May 22nd workout

Going back in time to Tuesday, where I left off.    Warm up:   Resistance band lateral leg raises: 4 x 25, green band Hip adduction machine: 4 x 25, 40 lbs Kettlebell stiff legged deadlifts: 4 x 25, 4 kg Workout: Conventional deadlift: 9 x 3-6, 150 lbs (50% 1RM) Barbell back squat (lowContinue reading “May 22nd workout”

May 15th Sumos & Squats

Speed and explosiveness   Warm Up:   Linear leg press: 4 x 25, 118 lbs (platform only) Kettlebell swings: 4 x 25, 12 lbs front box jumps: 4 x 25 Workout: Sumo deadlift: 9 x 3-6, 125 lbs (55% 1RM) Barbell back squat (low bar, wide stance): 9 x 3-6, 110 lbs (55% 1RM) BarbellContinue reading “May 15th Sumos & Squats”

Monday May 7th — Bench day (speed training)

Warm up:   Straight arm pulldown: 4 x 25, 30 lbs DB upright row: 4 x 25, 10 lbs Triceps pushdown: 4 x 25, 30 lbs Workout: Barbell bench press: 9 x 3-6, 80 lbs off the floor (60%1RM)            — Barbell bench press: 5 x 3-6 (wide) 80 lbs  Continue reading “Monday May 7th — Bench day (speed training)”

Workout catch ups

To keep things simple, I will post all the workouts up to this point in this post, and separate them by dates, we stopped off at 4/19, so this will begin at 4/24 (which was the next time I hit up the gym).    4/24 Warm up:   Hip thrusters: 4 x 25, 20 lbsContinue reading “Workout catch ups”

Tuesday Double —

Can never be prepared for what’s to come.   First time having to do squats and deadlifts on the same day, I survived. For now. I did another dynamic workout today with the two core lifts; speed, power and explosiveness. Check out the progress with my low bar — wide stance squats and sumo deadlifts;Continue reading “Tuesday Double —”