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Recovery Work

gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2003/11/04, 09:25 AM I took last week off from lifting so my body would grow and recover from the past training cycle. I did light work outside of the weight room to aid that process. I did light med ball throws twice for 15 minutes last week (tue/thurs). On friday I performed half of a Navy Seal body weight circuit. It was awesome! This week I feel really good and ready to get after it for another 7 weeks.
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2003/11/07, 09:44 AM Today I will perform explosive underhand medball tosses for 15 minutes with a partner. The toss should be as high and as far as possible. We usually get between 100-140 tosses in 15 minutes depending on how our legs feel from the nights previous workout.
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2003/11/07, 01:35 PM Yes, that's what the auxiliary lifts are for.
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2003/11/07, 01:47 PM I also use my recovery work as a way to improve weak points. Every 3-4 weeks I change exercises out and replace them with ones that will bring up my weak points. If you look at my workouts posted here you can see how I implement the auxiliary work.
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2003/11/12, 09:19 AM The day after my last Dynamic Box Squat workout I sat in the cold tank up to my neck for 20 minutes and my body felt great after that. I was extremely sore before my venture into the cold tank.
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2003/12/16, 08:27 AM I have been using the vertimax for my jump training and I have found this to be good recovery work the day after squatting.
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2004/01/29, 06:32 PM I go into our swim x here at Florida and perform sprints and sprint mechanics in it a day after the leg work. Feels good. I also sit in a cold tank up to my neck after a leg workout.