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What Do You Think of This Workout?

Conditioning
#1

I recently threw these exercises to together as a cardio workout. My goal is to just get better endurance/wind.

clean and jerk 3x10 @95lbs with 30sec rest between sets.
3min rest
complex of rowx8,cleanx8,front squatx8, military pressx8, back squatx8, good morningx8 for 8 sets.
3 min rest
jump rope 2 sets of 3min rounds with one minute rest between.
3min rest
5 sets of 5 pullups supersetted with 10 pushups repeated 5 times with 30 sec rest between.

am i on the right track with this work out to get better conditioning? I cant run so I felt these were good alternate ways of getting my wind up.

#2

Try it and see what happens. If at any point you want to stop the workout, you are on the right track to making a good one. If at any point you know you can’t even finish, then you’ve got it.

#3

i have been doing this and a variation for about two months now. I do have to stop sometimes while doing the clean and jerk and the complex…so i guess im on the right track lol

#4

It may just be me, but I’m not sure I see the point of using pullups as a conditioning tool, even if they are supersetted with pushups. Why not take it a step further and do burpees-to-pullups? Or a 5:1 ratio of burpees/pullups?

#5

ya thats a good idea. thanks