Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Feb 16 - Legs/Back/Bi's - Monster Squat!

Squats

Warm up - 10x135, 10x225

Working sets (box squatting to a bench on a plate)

3x315 (wayyy too easy)
2x395
1x405 FAST! (Last time I tried this I couldnt get it up and it crashed to the floor)

Leg Press

4 sets 12x735

One arm DB Row

12x70 (1 point of stability)
12x90 (1 point of stability)
10x90 (no point of stability! CORE!)
8x90 (1 point of stability)

Barbell Rows

4 sets of 10 @ 100 lbs

Monday, February 15, 2010

Feb 15 - Chest/Shoulders/Triceps

Great workout today!



Bench Press


30x135,20x225

5x335
5x335
5x340
5x345

3 minutes between sets

Incline Press

3x250
2x275
1x315

2 minutes between sets

Push Press

10x140
10x140
10x140
10x140

90 seconds between sets

Tricep Pushdowns


4 sets of 12x97.5 (full stack)

DB Kickbacks

4 sets 10x30's

Conditioning

4 rounds of burpee 21's (pure hell)

Feb 14 - Cardio?

I've almost forgotten what cardio is, and unless I plan on never being able to run 5km anymore I better buck up and get too it I thought.

This was supposed to be a rest day, so I took it a bit easy here.

20 minute bike (Level 10, Random Leveling, Maintain avg HR of 120-125 BPM)

10 minute mile. Some may consider this slow, but I was totally gased. I kept a pace of 6.0 for 10 minutes. Not too shabby for a gigantic man of my stature.

I need to work this down to an 8 minute mile and eventually to 1.5 miles in 11 minutes.

Feb 13 - Squat Reps

Spur of the moment workout so my energy was not completly there.


Squats

Warm Up 15x135, 12x225 (Deep and narrow stance)

Working Squats (Wider Stance, knees flared out on the decent, slightly leaned forward to encourage a huge hip drive)

5x275
5x295
5x305
5x315
4x315

Deadlifts

Since my lower spine is basically a slinky I took it easy.

8x225
8x225
8x225
8x225

DB Rows

12x85's
12x95's
12x105's
8x105's

Hammer Curls

10x40's
10x45's
10x50's
8x55's

Incline Curls

8x35s
8x35s
8x35s

Overall I was lacking this day.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Feb 11 - Bench Freak, Day 4 Week 1

I had to work out at a different time of day for this one so I didnt feel like I was adequately fueled for it. It shows a bit too.

Bench Press

Warm Up
30x135
20x225

Working Sets

3x365
2x385
1x395 (needed a little momentum boost from the spotter)

*3 minute rest

Incline Press

5x235
5x245
5x250
5x255

*2 minute rest

DB Shoulder Press (Seated)

12x55
12x70
12x70
8x70

*2 minute rest

Close Grip Bench Press

10x225
10x225
10x225
8x225

*60 second rest

Skull Crushers

8x50
8x50
8x50

*60 second rest

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Feb 9 - Day 2 Week 1 - Legs/Back/Bi

Warm Up (5 minutes bike, body squats, squats @ 135 and 3 225)


Squats

3@315 lbs
2@345 lbs
1@365 lbs

Squats were nice and deep, I used a bench on the last set just incase and I will definitly be increasing weight next week. Good hip drive!

3 minutes 30 seconds between sets

Leg Press

12@520 lbs
12@610 lbs
12@610 lbs
12@610 lbs

2 minutes between sets

Bent Over Rows

4 sets of 8 @ 155 lbs

2 minutes rest between sets

Straight Bar Curls

10@65 lbs
10@95 lbs
10@95 lbs
10@95 lbs

60 second rest between sets

Concentration Curls

10@30's
10@30's
10@30's
10@30's

60 seconds between sets

Fantastic workout. My quads were fried and I'm really happy with the squats after watching some coaching videos on youtube about form correction.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Feb 08 - Day 1 Week 1 - Bench

Bench Press

5x315, 5x325, 5x325, 4x330

Incline Barbell Press


3x225
2x250
1x295

Push Press

4 sets of 10 at 135

Tricep Pushdown

10x100,10x110,10x120,10x130

DB KickBacks

10x25's,10x20,10x20,10x30

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Feb 3 - Dynamic Effort Legs

My overall feeling before I started this workout was "BLEH"

Warm Up

15x135,15x205

Dynamic Effort Squats

10 sets, 2 reps 255 lbs. Good Speed!

60 seconds between sets

Power Cleans

1x135, 1x155, 1x185, 1x185, 1x185 (60 second rest)

Core Circuit

60 seconds of each

DB Windmills Left
DB Windmills Right
Elbow Plank
Pushup Plank
Knee Raises

One Armed High Pull Snatch

1 rep on each side

55 lbs
75 lbs
85 lbs
100 lbs (fail to get over head)
95 lbs (fail to get over head)

I had elapsed 40 minutes at that point and had to go so I didnt do hamstrings.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Feb 1- Maxiumum Effort Bench Press

Had a partner at last!

Warm up Bench

30x135, 20x225, 4x315, 3x335

Working sets

1x385, 1x395, 1x405 (CLEAN! Woohoo!)

Dumbell Floor Presses

15x100's, 15x100's, 10x110's

Barbell Rows

15x135, 12x155, 8x205

SuperSets (Front Raises, Banded Pulldows, PushUp-Row-Crawl)

10 FR's
25 Pulldowns
5 yard crawl

2 sets 45 second break

Still sore on wednesday morning!!