Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Week 1 Day 1 Shoulders

Off to a good start, hit the gym and realized I had nothing written down in my log book for this workout. Had to fallback on my awesome memory...the workout and spreadsheet are now stapled into my log book.
Time limit on the workout today so I was under the gun to get it done. I like these style of workouts, nose to the grinder and push right thru till the end. The gym was exceptionally busy today but since most of my workout revolves around a power rack and 90% of people do not use them, it was clear sailing.
I tested the waters with standing military press and my shoulder felt good, knock on wood. The 5 sets of 5 reps with about a minute of rest went really good. Most of my sets I had a few more reps in the tank, nothing was done to failure. Bench press was done with a 2 second pause on the chest and then explode up. If you want to make this exercise harder try pausing at the bottom on each rep..Back to good old fashion bent over rows, how I miss this exercise. Starting strength style which I find decreases stress on my lower back. Essentially each rep touches the floor for a second, brace the core perform the rep, repeat. Did some weighted dips and they went awesome. Nice controlled and full range of motion. Blasted out some biceps which was not on the menu for today but my memory failed me oh well.
It's your set gym rats crush it!

Day 1 
1. Standing Military Press bar x 10 2 sets, 65 x 10, 75 x 10, 95 x 5 5 sets
2. Bench Press bar x 10, 95 x 10, 135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 5, 250 x 5 3 sets all reps 2 sec pause on chest
3. Bent Over Rows bar x 10, 135 x 10, 185 x 10, 205 x 10, 205 x 8
4. Weighted Dips BW x 10, BW + 45lbs x 10, BW + 90lbs x 10 2 sets
5. Seated DB Curls 4 sets

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