Wednesday 30th April 2014
Bench 130kg x4, 100kg x10 (60s rest), followed up with Incline Lever Bench 45kg x11+6+4 RP (60s)
DB Hammers 17.5kg x10, 15kg x10, 12.5kg x10x8 (30s rest)
Viking Press 85kg x6, 40kg x13 (60s), then Lat Raises 10kg x11
Squat 160kg x5
Was hoping to get more reps on bench but as been stuck for 3 sessions now it’s about time I took a re-set! Changed curls from EZ bar to hammers, but not happy with technique so going to drop weight down and focus on it. Still a little sporadic with training after the move and will be away this weekend so just doing what I can for now and will hit it hard next week.
Saturday 15th March 2014
Bench 110kg x8x6x5, 100kgx6+2+2 RP (90 secs rest) – Dropped to 100kg on last set, wanted to keep reps up
Cable Row 70kg x12x10x9x7 (90s)
DB Incline Flye 12.5kg x12x11x8x6 (60s)
Straight Arm Lat Pulldown (4) x12x12x11x10 (60s)
45 Degree Leg Press 120kg x10, 160kg x8, 200kg x4, 240kg x4, 280kg x4, 320kg x2, 360kg x8
Wednesday 27th November 2013
Bench 120kg x5x4x6, then 100kg x9 (90s rest)
Superset with DB Preacher Curls 12.5kg x12, 10kg x20
DB Decline 25kg x18x12 (60s rest), then back to the bar 100kg x4 (60s)
Machine Incline Lever Bench 30kg 15×12 (60s)
Sumo Deadlift Practice 150kg x2x2, 140kg x5
Lever Deadlift 200kg x10
Wednesday 20th November 2013
Bench 120kg x4x4x5, followed up with 100kg x12 (2 mins rest)
DB Decline Bench 20kg’s x20x20 (90s)
Incline Lever Bench 40kg x12x8x7 (60s)
DB Hammer Curls 17.5kg x12x10 (between first two bench sets)
Sumo Deadlift 140kg x3x3x7
Disappointing bench session today, felt really heavy, little twinge in my shoulder on rep 6, so stopped and did some lower weight volume training instead. Sumo deadlift today instead of conventional as thinking of entering a powerlifting competition and need the practice!
Wednesday 6th November 2013
Bench 115kg x5x5x9, followed with Seated Incline Lever Bench 50kgx10x8 (90s rest)
Machine Preacher Curl 20kg x15x12x10 (between bench sets)
Seated Cable Row 80kg x10x10x9x8 (60s)
Deadlift 182.5kg x3x2 (2 mins)
Wednesday 30th October 2013
Bench 127.5kg x3x2, 100kg x10x9, followed by Seated Incline Lever Bench 50kg x10
Machine Preacher Curl 20kg x15x11x9 (between bench sets)
Seated Cable Row 80kg x15x13x10x9 (60s rest)
Deadlift 180kg x2x2, 140kg x6 (2 Mins rest)
Saturday 13th July 2013
Incline DB Bench Press 34kg x12x10x8x6 (90secs rest) then 20kg Weighted Crunches x50
DB Prone Row 24kg x12x10x8x6 (slight hold at top, 90s rest) then 20kg Weighted Crunches x50
Cable Flyes 12.5kg x12x10x8x6 (60s rest) then 20kg Weighted Crunches x50
Reverse Grip Pulldown 70kg x12x10x8x6 (60s rest) then 20kg Weighted Crunches x50
Smith Rack Pull 152.5kg x6 then 20kg Weighted Crunches x50
Seated Leg Curl 60kg x10x10x10x10 (60s rest)
Tuesday 25th June 2013
AM Session:
Incline Bench 90kg x5x5x9+2+1 RP
Machine Preacher Curl 21.25kg x13x8+2+2 RP (superset with bench)
Machine Incline Lever Bench 50kg x12 (following last set of bench), then Incline DB Flyes 10kg x20
Squat 120kg x5, 130kg x5, 140kg x10
PM Session:
SPIN followed by seated Leg Curl 55kg x14x12x11 (90s rest)
Frequency chins x7 throughout day
Monday 17th June 2013
Incline Bench Press 80kg x5, 90kg x5, 105kg x5+1+1 RP followed by Machine Lever Incline Bench 50kg x16 and Incline DB Flyes 12.5kg x12
Machine Preacher Curl 21.25kg x12x6+2+1 RP (90s rest)
Squat 130kg x3, 147.5kg x3, 165kg x1x1 – struggled today, this weight should have gone for at least 5 reps, put it down to back session yesterday! Going to take a reset and start fresh on 5’s again.
