Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Legs
Long leg session with Brett and Ryan
LB Back Squats
135x5
135x5
185x5
185x5
235x5
275x5
315x5
335x4
Front Squats
135x5
185x3
205x3
225x3
245x4
Back Squat Drop set
225x8
185x11
135x15
Band Deadlift (touch and go)
255x5
275x5
305x5
325x5
325x5
Leg Extension - 3x12.....200
Hamstring Curl - 3x12....105
Holy pr, 4reps at 335 was flipping tough as shit, front squats felt nice to do again, 245 was a grinder for 4 reps.
Upper Push
Barbell Bench Press
135x8
185x8
185x8
185x8
185x8
Shoulder Press - 3x5.....135
Cable Fly - 35x10, 40x10, 10, 10
Cable Bench Press - 35x10, 40x10, 10, 10
Single Arm Bench Press - 3x12.....50
Close Grip Handle Pushups - 3x15
Plate Squeeze twist - 3x8......5s
Single Arm Pushdown - 20x12, 25x12, 25x12
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Conditioning
Conditioning with Eric and Simona.
40 seconds on, 20 seconds rest, for 5 consecutive rounds
Ecomill Run
Rowing Machine
Double Unders
Jacob's Latter, 5 rounds of 20 second max effort sprint
Cable Ab Curl - 3x12.....14
Fun but tough conditioning circuit, the double unders were easily the hardest part, but it was nice having workout partners.
Pull
Superset
Snatch Grip Deadlift from Blocks (touch and go) - 135x10, 155x10, 175x10, 195x10
Snatch Grip Shrugs - 135x10, 155x10, 175x10, 195x10
Standing Cable Row
52.5x8
62.5x8
67.5x8
67.5x8
Straight Arm Pulldown - 47.5x10, 57.5x10, 10, 10
Chinups - 7, 6, 5, 5
Reverse Cable Fly
10x15
12.5x10
12.5x10
12.5x10
TRX Bicep Curl - 3x12
Reverse Wrist Curl - 55x10, 45x10, 45x9
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Legs
Simple leg day with Brett
LB Back Squats
135x5
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x5
315x5
335x3
Back Squat drop set
225x10
205x8
135x15
Band Deadlifts (resetting)
255x5
275x5
295x5
295x5
255x10 (touch and go)
That's all we had time for. Very happy with the heavy sets, my squats felt really good today, my set at 335 might be a personal record, but I'm not sure. The drop was brutal, my core, lungs, and quads were begging for me to stop. The deadlifts with the band felt really good also.
Upper Push
Worked out with Ryan and Brett today, let them call the workout (more Ryan)
DB Bench Press
80sx6
90sx6
100sx5
Incline Cable Bench Press
37.5x10
47.5x10
52.5x10
52.5x10
HS bench Press
140x8
160x8
160x8
160x8
Machine Tricep Extension - 135x10, 150x10, 165x10, 165x10
Cable Kickback - 12.5x10, 17.5x10, 20x10, 22.5x10
Conditioning
Untimed, but fast as possible
Ecomill Run - 0.30, 0.25, 0.20, 0.15
Jacob's Latter - 30 feet, 25 feet, 20 feet, 15 feet
Kettlebell Swing - 4x20
10 Minutes of boxing
Plank Pulldown - 3x10.....22.5
The JB got easier as I got more used to it, will have to increase the amount of feet on it next time.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Upper Pull
Weighted Neutral Pullups
bwx5
45x5
55x5
65x5
65x5
Cable Row
30x8
32x8
34x8
36x8
Machine Straight Arm Pulldown - 90x12, 105x12, 120x12, 120x12
Pullups - 4x6
Reverse Fly - 4x15.....10
Lying Cable Curl - 3x12....47.5
Wrist Curl with hold - 120x12, 12, 10
Legs
Squat Machine (facing forwards) - 90x8, 180x8, 270x8, 8, 8
Squat Machine (facing backwards) - 90x8, 180x8, 270x8, 8, 8
Swiss Ball Hip Raise - 3x10
Swiss Ball Leg Curl - 3x10
Swiss Ball Hip Thrust - 3x10
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps for time
Elevated Reverse Lunges with left leg - 50
Elevated Reverse Lunges with right leg - 50
Time: 10:57
5x10 of Bulgarian Split Squats with as little rest as possible
