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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
BRIAN BOITANO

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who may not be the first to come to mind when you think about sports. But in all of athletics, Olympic champion Brian Boitano may be the best example of performance under pressure.

It is difficult to imagine a more nerve-racking sporting scenario than being the only person on the ice for a routine during which you must execute skills involving coordination, stamina, power and endurance, while thousands hold their breath in the arena and millions on television, with the hopes of a nation resting on your ability to execute with the perfection the most minute details of your routine.

But that’s what Boitano achieved in 1988 when he edged out fellow figure skating legend, Canadian Brian Orser, for the gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Biotano also competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics, achieving an impressive 5th place finish.

Boitano was the United States National Champion in figure skating for four straight years between 1985 and 1988, and twice became World Champion (1986 and 1988).

He began his career with a bronze medal at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 1978 and made history in his sport when he became the first American to ever land a triple axel, considered one of the most difficult jumps in figure skating.

TODAY: BACK (Fast Tempo, 90 Second Rests)
and CHEST (3-3-3 Tempo, 90 Second Rests)

CLOSE GRIP MACHINE PULLDOWNS (3 sets)
- 3-3-3 Tempo, 90 Second Rests
150 x 10
200 x 6
250 x 4

REAR WIDE GRIP PULL-UPS (3 sets)
- Fast Tempo, 60 Second Rests
Body x 12
Body x 6
Body x 6

CLOSE GRIP UNDERHAND PULL-UPS (3 sets)
- Fast Tempo, 60 Second Rests
Body x 10
Body x 7
Body x 6

CLOSE GRIP SHRUGGING CABLE ROWS (3 sets)
150 x 6
150 x 6
150 x 6

WIDE GRIP SHRUGGING CABLE ROWS (3 sets)
120 x 10
120 x 10
150 x 7

WIDE GRIP LAT PULLDOWNS (3 sets)
165 x 10
195 x 5
225 x 2

BACK EXTENSIONS (3 sets)
- 5-1-5 Tempo, 90 Second Rests
Torso x 10
Torso x 8
Torso x 6

BENCH PRESS (3 sets)
- Fast Tempo, 60 Second Rests
135 x 10
245 x 3
225 x 5

FLAT DUMBBELL FLYES (3 sets)
30 x 8
40 x 5
55 x 3

FLAT DUMBBELL PRESS (3 sets)
55 x 4
55 x 4
55 x 3

INCLINE DUMBBELL PRESS (3 sets)
30 x 8
40 x 5
50 x 4

TRAINING NOTES

Total Sets (Back): 21
Total Sets (Chest): 12

Not a bad back workout, and made all the more impressive by the fact that I had to endure a dude who apparently had not showered all weekend continually ending up at the machine beside me.

Supersetted Underhand and Rear Wide Grip Pull-Ups.

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