Tuesday May 8th — Squats & Conventional deadlifts (speed)

Warm up:   EZ-Bar goodmorning 4 x 25, 20 lbs lying leg curl: 4 x 25 EZ Bar hip thruster: 4 x 25, 20 lbs Workout: Conventional deadlift: 9 x 3-6, 180 lbs (60% 1RM)          — Deficit deadlift: 5 x 3-6, 180 lbs Barbell back squat (low bar, wide stance): 9Continue reading “Tuesday May 8th — Squats & Conventional deadlifts (speed)”

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)”

Heavy squats & deadlifts

Today’s workout consisted of heavy load today with both squats and sumo deadlifts, I used low bar wide stance squats because I am working on hip mobility along with the sumo deadlift. I have noticed that what I thought was my max effort, I could have probably went up in weight on my heavier liftsContinue reading “Heavy squats & deadlifts”

Bench Day

I plan on writing more post that don’t always revolve around my workouts, but I have to get back on a schedule for blogging again, so bare with me until I get myself organized. Today’s workout consisted of the bench press, overall a good workout.  Warm Up: DB chest press: 4 x 25, 20lbs AssistedContinue reading “Bench Day”

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”