Strength & Conditioning – Chris LaLanne: Week 2, Day 1

Get out your sandbags and get ready to work your legs as we start week two of programming from Chris LaLanne.

Written by Chris LaLanne Last updated on Nov 22, 2021

This week is the second of three weeks of programming from Chris LaLanne of LaLanne Fitness in San Francisco. Join in on this combo of strength and conditioning training — four new workouts are posted each week, starting on Monday, and can be done on any day you have available.

To learn more about Chris, read our feature interviews:

Part 1: “The Family Tradition”

Part 2: “Coaching Challenges”

Lower Body Workout

Strength:

In 8 minutes:

Complete an 800m Sandbag Run

Then, Max Reps Dumbbell Walking Lunges until time runs out.

Score is number of walking lunges completed.

Suggested Weights:

Men 40-80# for sandbag, 30-50# for lunges (each dumbbell)

Women 20-40# for sandbag, 20-35# for lunges (each dumbbell)

Conditioning:

As many round as possible, in 8 minutes:

8 Stiff Legged Deadlifts

8 Ab-Mat Sit Ups

Suggested Weights:

Men 95-135#

Women 65-95#

Post max reps of lunges from strength workout and total rounds completed for conditioning workout to comments below.

About Chris LaLanne

The surname LaLanne is a well-known one, not just in the field of fitness, but in the world beyond. Most of us have some exposure to the teachings of health-and-exercise guru, Jack LaLanne. Surprisingly, only one member of Jack’s family has followed in his footsteps. Jack’s grandnephew, Chris LaLanne is our newest featured coach and the owner of LaLanne Fitness.

Although Chris was active athletically his whole life, he never excelled to the level his friends did in competitive sports. Chris found his outlet in two different manners – first, by training and competing in bodybuilding, and second, by helping his friends get strong. Chris went on to earn a degree in Kinesiology from San Diego State and become a trainer, and then in 2006 he discovered CrossFit.

Chris' three weeks of featured programming are based on the CrossFit methodology, but you will also see a lot of strength work incorporated into the workouts. These workouts are designed to expose you to a variety of skills and movements, while building your strength and conditioning.

To learn more about Chris, read our two part interview:
Featured Coach: Chris LaLanne, Part 1 - The Family Tradition
Featured Coach: Chris LaLanne, Part 2 - Coaching Challenges

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