Training: March 25-29, 2013

Monday, March 25

  1. Facepulls: throughout
  2. Deadlift: worked up to 105 x 13
  3. Lighter squat: 60 x 5 x 3, 70 x 5 x 2 supersetted with…
  4. Bodyweight pull ups: 6, 6, 6, 5, 5
  5. Machine row: 25 x 11, 11 ,11
  6. Seated leg extension and lying leg curl 14 kg x 16, 15, 15 supersetted
  7. Standing calf machine: 70, 80, 90, 100, 110 x 10
  8. Abs: sit ups 12, 12, 11
  9. Neck harness at home 10 kg x 26 flexion and extension
  10. Wrist curls at home 6 kg x 7, 7, 7 each side

Tuesday, March 26

  1. Facepulls: throughout
  2. Bench: worked up to 75 x 5*, 5*, 17
  3. Military press: 40 x 5 x 5
  4. Incline dumbbell press, supersetted with incline dumbbell shrug: 17.5 x 11, 11, 11
  5. Plate flys: 5 x 11, 11, 11
  6. EZ curls, supersetted with lying triceps extensions: bar plus 10 kg x 11, 11, 11
  7. Side bends 20 x 12, 12, 11

Wednesday, March 27

  1. Neck harness at home 10 kg x 27 flexion and extension
  2. Wrist curls at home 6 kg x 8, 7, 7 each side

Thursday, March 28

  1. Facepulls: throughout
  2. Squat: worked up to 80 x 5, 5, 18
  3. Deficit, wide grip, Romanian deadlift: 40 x 6, 6, 6
  4. T bar row: bar plus 30 x 11, 11, 11, 10, 10
  5. Dumbbell row: 17.5 x 11, 11, 11
  6. Dumbbell shrug: 15 x 11, 11, 11
  7. Standing individual leg curl machine: 15 kg x 15, 10 x 15, 5 x 16†
  8. Seated individual leg extension machine: 15 kg x 10, 20 x 10, 25 x 10†
  9. Standing calf raise machine: 72.5, 82.5, 92.5, 102.5, 112.5 x 10
  10. Sit ups 12, 12, 12

Friday, March 29

  1. Facepulls
  2. Press: worked up to 40 x 5*, 5*, 13
  3. Light bench: 50 x 5 x 3, 55 x 5 x 2
  4. Dips: bodyweight x 11, 11, 10
  5. Front, side, rear dumbbell raises: 2.5 kg x 11, 11, 10 in a circuit, non stop.
  6. Hammer curls: 7.5 x 11, 11, 10 supersetted with…
  7. Lying triceps extensions: ez bar plus 15 kg x 9, 9, 8
  8. Weighted side bends 20 kg x 12, 12, 12
  9. Neck harness flexion and extension 10 kg x 28 at home
  10. Reverse and regular dumbbell wrist curls 6 kg x 8, 8, 7 at home

*paused reps, with maximum bar speed/acceleration on concentric phase.

†usual machine was out-of-order, so I had to use the individual leg machines – which proved much better. Standing leg curls feel so much better, and the individual leg aspect allows extra focus on the quads/hams. Will be switching permanently now.

Friday, January 11: Heavy

Squat: worked up to 110 x 5

Bench: worked up to 100 x 5

Deadlift: worked up to 120 x 5

Dumbbell row: 12.5, 15, 17.5, 20, 22.5, 25, 22.5, 20, 17.5, 15, 12.5 x 10

Dips: bodyweight x 5, 12, +10 kg x 8, bodyweight x 8

Incline dumbbell shrug: 12.5 x 10 x 3

Dumbbell shrug: 12.5 x 10 x 3

Dumbbell rear lateral: 2.5 x 20 x 3

Romanian deadlift: 30 x 5 x 3

Leg press: 50 x 10 x 2, 75 x 21

Leg curl: 9.5 x 15 x 3

Leg extension: 9.5 x 15 x 3

Standing calf raise: 37.5, 47.5, 57.5, 67.5, 77.5 x 10

 

Press and Deadlift: Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Press work sets: 53 x 5, 53 x 5, 53 x 10

Weighted chins: 10 kg x 7, 6

Deadlift work set: 134 x 8*

Barbell shrug: 60 x 11, 10, 10

Dumbbell rear lateral raise: 32 total reps with 2.5 kg

Light facepulls and straight arm pulldowns throughout session

*No belt.

Press and Squat: Friday, August 3, 2012

Press work sets: 52 x 5, 52 x 5, 52 x 10

Weighted chins: 10 kg x 7, 6

EZ curl: bar plus 15 kg x 11, 10

Dumbell rear lateral raise: 31 total reps with 2.5 kg

Squat work sets: 99 x 5, 99 x 5, 99 x 12*

Seated leg curl: 33 total reps with 17.5 kg

Facepulls between sets

*No belt. Pretty comfortable. Could have been more than 12, as I lost count.