I tried this short & intense leg workout

[Gayle]

...and, boy is my butt feeling it!

I found this workout on Crossfit.com, named "Leg Day". The workout itself is three rounds, done for time, of:

100 ft of walking lunges (bodyweight only) - I did 70 lunges per round
50 squats (bodyweight only)
25 back extensions

There's a video of it here: http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_LegDayWOD.wmv

I did it this morning with a P90X style warmup to start with, and added a 20 min iCycle and a stretch at the end. I did this at the gym and had access to the back extension apparatus, but a swiss ball version of the back extension could easily be subbed...or even hamstring rollouts on the ball.

 

[haydee]

OMG that looks so cool. But it also looks like it will make someone puke......

I think I'm going to try this tomorrow.

Haydee

 

[want2Bfitnessinstructor]

Thank you for this, will check it out!




"Life is too short - Be the best you can be every single day of your life!"

 

[RunnerGirl]

OMG that looks so cool. But it also looks like it will make someone puke......

I think I'm going to try this tomorrow.

Only on Cathe's forum would you see a reply like this! LOL }(
LD

 

[PhyllisG]

Ha! My son does Crossfit and he does puke!

 

[Gayle]

LOL! A logo (or character) that I see from time to time on the Crossfit sites is a deranged looking puking clown. :7

 

[Heidisue]

This is great!!! I couldn't help but laugh, are they nuts!!! Gotta try it tomarrow!

 

[Heidisue]

I just wanted to pull this up again. My friend who is in Police work was telling me about this website. It just kills me to watch them.

 

[tneah]

How did you measure 100 feet?How many lunges is that? One lunge being completed on each leg? This may be a stupid question, but I like the sound of that leg workout, no weights.

 

[Reese777]

Why can't I view this video? I have clicked the link several times and it won't come up. I went to the site and couldn't find it either. Can you give me direction on finding it on their site? I'm really curious!

 

[fox2star]

I get the sound, but the picture is distorted and doesn't show the person doing the workoutx(

 

[Heidisue]

I don't know why this isn't working for you two? I just tried playing it and it worked fine. I will check crossfit.com and see if I can find it there for you.

 

[kpage1230]

I did this workout last evening and can REALLY feel it today, and I'm used to doing pretty hard and heavy leg workouts. I took a bit longer than the women in the video did to complete the 3 rounds but I could feel it immediately. It's a really good change of pace and great for someone with no equipment on while on vacation.

Karen

 

[Gayle]

Hi tneah,

I measured off 100 paces in my driveway and used that. I misread the workout the first time I did it and did 100 METERS of walking lunges, estimating that 1 pace was about 1 meter. I think it came out to around 80 lunges per round.