You can read a lot about the workout we did today on the internet. I chose to copy/steal this description (from Hardass Fitness):
Fight Gone Bad was designed to match the time and domain of a UFC fight, while EXCEEDING its metabolic demands. Meaning, whatever the demands were in a UFC fight, F.G.B. exceeds them in terms of force (heavier), distance (longer ranges of motion), and time (work faster). In the workout, you work for 5 minutes on 5 different stations (Concept 2 Rower, Wall Ball, SDLHP, 20″ Box Jump, and Push Press) and rest for 1-minute. Normal F.G.B. lasts for 3 rounds, while a Championship Fight or Championship F.G.B. would be 5 rounds long. The reasoning behind the 1-minute at each station then on to the next station, was because Coach Glassman didn’t want stamina to be a significant factor in the workout. Since localized muscle endurance limitations reduces the metabolic demands by cramping you up and forcing you to rest, in this workout right when localized muscle endurance is about to be a significant factor you move to the next movement. Thus, 1 minute was deliberately chosen because it is the time limit found at the crest of the glycolytic pathway (the middle metabolic pathway).
See y’all tomorrow. Or Wednesday.
**Don’t forget to pick up your Paleo Challenge t-shirt.
Monday’s Workout:
“Fight Gone Bad” is Three rounds of: Wall Ball, KB Sumo Deadlift High Pull, Box Jump, DB Push Press, Row (Calories). 1 minute rest in between rounds.
Ooof. Some welcome back from a week off. Good thing I was “training” at altitude (12 oz curls *after* Tuesday).
I saw “Fight Gone Bad” on the board when I walked in this morning, and was unable to keep from uttering some profanity. It’s like you knew about the pizza on Sunday night.
Great write-up on the origins and impacts of FGB!
Quick quiz… how many metabolic pathways ARE there and what are they? Leave Google out of it, if you can.