Monday, February 3, 2014

Chest & Back with a Burpee finisher



Since my last post on Thursday I rested on Friday so that I could do 5 straight hours of snowboarding on Saturday. “Rested” again on Sunday but really travelling with a less than 2 year old in NYC is not really resting due to all of the carrying, chasing, etc. Parents reading this blog will understand.


I also watched a Critical Bench video and it reminded me of my burpees and how I have not been doing them with the exception of 10 in my warm ups. Today I opted for Burpees as my “finisher” to the workout to stretch the total time to one hour. Usually I will do Core Tabata. I did normal burpees and not the dead lift combo but I have done Burpees with weights but I hold them through the entire exercise and jump with them.

Warm Up:


Chest/Back Routine - 1st set is ½ weight and double reps to warm up and focus on form. Then 5 sets with 5 reps each at max weight.




Notes / Results:

  • Time: 60 minutes.
  • Weight: 198. Great to hold here after Super Bowl buffet.
  • Decline Bench Press
    • Previous high: 4@175 Goal: 185
    • Sets: 155, 165,175, 180, 4@185 (no spot)
  • Rear Lateral Raise
    • Previous high: 3@40 Goal: 45
    • Sets: 30, 35, 40, 40, 40 (stayed @ 40 due to less than perfect form & range of motion)
  • Dips
    • Previous high: 30 Goal: 50
    • Sets: 20, 4@25, 4@25, 4@25, 25 (maintained excellent range of motion)
  • Pull Ups
    • Previous high: 3@5 pounds Goal: 5@10 pounds
    • Sets: 3@5, 2@5, 2@5, 3@5, 3@5
  • EZ Bar Pull Over
    • Previous high: 2@80 Goal: 90
    • Sets: 60, 70, 2@80/5@70, 2@80/3@70
  • Finished up with 60 burpees in a little less than 8 minutes. 6 sets of 10. Tabata type timing with less than 60 seconds to do 10 burpees followed by 30 seconds rest.

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