Posts Tagged ‘Close Grip’

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted.  Getting ready for our annual Jazz Festival has been a lot of work and very time consuming.  I haven’t missed any training days, but I haven’t had any time to post.  Instead of bombarding you with a bunch of posts, I am going to include all of those workouts in this post.  So…here it goes:

2/1/16 – Monday – Heavy Bench Day

Bench Press – 245x3x10, 270x1x2, 295x1x1 (a little different from what I would normally do. Shawn Frankl has been giving me a few pointers to try to get me to bench 360 or 365 at my next meet)

Incline Bench Press – 195x3x10

Dumbbell Bench Press – 60x3x12

Cable Flys – #2x2x15 (not sure what the plates weigh on this machine)

2/2/16 – Tuesday – Heavy SNOW SHOVELING DAY!!!

2/3/16 – Wednesday – Overhead Press Day

Overhead Press – 145x3x10, 165x1x2, 175x1x1

Upright Rows – 95x3x10

Kaz Shrugs – 135x3x30

2/4/16 – Thursday – Deadlift Day

AM Cardio – 6.1 mi / 15 min.

Deadlift – 290x3x6, 315x3x5

Seated Row – 135x3x10

Lat Pulldown – #10x3x10 (again, don’t know what the weights are on this machine)

2/5/16 – Friday – Light Bench Day

Bench Press – 175x3x10

Slingshot Bench Press – 225x1x10

Close Grip Bench Press – 135x3x10

2/7/16  – Sunday – Heavy Squat Day

High(er) Bar Squats – 400x6x2

Low Bar Squats – 225x2x3 (trying to get back into a power squat form)

2/8/16 – Monday – Heavy Bench Day

Bench Press – 250x3x10, 275x1x2, 300x1x1

Dumbbell Bench Press – 60x3x12

Cable Flys – 25x3x12

Tricep Extensions – 40x3x12

2/9/16 – Tuesday – Light Squat Day

Squat 135x1x3 (pulled my hamstring on rep 3 of my warm-up set.  not sure what happened, but I couldn’t hardly walk for the next 2 days.  maybe overworked it last Sunday)

2/10/16 – Wednesday – Overhead Press Day

Overhead Press – 150x3x10, 170x1x2, 180x1x1

Push Press – 225x3x1

Behind-the-Back Shrugs – 140x3x20

2/11/16 – Thursday – Deadlift Day

Sumo Deadlift – 340x6x4

Seated Rows – 75x3x10

2/12/16 – Friday – Light Bench Day

Bench Press – 135x3x10

Tricep Extensions – 50x3x12

 

 

DELOAD

Monday – Chest / Arms

AM Cardio – 15 min / 6.1 mi – @H.H.G.

PM Hypertrophy – @H.H.G.

Dumbbell Bench Press – 50x3x8

Incline Bench Press – 175x3x8

EZ Bar Curl – 65x3x8

Close Grip Bench Press – 190x3x8

Shoulder Complex – 10x3x8

Monday – Chest / Arms

AM Cardio – 15 min / 6.1 mi – @ H.H.G.

PM Hypertrophy – @ B.I.G.

Dumbbell Bench Press – 80x5x8

Incline Bench Press – 195x5x8

EZ Bar Curl – 70x5x8

Shoulder Complex – 10x5x8

Close Grip Bench Press – 215x3x8 (shoulder started to hurt so I shut it down)

No Daily “Selfie”

Monday – Chest / Arms

AM Cardio – None

PM Hypertrophy – @B.I.G.

Dumbbell Bench Press – 70x4x8

Incline Bench Press – 190x4x8

EZ Bar Curl – 80x4x8

Close Grip Bench Press – 205x4x8

Shoulder Complex – 10x4x8 (finally felt comfortable moving up from 5 lbs)

Daily “Selfie” – This is my Hodor shirt.  Hodor is a character in Game of Thrones.  He only says his name. That makes it funny…duh! Also, I got this at a thrift store.