Seated Calf Raises - 3x15....90
Upper Push
DB Shoulder Press
50sx6
60sx6
70sx6
70sx6
Wide Hammer Strength Bench Press
180x8
270x8
270x8
270x8
Cable Crossover with hold
32.5x10
35x10
37.5x10
37.5x10
Handstand Pushups - 10, 8, 8
Pushups off knuckles - 3x12
Incline Neutral Bench Press - 3x10.....50s
Overhead Rope Extension - 3x15.....52.5
Upper Pull
Pulldown
140x8
160x8
180x8
200x7
Dual Pulley Cable Row - 4x8.....80
Wide Pullups - 4x10
Neutral Pullups - 4x10
Head Pull - 4x15......20
DB Curl - 3x12....25s
Reverse Wrist Curl - 3x12....60
140x8
160x8
180x8
200x7
Dual Pulley Cable Row - 4x8.....80
Wide Pullups - 4x10
Neutral Pullups - 4x10
Head Pull - 4x15......20
DB Curl - 3x12....25s
Reverse Wrist Curl - 3x12....60
Legs
Split Squats - 3x10.....50s
LB Back Squats
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x3
315x3
325x3
Sumo Deadlift (touch and go)
225x8
275x8
325x8
325x8
Leg Extension - 3x15......190
Hamstring Curl - 3x15.....80
LB Back Squats
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x3
315x3
325x3
Sumo Deadlift (touch and go)
225x8
275x8
325x8
325x8
Leg Extension - 3x15......190
Hamstring Curl - 3x15.....80
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Conditioning
Decided to make these sundays the random fun day again.
4 Rounds, untimed
10 Burpees
15 feet on Jacob's Latter
30 Double Unders
Roughly 8 minutes of moderate boxing
Overhead Crunches - 3x10 per side with 25
JL is really tough, first time using it in a workout, oddly fun though.
Upper Push
DB Bench Press
70sx6
80sx6
90sx6
100sx6
DB Shoulder Press - 4x8......60s
Cable Fly - 4x10.....35
Cable Bench Press - 4x10......35
Handle Pushups - 15, 15, 12
Incline Neutral DB Bench Press - 50sx10, 8, 7
Pushdown - 52.5x12, 10, 10
The 100s I got without a handoff, surprised me a bit as I hadn't even gotten 6 with a handoff, not bad.
Upper Pull
A nasty stomach bug took me out of commission for two days, so this workout I kept it simple
Pulldown
120x10
140x10
140x10
140x10
Cable Row - 4x10.....135
Chinups - 4x10
Reverse Fly - 4x15.....10
Wrist Curl with hold - 3x12....110
Machine Curl - 3x12
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Legs
Trap Bar Deadlift (resetting)
150x10
150x10 (touch and go)
240x5
240x5
290x5
340x5
Travelling Lunges - 3x8 per leg with 65s
Glute Ham Raises - 10 reps with a 10, another 5 with bodyweight for 3 sets
Triset
Leg Extension - 120x20, 140x20, 150x10
Hamstring Curl - 90x20, 16, 16
Standing Calf Raise - 180x20, 20, 16
Upper Push
DB Bench Press
70sx6
80sx6
90sx6
100sx6
Incline Bench Press - 4x10.....135
HS Shoulder Press - 4x12.....100
Incline Smith Bench, 1 and 1/2 reps - 4x8....90
(I did some exercise in here, just can't remember what)
Overhead Rope Extension - 3x15....52.5
Monday, February 15, 2016
Upper Pull
Wide Neutral Pulldown
120x8
160x8
180x8
200x6
Single Arm Cable Row
55x8
65x8
65x8
65x8
Reverse Cable Fly - 4x12.....6
Cable Row - 4x12.....22
Machine Straight Arm Pulldown - 4x12......90
Pullups - 4x6
Preacher Curl - 3x15......60
Machine Squeeze - 90x10, 105x10, 10
Legs
Squat Machine
90x10
180x10
270x10
360x10
450x10
Glute Ham Raise drop set
10 lbsx10, then bodyweight for 5 more, 3 sets total
Stepups (leaving one leg up)
115x8
125x8
135x8
Hip Thrusts
225x10
315x10
365x10
405x6 (with max effort hold on last set)
Seated Calf Raises - 3x15....90
On the hip thrusts, I could have kept going, but the bar wasn't placed right and it really bothered my old surgery scar, so I just held the peak contraction for as long as possible.
