Get_Dirty CIRCUIT @Blockhouse Bouldering [5:30pm on Sundays, starting Jan 21st, 2024]
A circuit class designed for those who want to explore strength, endurance, and coordination. In this version of Get_Dirty, we'll take time together to come up with movements that attempt to fit all our needs and abilities. With my guidance and facilitation we'll use all of the below methods conceptually and creatively to enable us to learn about and explore our strength, endurance, and coordination!
Suspension training: using ropes or straps with handles, suspension trainers allow us to use our own bodies to create varying resistance by positioning ourselves in various angles while holding on to the suspension trainer. The TRX straps have been the most popular trainer. Suspension training can offer the opportunity to explore strength, joint stability, flexibility, and balance.
Calisthenics: exercises that utilize our own bodies as resistance to build strength. Some well known movements are sit ups, push ups and planks
Plyometrics: jump training where we ask our muscles to rapidly shift from extension to flexion to build power. More specifiically we are building strength in the muscles and speed in contraction time. Well known movements are box jumps, broad jumps, and high skips.
Anerobic & Aerobic exercises: The anaerobic energy system is what our bodies use for short bursts of movements and The aerobic energy system supplies our body’s energy for longer duration - lower intensity movement. By utilizing various movements that challenge both systems we are asking our bodies to adapt to those conditions. When they adapt to higher intensity conditions they become more efficient and use less energy to perform our daily activities.