On the road today and tomorrow so this workout took place in another gym. Up early no breakfast just hit the gym sipping my pre-workout which is NOT loaded with stimulant's. It's my own mix of dextrose, EAA and flavouring that's it. This gym actually had a plywood deadlifting platform which I found increased the noise level when the weights hit the plywood, compared to a rubber floor. But hey when your beating your chest and making primate sounds prior to a heavy lift what does it matter....everybody is staring anyways ;). Also the bars where thicker so doing a hook grip for me was impossible. For all my heavy sets it was a double overhand grip with wraps. I only deadlift once a week, any more and I will over train my lower back which guarantees I will injure myself. Even if your a young person DL's once a week is enough. No videos this time.
On my last set of 3's my PR goal was 8 reps but I stopped at 7 reps. Could have done more but as Jim says numerous times in his books leave some in the tank, it's not always about the PR. My one set with my training max of 465 lbs felt easy and moved fast. My heaviest deadlift in a longggg time. This gym also had a leg curl machine (my regular gym does not) so I took advantage of this and dropped hyper extensions out of this workout.
Walking with dumbbells very simple exercise pick up a set of dumbbells and start walking till you cannot hold them anymore. It's a fucking simple exercise but guess what it works better than all those OTHER fancy core exercises out there. This is an exercise you rarely see anybody doing in a gym because they are too busy doing the latest and greatest exercise promoted on youtube which is in most cases a complete waste of fucking time. This exercise I use mainly to work my grip strength but it also blasts your forearms, core, and traps.
I will show a comparison again of the old and new routine.
Work it gym rats no excuses!!
Week 1
New Day 2
1. Sumo deadlift warm ups bar x 20, 135 x 10, 185 x 10, 225 x 5, 275 x 5, 315 x 3, 365 x 3
5/3/1 work sets 395 x 3, 405 x 3, 415 x 7 training max 465 x 1
2. Back squats warm ups 135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 5
work sets 245 x 5, 245 x 5, 245 x 5, 245 x 5, 245 x 5
3. Leg curls single leg 3 sets each leg and 2 sets with both legs.
4. Walking with dumbbells 4 sets with DB's ranging from 75 to 85 lbs.
Old Day 2
1. Sumo deadlift 5/3/1 method
2. Bent over rows 4 x 10
3. Walking with dumbbells 4 sets
4. Abs
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