Today was one of those days where I wasn’t in town to attend my regular gym and I still wanted to get a workout in, in order to not skip a Monday. Thankfully, my friend, whom I was staying with over the weekend, agreed to attend the gym with me earlier this morning at herContinue reading “Gym Partner Monday”
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Sumo Deadlift PR’s yesterday
Firstly, I would like to say that yesterday I managed to hit 3 PR’s in my sumo deadlift. Last week I left off at a 25 lb increase to 250 and this week I was able to add 40 lbs more to it, Videos showing my lifts: Sumo PR’s each video is showing different weights starting fromContinue reading “Sumo Deadlift PR’s yesterday”
Batman and Benching
Warm up: DB chest press: 4 x 25, 20 lbs Rear delt machine: 4 x 25, 20 lbs Triceps machine: 4 x 25, 25 lbs Workout: Barbell bench press: 6 x 5-8, 75 lbs Barbell bench press (wide grip): 6 x 5-8, 80 lbs Barbell bench press (closed grip): 6 x 5-8, 75 lbsContinue reading “Batman and Benching”
Bench 1RM
Bench press testing Today I did my bench press 1RM to see where I was at with my dynamic strength. It was higher than I assumed, but not as high as I would have liked considering my bench press isn’t the weakest of the 3 big lifts. For some reason, I always find myself plateauingContinue reading “Bench 1RM”
1RM squat test
Warm up: DB romanian deadlift: 4 x 25, 20 lbs resistance band butt lifts: 4 x 25, red band hip abduction 4 x 25, 40 lbs Workout: Barbell back squat: 225 lbs = 1RM PR Superset: Linear leg press: 6 x 12-15, 298 lbs Kettlebell goblet squats: 6 x 12-15, 10 kg Superset: MedicineContinue reading “1RM squat test”
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