Ski-erg: Ski Erg Intervals – 10 × 1 Minute
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Ski Erg Intervals – 10 × 1 Minute

Upper body and cardio at the same time

35

min

HexfitBy Hexfit

10 repeats of 1 minute hard and 1 minute easy on the ski erg.

What does the session look like?

35 min

Total time

34

Training load

Intensity profileIntensity as % of threshold (100 = threshold).
Warm up: 8 min at Z1 → Z2Intervals: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8Intervals: 1 min at Z1Intervals: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8Intervals: 1 min at Z1Intervals: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8Intervals: 1 min at Z1Intervals: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8Intervals: 1 min at Z1Intervals: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8Intervals: 1 min at Z1Intervals: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8Intervals: 1 min at Z1Intervals: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8Intervals: 1 min at Z1Intervals: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8Intervals: 1 min at Z1Intervals: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8Intervals: 1 min at Z1Intervals: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8Intervals: 1 min at Z1Cool down: 7 min at Z1
035 min

Time in each zone

Z1 · 17 min (49%) Z2 · 8 min (23%) Z5 · 10 min (29%)

Step by step

Ski-erg

Warm up

  • 8 min at Z1 → Z2 (Easy pulls, hinge at the hips, arms long)

Intervals10 ×

  • hard: 1 min at Z5, RPE 8 (Drive down with the hips and core, finish hands by the thighs)
  • easy: 1 min at Z1 (Slow pulls or rest)

10 × (1 min at Z5, RPE 8 / 1 min at Z1)

Cool down

  • 7 min at Z1 (Easy pulls, then stretch lats and shoulders)

Who is it for?

People who want intense upper-body cardio.

Who is it not for?

People with a shoulder injury.