Jud Logan Conditioning

A burpee- from a standing position- squat down with hands on floor- shoot feet out and do a push up and then return to a standing position - that is one rep.

As I recall- it was done once a week.  It is not easy.  You could jump on the ring board and ask him.  He usually watches that board.

Thom,

  I think you are talking about what is usually called a squat thrust. The difference is the max effort jump at the top of every rep. Burpees are NOT squat thrusts.

I couldn’t help myself but to comment when I saw this post. It brought back some interesting memories. “Circuits” are a preseason routine that should be a staple to any pre season training program, especially for throwing. They are one of the best ways to feel like a wrestler and prepare your mind and body for a long hard year of training and competition. The exercises listed are not the only ones that can be used. There are several more that can be used effectively to prepare you for throwing and lifting.  Emphasis on core muscle groups involved in throwing are the targets as well as the ever so useful puke factor of conditioning. The month of Oct and Nov were used for "Curcuits". I have always been prepared to train when I used “Circuits” as a precursor.

On the first day you perform the first exercise 3 times then immediately move on to the next exercise and perform it three times and on to the next. You would repeat this three times and think that wasn’t so bad. The next day the reps would up to 4 and repeat the circuit 3 times and say that wasn’t so bad. By the time you got to 5’s or 6’s you were sore and it was getting hard. If you missed the required reps on an exercise you are not allowed to move up in reps. The first set you need to hit the required number of reps or you are not ready to move up in reps. For example the first circuit you need to get say 7’s but the next set you only get 6 on a couple of exercises, you need to stay on 6’s until you get them all.  So it would be 7’s, 6’s, 6’s until you can go 7’s, 7’s, 7’s. The idea is you cannot begin lifting until you achieve 3 sets of 10’s. Get 10’s 2 workouts in a row and it’s game on.

When you do “circuits” with a couple of people it gets interesting because you pick a starting exercise and everyone waits for the first guy to go then the next guy and so on. You don’t want to be the guy holding everyone up letting them rest while your trying to suck it up and finish the exercise. It gets competitive not letting the next guy catch up to you or giving some one else a rest.

We used some different exercises than Jud but I think we all got it from the same place and the concept is all the same. I believe we used 10 different exercises al together. There are a lot of “old” school workouts as well as active stretching workouts that work real well for throwing. A circuit is one of them and it is surprising that more people don’t know or use them in there training.

Give it a try next year.

PS We used them 2-3 times a week but were doing alot of throwing drills and trying to get down to a 6 min mile. Yes, I got very close to a 6 min mile at the end.