Utilizing resistance bands for exercise are a great way to recover from injury, warm up before starting your workout, and adding some form of variety to your programs. Not to mention you can add them to your main exercises to add some form of extra resistance. Today’s post will go over some upper body exercises usingContinue reading “Resistance band exercises (upper body)”
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Bench Speed Day
Warm up: DB chest press: 4 x 25, 30 lbs Cable Triceps pushdown: 4 x 25, 30 lbs Cable face pulls: 4 x 25, 30 lbs Workout: Barbell bench press: 8 x 5-6, 75 lbs Barbell bench press (wide grip): 5 x 8-10, 80 lbs Barbell bench press (close grip): 5 x 8-10, 75Continue reading “Bench Speed Day”
Bloated but got it done
Warm up: Seated leg press: 4 x 25, 60 lbs resistance band lateral leg raises: 4 x 25 each leg, green band stationary lunges: 4 x 25 Workout: Conventional deadlift: 6 x 3, 230 lbs (75% RM) Barbell back squat: 8 x 5, 135 lbs (60% RM) Box squats: 5 x 8-10, 185 lbs Continue reading “Bloated but got it done”
Squat variations
Give them a go! When all else fails, squat it out. Today’s list will consist of a different variations of squats that range from very popular to “I never heard of this one”, but hopefully in the end, all of you will give some of them a go, and let me know in the commentContinue reading “Squat variations”
New leg day strategy
Today, I decided on a new strategy for my powerlifting workouts, due to wanting to switch things up a bit and still challenge myself. The changes will only concern my leg day workouts (Tuesday and Thursday’s) but hopefully I will see good results from the switch up and reduce the soreness. I will continue toContinue reading “New leg day strategy”
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