Posts Tagged ‘Strength’

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Week #3

Day #3

Wednesday

2:45-3:25pm

Cardio Workout – Nothing

Strength Phase Training – Upper Body (Shoulders, Traps)

Overhead Press Warmups – 105×5, 120×5, 140×3

Overhead Press Working Sets – 150×5, 160×5

Overhead Press Cool Downs – 140x5x2

Upright Row – 95x10x2

Comments: Shoulder hurt a little bit on rows.  SBD sleeves were great.  SBD wraps were too much for OHP.  Played Volleyball at the Icky Nickel for 1 hour.  Burned about 500 cal. Done at Heavy Hammer Gym.

Week #3

Day #2

Tuesday

6:00-7:00pm

Cardio Workout – Nothing

Strength Phase Training – Lower Body Focus (Hamstrings, Quads, Glutes, Lats)

Squat (Low Bar) Warmups – 145×5, 195×3

Squat (Low Bar)) Working Sets – 205×3, 250×3

Squat (Low Bar) Cool Downs – 195x3x2

Good Mornings – 55×8, 65×8

Bent Over Rows – 95×10, 115×10

Comments: Light Day: 70% intensity and volume. Cant seem to find the right form on the Good Mornings. Any suggestions from my followers??? Done at Heavy Hammer Gym.

Week #2

Day #5

Friday

5:35-6:15pm

Cardio Workout – 5 min on treadmill.  3.5mph pace. 3% incline.  114bpm heart rate.  50-100cal burned.

Strength Phase Training – Upper Body Focus (Chest, Lats, Traps)

Bench Press (No Pause) Warmups – 135×5, 165×3

Bench Press (No Pause) Working Sets – 200×3, 235×3

Bench Press (No Pause)  Cool Downs – 165x3x2

Dumbbell Bench Press – 30×10, 35×10

Bent Over Row – 55×10, 95×10

Dumbbell Shrug – 55×20, 50×20, 45×20, 40×20

Comments: Light Day – 70% volume and intensity.  Shoulder hurt a lot. Pretty much on all sets. Also mowed today.  1hour and 30 min for 550 cal burned.

Week #2

Day #3

Wednesday

6:45-7:15pm

Cardio Workout – No Cardio today, but I did mow the yard for 1hr30m.  That burned about 550 cal.

Strength Phase Training – Upper Body Focus (Shoulders, Triceps, Traps)

Overhead Press Warmups – 90×5, 110×5, 130×3

Overhead Press Working Sets – 140×5, 150×5

Overhead Press Cool Downs – 130x5x2

Bent Over Rows – 45x10x2

Upright Rows – 95x10x2 (EZ Curl bar)

Comments: Shoulders felt great.  The Rhodiola pills are working well.  The training was very easy tonight.  I can keep bumping up the weights. Done at Heavy Hammer Gym.

Week #2

Day #1

Monday

6:00-6:40pm

Cardio Workout – 10 min walking at 3.5pace on treadmill. Heart rate at an easy 120.  Burned about 50-100 cal.

Strength Phase Training – Upper Body Focus (Chest)

Bench Press (No Pause) Warmups – 145×5, 195×5, 215×3

Bench Press (No Pause) Working Sets – 235×5, 265×5

Bench Press Cool Downs – 215x5x2

Dumbbell Bench Press – 30x10x2

Comments: Bench Press felt great.  A little twinge in right shoulder/pec/clavicle area.  DB sets were too easy, will bump up to 40s next time. Done at Shawn Frankl’s Big Iron Gym

Week #1

Day #6

Saturday

Cardio Workout – Nothing

Strength Phase Training – Nothing

Comments: Still at the hotel near Kansas City.  No time to walk today.

Week #1

Day #4

Thursday

3:35-4:15pm

Cardio Workout – 6 min on Elliptical at a moderate pace.  Don’t know how high heart rate got (will be getting a monitor), but did start sweating.  I think I burned about 200-250 cal.

Strength Phase Training – Lower Body Focus (Back,Hamstrings,Glutes)

Deadlift (2″ deficit) Warmups – 210×5, 260×5, 315×3

Deadlift (2″ deficit) Working Sets – 340×5, 365×5

Deadlift (2″ deficit) Cool Downs – 315×5

High Bar Squat – 225×10, 135×10

Comments: 1st time doing DL and SQ in a while…ouch.  Felt Okay. Feeling decent strength returning.  Just need to get used to the movements again.  Legs started getting sore after first couple sets of DL…IAP still doing well.  Done at Heavy Hammer Gym.

Week #1

Day #3

Wednesday

Mowed the Yard – 1 hr – Moderate pace – burned around 300-350 cal.

11:40am-12:15pm

Cardio Workout – 5 min on Elliptical at a moderate pace.  Don’t know how high heart rate got (will be getting a monitor), but did start sweating.  I think I burned about 200-250 cal.

Strength Phase Training – Upper Body focus (Shoulders)

Did some shoulder rehab/mobility work first.  Shoulder raise complex mostly.

Overhead Press Warmups – 80×5, 100×5, 120×3

Overhead Press Working Sets – 130×5, 140×7 (only needed 5)

Overhead Press Cool Downs – 120x5x2

Upright Rows – 75x10x2 (used ez curl bar)

Comments: Felt very easy today.  Right shoulder still hurts so I used some icy/hot type stuff on it.  Felt like I was getting good Intra-abdominal pressure built up and good Ab Flexion.  Done at Heavy Hammer Gym.

Week #1

Day #2

Tuesday

7:45-8:15pm

Cardio Workout – 5 min on Elliptical at a moderate pace.  Don’t know how high heart rate got (will be getting a monitor), but did start sweating.  I think I burned about 200-250 cal.

Strength Phase Training – Upper Body focus (Chest)

Bench Press Warmups – 135×5, 185×5, 205×3

Bench Press Working Sets (No Pause) – 225×5, 255×5

Bench Press Cool Downs – 205×5, 205×5

DB Bench Press – 25x10x2

Comments: Felt pretty easy, especially for having taken time off.  Body felt good to bench again.  Testing out part of new plan. Right front delt/pec felt a little tender on eccentric part of movement.  Done at Heavy Hammer Gym.