I am always working on my GPP (general physical preparedness) to establish a firm foundation in functional fitness. This workout session is all about building the base and preventing some injuries while working towards functional fitness and efficiency. This session is about building volume and becoming more efficient in movements which is hard to accomplish when you always go at high speeds. The movements in this workout were mostly aerobic.
Generally, my workouts last an hour, but with these types of sessions I normally aim for for 90-minutes. However, the goal isn’t just to make it to the 90min mark; it’s to do the movements effortlessly. If at any time the movements start to really bad and hard realm, I stop and walk away, next time aiming to extend the point that I made in the last session by 5-10 minutes.
This session refers to cardiac drift, which is the moment that an easy effort at a given speed takes more effort, at which point the effort is stopped. During this session I made it 81minutes before I felt that the intensity was too high to be useful.
For this type of session, I like a mix of movements, some taking a little more effort and others being a bit easier, which gives me a sense recovery between exercises. However, if you are trying this you should make each station last about 20-30 seconds of 80% effort.
Try the session until you can hit 90mins and when you can hit that number vary the movements and add reps and take away time.