Monday 10th June 2013
Incline Bench 80kg x5, 90kg x5, 102.5kg x5+1+1 RP followed with Machine Incline Lever Press 50kg x13 and Incline DB Flyes 12.5kg x11 (All with approx 30s rest between them)
Machine Preacher Curl 21.25kg x12x7+3+2 RP
Squat 120kg x5, 137.5kg x5, 157.5kg x5
– Repeated weights on Bench & Squat from last session. Bum came off the bench on rep 5 of last set, so strictly speaking only counts as 4 reps!
Tuesday 4th June 2013
Incline Bench 80kg x5, 90kg x5, 102.5kg x5+2+1 RP
Incline Lever Bench 40kg x18, then Incline DB Flyes 12.5kg x14
Machine Preacher Curl 20kg x12x9
Squat 120kg x5, 137.5kg x5, 157.5kg x4 – 4 messy reps! more like good mornings! not a great return to squats so will drop down the weights a little for now to see how next few sessions go.
A few hours later taught Spin then the usual seated hamstring curls 50kg x15x14x10
Monday 20th May 2013
Training still bitty this week, not quite 100% so going to ease back and return to 5/3/1 RP type training next week – revisiting cycle 7 (last complete cycle).
Bench 120kg x4x5x6 then Incline Lever Bench 50kg x13 (rest pause)
Machine Preacher Curls 20kg x12x12 (between bench sets)
Hammer Strength Row (Single Arm) 40kg x12x10 each side, then both handles 60kg x8
Friday 17th May 2013
Incline Bench 100kg x5x5x6+1+1 RP then Incline Lever Press 50kg x12
Face pulls (10) x15x15 (between bench sets)
Lever Row 80kg x8x7x5 (60s rest)
Machine Preacher Curls 20kg x12+2+1 RP
Squat 100kg x5, 120kg x5, 140kg x3, 160kg x2, 170kg x1, 180kg (fail), 170kg x1, 180kg (fail)
Great to get a decent strength session in, been up an down with illness for a couple of weeks so was great to get back under the bar. Missing a few reps here and there on weights, but it was to be expected after all the time off lately – Grrrr!
Monday 29th April 2013
Aside from Tuesday’s SPIN, haven’t exercised for a week as been a run down. Hit the gym again today finally! Bit of a tough slog after a week out – Lost a few reps from last Bench session, but it’ll pick back up.
Incline Bench Press 100kg x5x5x5
Face Pulls (12) x10x10 – between Bench sets
Weighted Dips 24kg x11x7
Incline Lever Bench 50kg x12x8
Close-Grip Bench 70kg x8x8
Tricep Rope Pushdowns (9) x10x10x10
Bent Over Rear Raise 10kg DB’s x10x10x10
Thursday 18th April 2013
Tuesday SPIN followed with Seated Hamstring Curl 45kg x21x21x21
Today – Incline Bench 100kg x5x5x9, then 80kg x7
Face Pulls (11) x14x14 – between bench sets
Machine Lever Row 90kg x12x10x8x7 (90s rest)
Machine Preacher Curl 20kg x14x7 (90s rest)
Squat 100kg x3, 120kg x3, 140kg x3, 160kg x3, 180kg x1 – Hip Flexor tight, struggled with Squats so just went through the motions – Will try 180kg for reps next session.
Thursday 4th April 2013
SPIN on Tuesday followed up with 40kg Seated Leg Curls, 3 sets of 25 – so decided to do chest/back/arms only today:
Incline DB Bench 46kg x8x5, 38kg x10x7
DB Row To Hip 38kg x12x10x8x6 (90s rest)
Inc DB Flyes 18kg x12x9x7x5
Wide Grip Pulldown 70kg x8x8x8x8 (60s rest) – (lowered weight to focus more on technique)
Tricep Pushdown 35kg x15x13x11 superset with Cable Curls 35kg x12x9x9
Wednesday 27th March 2013
Incline DB Bench Press 46kg x7, 42kg x6, 38kg x7, 34kg x9 (90s rest)
DB Row To Hip 34kg x12x10x8x6 (60s rest)
Inc DB Flyes 16kg x12x10x8x6
Wide Grip Pulldown 80kg x11, 70kg x11, 60kg x11, 50kg x11, 40kg x20
Tricep Pushdown 30kg x15x15x15
Cable Curls 25kg x10x9x8 (Superset with pushdowns)
Wednesday 20th March 2013
Incline DB Bench 50kg x4, 42kg x8, 34kg x12, 26kg x20 (90s rest)
DB Row 50kg x11x11
Incline DB Flye 16kg x12x9x6x4 (90s)
Wide Grip Pulldown 80kg x11, 70kg x10, 60kg x10, 50kg x10, 40kg x21 (90s rest)