Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Wed - Full body circuit

Man, what a wild couple of weeks. I have been pulling 10 to 12 hour days at work and there is the new puppy. She is great, but a lot of work! Anyway, have missed a lot of workouts and lunches :-(
I'm still kicking though and had some time today so I tried something new. I did a full body circuit.

15 minute warm up on the stairmaster.

Then I did the following 3 times, fast. No rest between sets.
  • Machine crunch - 20x220
  • Wide cable press - 10x280
  • Barbell row - 15x410
  • Shoulder press - 10x250
  • Lat pull down - 10x320
  • Squats - 10x410
  • Calf raises - 40x410
  • Preacher curls - 10x70
Should hurt in a couple days :-)

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Tue - Back/Arms

Training has slacked off a bit because of a new puppy in the house. Right now she is very needy. I can still manage to slide workouts in here and there, but I need to get home early to let the puppy out and get her exercised. Yesterday I tried jumping some rope. Comical doesn't quite describe the endeavor. I did manage to get somewhat of a rhythm down but I'm about 70 pounds heavier than I was the last time I tried jumping rope. Not good.

Today:
  • 15 minute warm up on the stairmaster
  • Barbell rows - 1x10x410 1x15x410 2x20x410
  • Wide Lat pull downs - 1x8x310 1x8x320 1x8x330 1x8x340
  • Preacher curl w/ez bar - 2x8x70 2x8x80 (These were really hard today for some reason)
  • Reverse curl w/straight bar - 1x8x70 1x8x80 1x8x90 1x10x100 (and these really easy??)
  • French press - 1x8x160 1x8x180 1x8x200 1x10x210
  • Rope pull downs - 1x8x160 1x8x180 1x8x200 1x10x210
  • Straight bar push down - 1x8x180 1x8x190 1x8x200 1x10x210
  • Machine crunches - 1x20x210 3x30x210(I'm getting pretty strong with these)