Im taking some classes for PT and im wondering if anyone knows any decent active rest exercises for between sets. Besides the basics, i.e jumping jack, mountain climbers, push-ups, knee ups, jump rope etc... If you have any interesting ones list a few im trying to come up with a few originals myself!!!
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Thread: Active Rest Exercises
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06-10-2008, 03:07 PM #1
Active Rest Exercises
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06-10-2008, 05:10 PM #2
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06-10-2008, 05:21 PM #4
if your not resting inbetween sets your heartrate will increase i promise.......but pretty much all the exercises you named above...plus maybe jump squats, and alternating jumping lunges
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06-10-2008, 06:24 PM #5
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06-10-2008, 08:46 PM #6
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Think outside the box of what constitutes active rest. Bicep curls are not active rest. I also don't think push ups are active rest. You can re-tune how someone does bodyweight squats to be half active rest. I.E. instead of using strength to lower down you drop down and hit the brakes at the bottom, then snap the hips back up to the starting position.
Check out this http://www.dragondoor.com/dv021.html
This is a great productive method of active rest.
Also, breathing exercises such as bending the fire and second focus are good active rest.RKC Instructor
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06-11-2008, 05:36 AM #7
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06-11-2008, 07:43 AM #9
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It's also degrees of intensity that determine active rest, so core ab work can and can't be active rest.
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06-11-2008, 08:50 AM #10
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I usually do mobility exercises, most people need them and they generally require little to no effort. Scap slides, blackburns, spiderman lunges, sometimes a birddog, glute activation, hip mobility, etc...
It's actually rest--versus pushups, mountain climbers--i'm fit and I need a break from that
I don't think doing a set of abs is going to make people weak (most cases).CSCS
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06-11-2008, 07:07 PM #11
"active rest" equates to accomplishing more total work in limited amounts of time. An example of active rest would be as follows: have your client perform a chest exercise, then an abdominal exercise, and then a lower body exercise. Even though your client is continually active through all three exercises, there is sufficient recovery time for the chest musculature as the body performs abdominal and lower body exercises
the above was taken directly out of the ace manual.....my understanding of bicep curls being active rest would be an accurate assumption based upon the ace manual correct?? Technically push ups could be active rest according to ace if your main exercise is squats
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06-11-2008, 07:54 PM #12
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06-11-2008, 08:23 PM #13
i agree with you jay brown.... "They" is a reference to the people who are teaching the classes.(not sure why that would matter either way) By weak core, i dont mean weak as in injury related, but as in every exercise i incorporate in their work out will be affected, and practically destroyed due to the fatigue by not saving the core until near end of the work out
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06-12-2008, 10:26 PM #14
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06-13-2008, 06:39 AM #15
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06-18-2008, 06:24 PM #16
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06-21-2008, 08:13 AM #17
I agree on the planks. Between sets is a great time to work on that isometric abdominal strength/stability. Other than that, if I'm looking to gain strength/lean mass for a client, no way I'll have them do any type of bodyweight squating, jumping, pushing, or endurance focused isometric holds with major body limbs (probably not even planks involving too much shoulder stabilization in the elbow extended position)
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09-03-2011, 06:57 PM #18
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active rest
It might depend on the individual client's need. You could work on some balance exercises. Some other exercises that might work would be spider crawls or some prehab work for the shoulders.
ok, I realized after I replied that this post is from 08, lol.Your struggles develop your strengths
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