Monday, February 8, 2016
Upper Push
Worked out with Matt and Harrison, a lower key workout.
Incline Smith Machine Bench
90x8
140x8
160x6
160x5
Superset
Wide Hammer Strength Bench Press - 180x10, 230x10, 270x8
Hammer Strength Shoulder Press - 90x8, 70x8, 70x8
Cable Fly
30x10
35x10
35x10
French Press - 65x12, 75x12, 12
DB Skullcrushers, totals 200 reps, sets broken as needed
30sx25
20sx75
17.5sx50
15sx50
Last part was Harrison's idea, quite the burner.
Upper Pull
Pulldown
140x8
160x8
180x8
200x6
High to Low Hammer Strength Row
180x8
230x8
250x8
250x8
Kneeling Straight Arm Pulldown - 37.5x10, 42.5x10, 47.5x10, 52.5x10
Chinups - 6, 5, 5, 5
TRX Y's - 4x12
TRX Rows - 4x15
Farmers Walks - across gym and back with 65s, 3 sets
Machine Preacher Curl - 45x15, 15, 55x15, 15
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Legs
Goblet Squats - 4x12.....50
LB Back Squats
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x4
295x4
315x4
Sumo Deadlift (touch and go) - 3x15......225
Single Leg Hip Thrust - 3x15
TRX Hamstring Curl - 3x20
Single Leg Calf Raises - 3x10.....50
Felt good, on the set of 315 I had this weird wobble that through off my balance and mentality a bit, so I was a bit surprised I still got two more, good overall workout. I like the heavy coupled with high reps.
Upper Push
Military Press
95x5
115x5
135x5
135x5
135x4
Decline Bench Press
185x8
205x8
205x7
205x7
Cable Fly - 3x10.....37.5
Clap Pushups off step - 10, 8, 6
Dips - 21s for 3 sets
Pushdown - 4x15.....62.5
Upper Pull
Dual Pulley Pulldown
60x8
80x8
80x8
80x8
Cable Row
30x8
34x8
36x8
36x8
Superset
Wide Pullups - 10, 8, 8, 8
Neutral Pullups - 6, 5, 5, 5
Face Pull - 4x12....50
Rope Row - 4x15.....50
Reverse Cable Fly - 4x15.....10
BB Curl - 4x15.....45
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Legs
Very short on time leg day
High Leg Press
90x15
180x15
270x15
360x15
360x15
360x15
6 Rounds for time
Travelling Lunges - 5 per leg, 50s
Nordic Glute Ham Raise - 6 reps
Single Leg Hip Thrust - 10 per leg
Time: 15:16
Upper Push
Bench Press
warmup
135x5
135x3
185x5
work sets
4x5......210
DB Bench Press
70sx8
80sx8
90sx8
90sx7
Hammer Strength Incline Bench
190x8
190x8
210x8
drop set, 190x8, 140x6, 90x6
Superset
Machine Lat Raise - 80x12, 95x12, 12
Machine Shoulder Press - 90x8, 95x8, 8
Pushdown - 4x15.....52.5
Monday, February 1, 2016
Upper Pull
Neutral Pulldown (machine)
120x8
160x8
180x8
200x6
Cable Row with hold - 4x8.....135
Straight Arm Pulldown - 4x12.....57.5
Neutral Pullups - 4x8
Reverse Cable Fly - 4x12.....6
Cable Row - 4x12.....20
Head Pull
17.5x15
22.5x15
22.5x15
22.5x15
Lying Cable Curl - 4x10.....47.5
R-Band Curl - 4x12
Legs
Reverse Lunges - 3x10 per leg with 50s
LB Back Squats
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x3
295x3
315x3
Superset
Hip Thrusts - 3x10.....315
Hip Thrusts - 3x15
Deadlift (touch and go, hook grip) - 3x15.....135
Best my back squats have felt in a long time, 315 felt great, heavy but great. The hip thrust combo was a deceptive burn. I truly hate a hook grip for deadlifts.
