Well, I thought I was going to be able to do 5 exercises per bodypart, but I think I should stick with 3 for now because it kicked my butt! Never thought light weights could feel so heavy! I think the old timers knew what they were doing! I explained my new workout a little yesterday, but here's a more indepth description:
1. DANNY PADILLA STYLE SETS: 5 sets of 12 reps with only 30 seconds of rest between each. Most sets are sub-failure, but remember that fatigue is cumulative and you definitely feel it!
2. REVERSE POSITIONS OF FLEXION: this is a preexhaust routine where you hit the muscle with a minimum of three different exercises. The exercises are chosen based upon where the stress of the weight is the greatest throughout the range of motion. These exercise are classified as contraction, stretch, or mid-range. For example:
CHEST - Cable Crossovers (contraction), Incline Dumbbell Flyes (Stretch), Incline Bench Press (Mid-range)
BACK - V-Handle Pulldowns, High Pulley Rope Cable Pullovers, Seated Cable Rows
DELTS - Rear Lateral Machine, Face Pulls, Dumbbell Press
TRIS - V-bar Pressdowns, Overhead Rope Extensions, Dips
BIS - Standing Front Double Bicep Curls, Incline Dumbbell Curls, Underhand Pulldowns
HAMS - Lying Leg Curls, Glute Ham Raises, Good Mornings
QUADS - Leg Extensions, Hack Squat Sissy Squats, Smith Machine Squats
3. DIRECT / INDIRECT SPLIT: 3 day split rotated of 4 days during the week. Use compound exercises for biceps and triceps. Over two weeks, each upper body part will get hit 3 times and each lower body part gets hit twice. Deadlifts are done every other week. Here's the split:
M: Chest, Back, Abs
T: Calves, Hams, Quads
W: Tris, Bis, Delts
Th: OFF/Cardio
F: Chest, Back+Deadlifts, Calves
M: Tris, Bis, Delts
T: Calves, Hams, Quads
W: Chest, Back, Abs
Th: OFF/Cardio
F: Tris, Bis, Delts
Here's today's workout:
5/28/2014 Wednesday, 4:57 AM - 5:39 AM (00:42)
Cable Crossovers
(1) 4:57 AM 30 x 12 reps
(2) 4:58 AM 30 x 12 reps
(3) 4:59 AM 30 x 12 reps
(4) 5:01 AM 30 x 12 reps
(5) 5:02 AM 30 x 12 reps
Increase the weight
Incline Dumbbell Flyes
(1) 5:04 AM 30 x 12 reps
(2) 5:05 AM 30 x 12 reps
(3) 5:07 AM 30 x 12 reps
(4) 5:08 AM 30 x 12 reps
(5) 5:09 AM 30 x 12 reps
Increase the weight
Incline Barbell Press
(1) 5:12 AM 135 x 10 reps
(2) 5:14 AM 95 x 12 reps
(3) 5:15 AM 90 x 12 reps
(4) 5:16 AM 90 x 10 reps
(5) 5:18 AM 90 x 7 reps
Chin Ups
(1) 5:26 AM 203 x 6 reps
(2) 5:26 AM 203 x 6 reps
(3) 5:26 AM 203 x 6 reps
(4) 5:26 AM 203 x 6 reps
(5) 5:26 AM 203 x 5 reps
Cable High Pulley Rope Pullovers
(1) 5:27 AM 50 x 12 reps
(2) 5:28 AM 50 x 12 reps
(3) 5:29 AM 50 x 12 reps
(4) 5:30 AM 50 x 12 reps
(5) 5:32 AM 50 x 12 reps
Seated Row
(1) 5:34 AM 90 x 12 reps
(2) 5:36 AM 80 x 12 reps
(3) 5:37 AM 80 x 12 reps
(4) 5:38 AM 80 x 12 reps
(5) 5:39 AM 80 x 11 reps
Didn't even notice my hernia. It was crazy how the light weights felt so heavy!