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:
Heh(chicken dance machine).
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