Dinosaur training

[odoreater]

Have any of you tried dinosaur training? I've been very short in time lately, but I want to keep training, so I think I'm going to incorporate some dinosaur training in my program.

Basically, I'm talking about things like farmers walks, turkish standups, dumbbell clean and press, sandbags, etc. I'm thinking about doing just one regular compound exercise and then one dinosaur exercise in a 20 minute workout.

For example, a workout might be:

Bench press 3 sets of 8-10 reps
dumbell clean and press 3 sets of 6 reps

or

Rows 3 sets of 8-10 reps
famers walk 3 sets of 100 yards.

Any thoughts?

 

[whacked]

Seems a bit on the low side, volume wise IMO. For someone short on time, I'd recommend CrossFit.

 

[odoreater]

Yes, it's low volume, but it's very high intensity, using exercises that basically use a ton of different muscle groups.

Maybe I can add another exercise, but that would just take more time. Anyway, the reason I like the dinosaur training is because there is something primitively exciting about doing it and I don't get bored.

 

[kever]

How often would you be doing this?

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by kever

How often would you be doing this?

I don't know, as often as I can I guess. Sometimes I get home from work at midnight and dead tired, obviously I wouldn't do it then. But, on nights when I get home at 9 or 10, I would probably do it. It should be about 4 times a week I suppose.

By the way, I checked out the crossfit site, there are some interesting exercise there that I might incorporate in my routine.

 

[mbc]

Just go get a job in construction. Same exercises, but you get to build something as well.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Plus, you might accidentally get shot with a nailgun from a careless co-worker and be able to retire.








As a vegetable!

 

[TheIdler]

I actually do Crossfit pretty regularly, and dinosaur-type exercises are pretty common. They're great for mixing things up and keeping you from getting bored. I do farmer's walks and stuff with a heavy medicine ball pretty often. Your sample workouts look good--for some more ideas, you could also check out gym jones. Intense.

 

[ken]

Instead of doing one exercise for 3 sets of 8 reps, I'd do one set of bench, one set of squat, and one set of pulls every day you work out. Keep the rest low and the intensity mind-blowing, and you can do pretty well on a program like that.

Alternatively, you could look at complexes. Complexes are lifts done in sequence without putting the bar down (so each lift has to have the same type of grip). I feel absolutely destroyed after doing something like this:

10 overhead squat
10 hang clean
10 standing military press
10 bent over row
10 lunge on each leg
20 romanian deadlift
10 front squat
30 calf raise

No rest between exercises and don't put the bar down. Start out with just the barbell--this set is friggin' tough. It only takes a few minutes to complete, but you'll be spent afterwards.

 

[globetrotter]

can you define dinasaur training?

 

[ken]

Originally Posted by globetrotter

can you define dinasaur training?

http://brookskubik.com/

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by globetrotter

can you define dinasaur training?

Originally Posted by ken

http://brookskubik.com/

Just watch an episode of "World's Strongest Man" competition.

 

[whacked]

For your goal, a Tabata workout could work as well. This method is prominently featured in CrossFit workout, and below is a nicely written article about it on T-Nation a while back.
http://www.t-nation.com/findArticle....4-046-training

 

[Viktri]

That Tabata training sounds interesting. Sounds similar to the HIIT principle, I think I'll give it a shot on my off-cardio days.

Dinosaur training seems to be like Rocky Balboa's training where he lifts the big can over his head and smashes it into the ground or the chains thing. Why not call it functional training? (besides the fact that it is old-school style training)

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by whacked

For your goal, a Tabata workout could work as well. This method is prominently featured in CrossFit workout, and below is a nicely written article about it on T-Nation a while back.
http://www.t-nation.com/findArticle....4-046-training

Damn, I tried doing the Tabata training on the stationary bike today. I'm having a difficult time recovering and feel dizzy and like I'm going to puke. This might just work.