Monday 7/20/2015 – ME lower
Squats
135×5
135+120 lb of chains x 5
185+120 lb of chains x 5
225+120 lb of chains x 5
275+120 lb of chains x 5
295+120 lb of chains x 5
315+120 lb of chains x 5
Stiff legged sumo deadlift
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 5
Kneeling cable crunches – 3 x 20, 120 lb
Back extension on Roman Chair – 3 x 8, 3 – 3 tempo, 25 lb
Tuesday 7/21/2015 – DE upper
Bench – 10 x 3, 120 lb with doubled mini bands
Wide grip triceps pushdown – 3 x 1 min, 100 lb
Band pull apart – 4 x 25
Internal/external rotation – lots, 10 lb
Thursday 7/23/2015 – DE lower
SSB squats – 2 x 2, 185 lb. 4 x 2, 205 lb. 2 x 2, 225 lb.
Sumo deadlift – 10 x 3, 225 lb, 45 seconds rest.
SSB good mornings – 3 x 1 min, 135 lb
Hanging leg raises – 3 x 1 min (~30+ each)
Shrugs – 2 x failure, 100 lb dumbbells
Saturday 7/25/2015 – ME upper
Close grip bench with Fat Gripz –
135 x 3
185 x 3
225 x 3
245 x 1
265 x 1
275 x 1
285 x 1
295 x 1
305 x 1
315 x 1
3 x 205, failure (~13, 8, 7)
Triceps push downs – 3 x failure, monster mini bands (~40, 35, 35)
Bent over rows – 3 x failure, 75 lb (10, 8, 8)
Reverse curls – 3 x failure (~20, 15, 15)
So Monday was fun…my first time using chains for squats, I worked up to about 435 lb on my back, plus my shirt was kind of thin, and it was about 85° in the gym. This led to a lot of missing skin, bruising, and cramping followed by football camp for 2 hours…so like I said, fun!
Close grip bench with Fat Gripz was interesting, I kept thinking I was done and the weight kept flying up. I was only supposed to go to 90% so I thought 3 plates was a good stopping point.
For the banded push downs, I tried something I saw recently. Westside Barbell shared a link to an article saying that if you’re having tendonitis, a good way to combat this is ‘over speed eccentrics’ (use a band to do a movement violently with lots of reps). I had slight elbow pain on me DE upper day, so hopefully this will help a bit.
Hopefully I’ll have some exciting things to share this week…or, at least they’ll be exciting to me!