20160112_061335.jpg

Second Daily “Selfie” – I am pretty proud of these.  These are the first images I have tried using filters on.  Also, they are the first pictures that actually show off the work I have been putting in in the gym.

2016-01-15-09.16.53.jpg.jpeg20160112_061420.jpg

 

Monday – Chest / Arms

AM Cardio – 15 min / 6.5 mi @ H.H.G.

PM Hypertrophy @ B.I.G.

Dumbbell Bench Press – 65x3x9

Incline Bench Press – 185x3x9

EZ Bar Curl – 70x3x9 (seemed really hard today)

Close Grip Bench Press – 200x3x9

Shoulder Complex – 10x3x9

No Daily “Selfie”, but here is a picture of the meal my awesome wife had ready for me when I got home from the gym.

 

20160104_185302.jpg

Monday – Chest/Arms

Dumbbell Bench Press – 62x2x10

Incline Bench Press – 175x2x10 (This was really hard.  Couldn’t seem to find the right position for the bench or rack height.  I could prop my feet on anything to get a solid base.  I am going to try that weight again next time after I figure out how to get it set up better.)

EZ Bar Curl – 95x2x10

Close Grip Bench Press – 195x2x10

Shoulder Complex – 5x2x10

Daily “Selfie” – This is one of my Christmas presents.  It is a t-shirt with one of my favorite hero/anti-heros, the Hulk.2015-12-28-18.56.37.jpg.jpeg

 

Saturday – Random (Because I was doing 5 sets of 8 this week I couldn’t complete my workouts 5am-6am time slot I scheduled before work.  I only missed 1 exercise each day.  I decided to do all of those accessory exercises on my day off to catch up.  I don’t know if I should do this or not so I am just going to go with how my body feels.)

Close Grip Bench Press – 195x5x8

Standing Calf Raises – 405x7x12

Wrist Roller – 50×5

Daily “Selfie” – This is my Avengers as Mt. Rushmore t-shirt.  It is one of my favorites.  It is very light weight, It breathes well, and It has some of my favorite Marvel heroes on it.  Also featured, my SBD Elbow Sleeves and my Inzer Iron Z Wrist Wraps.2015-12-12-08.09.50.jpg.jpeg

Monday – Chest/Arms

Dumbbell Bench Press – 50x4x8

Incline Bench Press – 155x4x8

EZ Bar Curls – 75x4x8

Close Grip Bench Press – 185x4x8

Shoulder Complex – 5x4x8

Daily “Selfie” – This is my Hulk T-Shirt. It is one of my favorite shirts.  Fits great and features my favorite Marvel hero/anti-hero.  Also in the picture you can see my awesome SBD Elbow Sleeves and my old Red and Black Inzer Z Wrist Wraps.2015-11-30-19.09.09.jpg.jpeg

Monday – Chest/Arms

Dumbbell Bench Press – 30x3xx9

Incline Bench Press – 135x3x9

EZ Bar Curl – 75x3x9

Close Grip Bench Press – 175x3x9

Shoulder Complex – 5x3x9

Daily “Selfie” – This is one of my Big Iron Nation T-shirts.  This is in support of Shawn Frankl’s Big Iron Gym (and to a lesser extent the Big Iron Compound in Omaha, NE). One of my favorite shirts because it is great for training in, but also looks nice to wear out.wpid-20151123_053226.jpg

Monday – Chest/Arms

Dumbbell Bench Press – 25x1x10, 30x1x10

Incline Bench Press – 95x1x10, 115x1x10

EZ Bar Curl – 45x1x10, 65x1x10

Close Grip Bench Press – 135x1x10, 155x1x10

Shoulder Complex (front raise x10, lateral raise x10, rear deltoid raise x10) – 5lbs x2 sets

I kept everything light for this workout.  Since I am just getting into doing Hypertrophy training I didn’t want to choose to heavy of weights and burn myself out or injure myself.  I am planning on adding 1 set of 10 each week and increasing the weight by 5 lbs each week if I can.