Friday, January 29, 2016
Upper Pull
Neutral Pulldown
120x8
160x8
180x8
200x8
High to Low Hammer strength Row
180x8
230x8
230x8
230x8
Superset
Reverse Fly - 4x10....12.5
Cable Row - 4x10.....60
Straight Arm Pulldown with hold
37.5x15
42.5x15
42.5x15
Band Face Pulls - 3x20
Wrist Curl with hold - 4x12.....105
Upper Push
Bench Press
warmup
135x5
135x3
185x5
work sets
4x5....205
Incline Smith Machine Bench
90x8
140x8
160x6
160x6
Hammer Strength Shoulder Press - 4x12.....90
Cable Fly - 4x10....35
Cable Bench Press - 4x10.....35
Neutral DB Bench Press - 4x12.....50s
Superset
Rope Pushdown - 47.5x10, 52.5x10, 10, 10
DB French Press - 4x10....50
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Legs
Squat Machine
90x12
180x12
270x12
360x12
Superset
Trap Deadlift Jumps - 3x6.....150
Box Jumps - 3x6.....37 inches
Jump Lunges - 3x8 per leg......30s
Travelling Lunges - 3x8 per leg......30s
Glute Ham Raises - 3x15
Leg Extension - 3x12.....210
Seated Hamstring Curl - 3x12.....95
Upper Push
DB Shoulder Press
50sx6
60sx6
65sx6
70sx6
HS Wide Bench Press
180x8
270x8
290x8
290x8
Superset
DB incline Flies - 4x10.....45s
DB Incline Bench Press - 4x10......45s
Pushup complex (2 diamond pushups, 2 regular, 2 L, 2 L, 2 5 second iso holds)....did 4 sets
Plate Squeeze with twist - 4x8.....5s
Superset
Overhead Rope Extension - 4x10.....47.5
Rope Pushdown - 4x10.....47.5
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Upper Pull
Wide Pullups - 4x12
Single Arm Cable Row
52.5x8
62.5x8
65x8
65x8
Superset
TRX Y's - 4x12
TRX Row - 4x15
HS Row (high to low) - 4x12.....180
Prowler Rope Pull, seated, one length of rope, 1 set at 180, two sets at 225
Legs
Bulgarian Split Squat/Single Leg RDL
25sx6
35sx6
45sx6
45sx6
LB Back Squats
135x10
185x5
225x5
225+ 46 pounds of chains x5
295x3
Trap Bar Romanian Deadlift (resetting)
160x5
240x5
290x5
340x5
Alternate sets
Leg Extension - 190x12, 210x12, 12
Seated Hamstring Curl - 3x12....90
First time heavy back squatting in a while, felt nice but way heavier than 295 should feel.
Friday, January 22, 2016
Upper Push
Decline Bench Press
135x5
185x5
225x3
245x3
255x3
225x5
Handstand Pushups - 8, 7, 7, 7
Superset
DB Incline Fly - 4x10.....40s
DB Incline Bench Press - 4x10....40s
HS Bench Press - 3x8....140
Dips, 21 style.....3 sets with 6
R-Band Pushdown - 4x30 seconds.....35, 28, 28, 28
Upper Pull
Wide Pulldown
32x8
36x8
38x8
40x8
Wide Pullups with hold at peak contraction - 4x8
HS Row
140x12
160x12
160x12
160x12
TRX Y's - 4x12
TRX Rows - 4x15
Cable Reverse Fly - 4x15......10
Wrist Curl with hold - 4x12....100
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Legs
Short on time legs day.
for time
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps for time
Travelling Lunges - 50s (per leg)
Nordic Glute Ham Raises
Time: 17:58
Hip Thrust
225x15
275x15
275x15
325x15
For a short one it was tough!
Upper Push
Decided to slightly tweak my program, was also fighting a bug the last few days so working out wasn't at the top of my agenda.
Rack Bench Press
135x5
185x5
225x3
255x3
265x3
275x3
Handstand Pushups - 8, 6, 6, 6
Cable Crossover with hold - 4x10.....37.5
Incline DB Bench Press - 21s - 3 sets with 45s
Dips - 21 style (first set with 5, second and third with 6)
Machine Skullcrusher drop set
90x12, 105x12, 12
75x12, 105x8, 8
Monday, January 11, 2016
Legs
Early morning leg session
Leg Press with pause on safety
90x8
180x8
270x8
360x8
Superset
Nordic Glute Ham Raises - 4x8
Trap Bar Romanian Deadlift - 4x12....160
LB Back Squats
135x12
135x12
185x10
185x10
Leg Extension - 160x15, 170x15, 15
Seated Hamstring Curl - 90x15, 15, 105x15
First time doing back squats since the competition was over, felt good.
