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”

Wednesday May 9th — bench press (heavy load)

Warm up: EZ bar bentover rows: 4 x 25, 20 lbs One handed overhead triceps extension: 4 x 25, 5 lbs  chin ups (assisted): 4 x 25, 150 lbs  Workout: Barbell bench press: 5 x 2-4 (80%-90%), 5 x 95 lbs, 5 x 100 lbs, 5 x 110 lbs         — BarbellContinue reading “Wednesday May 9th — bench press (heavy load)”

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)”

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”

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”