Thursday, June 4, 2009

My current resistance training routine

Here's my resistance training routine. It's pretty easy. I don't believe in killing yourself in the gym (rather achieve your goals via dieting and nutrition). Every exercise is supersetted and each is done for 3 sets, 10 reps each. There is a strong emphasis on abs and shoulders. The supersetted exercises are grouped together.

Monday - Back / Heavy Abs

  • wide grip pullups
  • straight leg medicine ball lifts (lying on a decline bench)
  • tbar rows
  • straight leg lifts (hanging from a pullup bar)
  • close grip cable rows
  • weighted crunches (on decline bench, hold weight straight up with straight arms)
  • reverse curls without thumbs (forearms for climbing)
  • machine crunches
  • broomstick with rope and weight on end (forearms for climbing)
  • machine bicep curls (a vanity exercise)

Wednesday - Chest / Shoulders

  • incline dumbell press (4-5 sets, increasing weight)
  • bent over rear delt dumbell raises
  • flat barbell bench press
  • rear delt machine (reverse pec deck)
  • machine chest flies
  • smith machine shoulder press
  • tricep pulldowns on cable machine
  • machine shoulder side laterals (chicken dance machine)
  • dumbell kickbacks
  • dumbell side laterals

Friday - Legs / Light Abs

  • squats on smith machine (5 sets, increase weight)
  • plate drag on bosu ball
  • leg press
  • medicine ball lifts (between knees) on flat bench
  • quad extensions
  • some weird ab machine where you push forward with straight arms
  • seated calf raises
  • hamstring curls
  • medicine ball (or 25 lb plate) twists (for obliques)
  • standing calf raises

Notes

I don't really rest... meaning I don't sit and do nothing. I rest by walking between stations, getting a drink, racking the weights, etc.

Workout should take about an hour.

The only exercises I do to failure are bench press, machine flies and the leg lifts. It is not by design, it's just freaking hard sometimes.

I vary the exercises sometimes, especially the grip (wide to narrow and vice versa).

1 comment:

Adam said...

Heh(chicken dance machine).