Upper Pull
Wide Pulldown
120x8
140x8
160x8
200x8
Single Arm Cable Row
50x8
57.5x8
65x88
65x8
Superset
Wide Pullups - 4x8
Chinups - 6, 5, 5, 5
Reverse Cable Fly - 4x12....10
TRX Row - 4x15
Face Pull with hold - 4x12.....42.5
R-and Curls - 4x30 seconds.....38, 32, 31, 27
Legs + random
Hip Thrusts
135x10
225x10
315x10
365x10
Farmers Walks - across gym and back with 70s for 3 sets
5 Rounds for time
20 KB swings - 50
10 Burpees
Time: 11:40
Overhead crunches - 25 lbs in one arm, 10 per side for 3 sets
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Upper Push
DB Bench Press
70sx6
80sx6
90sx6
100sx5
HS Incline Bench Press
90x8
140x8
140x8
140x8
Cable Fly dropset
32.5x10, 10, 10
27.5x10, 10, 10
DB Shoulder Press (45 seconds rest between sets) - 7x10.....35s
Wide HS Bench Press dropset
280x7
230x5
180x5
90x10
Supserset
Overhead Rope Extension - 4x10....45
Rope Pushdown - 4x10....45
Legs
Shorter workout due to time.
Squat Machine
135x8
180x8
270x8
360x8
450x8
Travelling Lunge - 16 steps, then 8 pulsing lunges per leg equals 1 set. 4 sets with 100 lbs
Glute Ham Raise (first number with 10 pound plate, second number just bodyweight)
4 sets of 8-4
Leg Extension - 3x25....125
Upper Pull
Neutral Pulldown
120x8
160x8
180x8
200x5
Cable Row with hold at peak contraction - 4x8....26
Superset
TRX Y's - 4x12
TRX Row - 4x15
Kneeling straight arm Pulldown - 4x12.....42.5
Wide Pullups - 4x6
Cable Reverse Fly
12.5x10
10x15
10x15
10x15
Superset
Lying Curl - 3x12...42.5
TRX Curl - 3x12
Legs + Random
Triset
Straight Leg Hip Thrust - 4x8
Swiss Curl - 4x8
Bent Leg Hip Thrust - 4x8
Marpo Triset (all at resistance 7)
30 seconds at high
30 seconds at medium
30 seconds at low
For time
Ecomill Run - 0.25, 0.20, 0.15, 0.10, 0.05
Row for Calories - 25, 20, 15, 10, 5
Time: 16:47
Swiss Rollout - 3x15
Straight Leg Hip Thrust - 4x8
Swiss Curl - 4x8
Bent Leg Hip Thrust - 4x8
Marpo Triset (all at resistance 7)
30 seconds at high
30 seconds at medium
30 seconds at low
For time
Ecomill Run - 0.25, 0.20, 0.15, 0.10, 0.05
Row for Calories - 25, 20, 15, 10, 5
Time: 16:47
Swiss Rollout - 3x15
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Upper Push
Pause Bench Press - 4x5.....185
Cable Crossover with hold - 4x10.....32.5
DB Shoulder Press - 7x10 with 45 seconds rest between sets, all done with 30s
Wide Bench Press - 3x21s with 95
Plate Squeeze - 40 reps with 10s broken up as needed.
Superset
Pushdown - 3x12.....62.5
DB French Press - 3x12.....50
Legs
Sled Press
200x15
260x15
300x15
320x15
Nordic Glute Ham Raises - 4x8
Bulgarian Split Squat/Single leg deadlift
25sx6
35sx6
45sx6
Superset
Trap Bar Deadlift (slow eccentric, resetting) - 3x8....160
Jump Squats - 3x10.....20
Calf Raises with hold at peak
155x15
215x15
215x15
Friday, January 1, 2016
Upper Pull
Wide Pullups with Pause - 8, 7, 7, 7
Single Arm Cable Row
52.5x8
57.5x8
57.8x8
57.5x8
Superset
TRX Y's - 4x12
TRX Row - 4x15
Kneeling Straight Arm Pulldown with max peak contraction hold on last rep - 3x15.....27.5
BB Curls - 5x15......45
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