Moving On Up (The Ladder)
Do you ever find yourself getting bored or tired of doing the same types of workouts? We recommend changing the way you move your body every three months to keep it guessing and ensure you are getting the best use of your time in the gym.
There are many methods and techniques to boost the intensity of a workout, improve endurance and blast through a plateau. One of our favorite methods is functional training. Functional training helps provide you with strength, stability, and mobility, needed to be more efficient by using basic functional movement patterns like pushing, pulling, hinging, squatting, rotating, and carrying. We already discussed the push – pull method in our last post here.
Another technique that will challenge the body is the Ladder Training method. The Ladder Training method staggers your exercise sets as if you were moving up an imaginary ladder. The point is to get you build muscle endurance, while managing your exhaustion levels.
The concept is simple: You start with an exercise for your first set. Rest. Repeat the first set of exercises, while adding a second. Rest. Repeat the first and second set of exercises, while adding the third, and so on. This can also be done with reps, depending on your goals.
Example:
Set One – 20 Push – Ups
Set Two – 20 Push – Ups and 10 Jumping Jacks
Set Three – 20 Push Ups, 10 Jumping Jacks, and 20 Squats
CaCera raves about her Saturday morning bootcamp at HardQore Fitness, so Shawnie tried it out. While the training method changes each week (which keeps us on our toes), we completed a Ladder Training session and it was something serious. Check out the workout below and then head to our Instagram page for videos to get you started.
