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Thepyramidworksasamultiplierofthemovementschosenforthecircuit,inthis
case:
Pushupsx2
Lungesx2
Bench/chairdips(fortriceps)x3
DumbellCurlsx3
ShoulderPressx3
Abdominalscurlsx4
Squatsx4
The number after each of these exercises tells you the base number of reps that
must be completed and this will be multiplied by the layer of the pyramid (dont
worry,thiswillbecomeclearer).
Belowyoucanseethepyramidwithitsmultipliernumbers.
Itrunsx1,x2,x3,x4,x5tothetopofthepyramidthenx5,x4,x3,x2,x1backdown
theotherside.
Simplytakeyourexercisesandmultiplytheirrepsbythelayeronthepyramidtotell
youwhateachcircuitentails.
So
X5
X5
X4
X3
X2
X1
Onlevel1ofthepyramidyoulldo
Pushupsx2
Lungesx2
Bench/chairdips(fortriceps)x3
DumbellCurlsx3
ShoulderPressx3
Abdominalscurlsx4
Squatsx4
X4
X3
X2
X1
Onlevel2ofthepyramidyoulldo
Pushupsx4
Lungesx4
Bench/chairdips(fortriceps)x6
DumbellCurlsx6
ShoulderPressx6
Abdominalscurlsx8
Squatsx8
Onlevel3ofthepyramidyoulldo
Pushupsx6
Lungesx6
Bench/chairdips(fortriceps)x9
DumbellCurlsx9
ShoulderPressx9
Abdominalscurlsx12
Squatsx12
Onlevel4ofthepyramidyoulldo
Pushups8
Lungesx8
Bench/chairdips(fortriceps)x12
DumbellCurlsx12
ShoulderPressx12
Abdominalscurlsx16
Squatsx16
Onlevel5ofthepyramidyoulldo
Pushups10
Lungesx10
Bench/chairdips(fortriceps)x15
DumbellCurlsx15
ShoulderPressx15
Abdominalscurlsx20
Squatsx20
Thenofcourse,youhavetodescendtheotherside!
Onpaperitdoesntlooklikemuchbutinrealityitcanbeafairbitofwork.
Abouttimings
Thereare2waystousethisprogram.
Onewayisforabsolutetime.
Youarenottospendlongerthan20minutesontheprogram.Setyourstopwatch
andtrytoclimbonesideofthepyramidanddescendtheotherin20minutes.Ifyou
cantthenmakeanoteofhowmanylayersyoucompleteinthe20minutesanduse
thisasatargetforyournextworkout.
IfyouCANclimbanddescendbothsidesthenconsiderincreasingtheloadsyouuse
fortheworkoutandthenworkonrecordingandbeatingyourtotaltimeforascent
anddescentofthepyramid.
Thisisaboutworkinghard.Recordyourtimesandbeatthemateachworkoutand
youllhaveapowerfulfatburningworkoutatyourdisposal.
Enjoy!