Good day at the gym and glad to have accomplished my 3rd day of strength training this week. With the snowstorm and morning meetings, I was afraid that I was not going to be able to do it. This frees up time this weekend for Kettlebell (total body and more conditioning) and Tabata/cardio.
Also, was able to get 5 sets in for 3 out of the 4 exercises. This 5th set does not include the warm up set where I do 10 reps at half my max weight so that I am properly warmed up. So, even when I do 4 sets, I am doing 5. Now I am doing 6 with 5 dedicated to strength building.
Warm Up:
Arms & Shoulders Routine - 1st set is low weight to warm up and focus on form. Sets 2 - 5 are for max weight for 5 reps each.
Core Tabata
- Sit ups with 10 pound plate
- Mason Twists with 25 pound dumbbell
- V-Ups with 8kg kettlebell
- Crossover fingers to knees with 10 pound plate
Notes / Results:
- Time: 55 minutes with 2 rounds of Core Tabata. Good. On target.
- Weight: 199 pounds. Glad that I am disappointed that I have shot up from 196. I used to battle to get under 200.
- Dumbbell Overhead Triceps Extension
- Previous high: 6@40 Goal: 50
- Sets: 35, 40, 45, 4@45, 4@45
- Bent Arm Lateral Raise
- Previous high: 30 Goal: 40
- Sets: 20, 25, 25, 25 ** tried 30 on sets 4 & 5 but only got 1 or 2 reps on each.
- Standing EZ Bar Curl
- Previous high: 6@115 (**this can’t be right. Has to be more like 65**) Goal: 85
- Sets: 65, 75, 80, 85, 2@85
- Barbell Push Press
- Previous high: 4@85 Goal: 110
- Sets: 75, 85, 85, 2@95, 4@95
- 2 Rounds Core Tabata
No comments:
Post a Comment