Monday, January 29, 2007
???The Phoenix,??? A Full-Body Hypertrophy Workout
Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird that dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes.
My workout partner, Bruce, is training to enter his first Masters bodybuilding competition in 10 weeks. In addition to diet, cardio and weight training, we are working on posing. Yesterday, Bruce and I had a two-hour practice posing session at my home. We did symmetry rounds and mandatory rounds and then a full video taped contest-conditions posing practice. We then viewed the tape and critiqued the session.
WEEK 4, DAY 1 (This is the final week of this outstanding workout plan)
I weighed 166.2 pounds and Bruce weighed 181.0.
Pull Ups, medium grip: as many sets as needed to get in 50 reps. Bruce and I did 5 sets of 10 medium and hammer grip pull ups, slowly and with a squeeze.
Dumbbell Row: 3 X 6 with a drop on the last set (drop sets do 6 reps drop the weight 30% and go to failure). Bruce and I did 60's with a drop set of 40's.
Pull Down with V bar: 3 X 4-6. I did 180 pounds and Bruce did 200. I could only manage 4 reps per set.
Dead Lifts: 2 X 6, 1 X 30. I did 235/150 and Bruce did 315/200. On the heavy lift, Bruce did 4 reps.
Dumb Bell Curls: 3 X 6. I did 30 pounds and Bruce did 20 (sore bicep tendon).
Machine Preacher Curl: 2 X 8 with burns on last set (burns are 1/4 reps at the mid point) I did 95 pounds. Bruce did 125.
Dumbbell Bench/Flies: 3 X 12, Positive stroke is a press, negative stroke is a fly. I did 45's, Bruce did 55???s.
Upright Row, medium grip: 2 X 12. I did 95 pounds. Bruce did 110
Seated Triceps Dumb Bell Extension: 2 X 12. Bruce and I did 60 pounds
Leg Extension: 1 X 100 (Pick a light weight and go for 100 nonstop, this burns). My weight was 60 pounds. Bruce did 70
Seated Leg Curls: 1 X 100. I did 60 pounds, Bruce did 70.
Calf Press: 1 X 50 - 100. We used the seated press and did 75 reps of 200 pounds
We were able to add weights to the majority of our lifts from last week. Bruce and I had personal bests with the 2 x 6 and 1 x 30 Dead Lifts and Calf Presses.
???The Phoenix,??? A Full-Body Hypertrophy Workout
Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird that dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes.
My workout partner, Bruce, is training to enter his first Masters bodybuilding competition in 10 weeks. In addition to diet, cardio and weight training, we are working on posing. Yesterday, Bruce and I had a two-hour practice posing session at my home. We did symmetry rounds and mandatory rounds and then a full video taped contest-conditions posing practice. We then viewed the tape and critiqued the session.
WEEK 4, DAY 1 (This is the final week of this outstanding workout plan)
I weighed 166.2 pounds and Bruce weighed 181.0.
Pull Ups, medium grip: as many sets as needed to get in 50 reps. Bruce and I did 5 sets of 10 medium and hammer grip pull ups, slowly and with a squeeze.
Dumbbell Row: 3 X 6 with a drop on the last set (drop sets do 6 reps drop the weight 30% and go to failure). Bruce and I did 60's with a drop set of 40's.
Pull Down with V bar: 3 X 4-6. I did 180 pounds and Bruce did 200. I could only manage 4 reps per set.
Dead Lifts: 2 X 6, 1 X 30. I did 235/150 and Bruce did 315/200. On the heavy lift, Bruce did 4 reps.
Dumb Bell Curls: 3 X 6. I did 30 pounds and Bruce did 20 (sore bicep tendon).
Machine Preacher Curl: 2 X 8 with burns on last set (burns are 1/4 reps at the mid point) I did 95 pounds. Bruce did 125.
Dumbbell Bench/Flies: 3 X 12, Positive stroke is a press, negative stroke is a fly. I did 45's, Bruce did 55???s.
Upright Row, medium grip: 2 X 12. I did 95 pounds. Bruce did 110
Seated Triceps Dumb Bell Extension: 2 X 12. Bruce and I did 60 pounds
Leg Extension: 1 X 100 (Pick a light weight and go for 100 nonstop, this burns). My weight was 60 pounds. Bruce did 70
Seated Leg Curls: 1 X 100. I did 60 pounds, Bruce did 70.
Calf Press: 1 X 50 - 100. We used the seated press and did 75 reps of 200 pounds
We were able to add weights to the majority of our lifts from last week. Bruce and I had personal bests with the 2 x 6 and 1 x 30 Dead Lifts and Calf Presses.