End of April, beginning of May!

The last week of April was in theory the last week of heavy 8-10 reps training before setting off to do some nasty 60 sec sets of superslows…
In theory. In the real world, I opted for another four weeks on the heavy 8-10 reps before going for four weeks each of 60 sec sets and 20-30 reps high-speed’s.

Since I hadn’t had time to train much in the beginning of the week, I had two productive combo-days. I should’ve had a backday with rear delts and abs, a legday and an armday. Instead I had a back+rear delts+calves+arms day on thursday (April 27th) at two locations and two times and a legs+forearms day on saturday (April 29th).

I have to say that it seems like I’ve once again settled in for 3 sets mostly per exercise and 2-3 exercises per musclegroup. This seems to be a natural development for me, since I always fall back to that no matter what I start out with. Best, therefore, to build one’s programs around that number, then… :D

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Thursdays’ combo looked like this:

At the basement in the morning:
Wide-Grip Pull-Ups 3 sets: 10 / 9 / 8 with no added weights
Bent-Over Barbell Rows 3 sets: 10 / 9 / 9 with 90,1 kgs / 198,22 lbs

At Metal Gym in the evening:
Forward Incline Rear Db Laterals 4 sets: 12 / 10 / 10 / 10 with 9 kgs / 19,8 lbs on 1st set and 10 kgs / 22 lbs on sets 2-4.

Standing EZ bar curls 3 sets: 7 / 7 / 6 with 48 kgs / 105,6 lbs (assuming the bar weighs 8kg / 17,6 lbs)
90 degree Machine Preacher Curls 3 sets: 9 / 6 / 5 with 30 kgs / 66 lbs on the 1st set, and 35 kgs / 77 lbs on sets 2-3.

Dips 3 sets: 10 / 10 / 8 with no added weight
Pressdowns 3 sets: 9 / 9 / 8 with 80 kgs / 176 lbs (note: in the cable-cross-over machine!)

Leg Press Calf Raises 3 sets: 10 / 10 / 10 with 300 kgs / 660 lbs plus sled
Seated Calf Raises 3 sets: 10 / 9 / 8 with 80 kgs / 176 lbs

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Saturday was legday. I did:

Squats 3 sets: 10 / 9 / 8 with 100 kgs / 220 lbs
Walking Lunges with Db’s 2 sets: 18 / 14 with 21 kgs / 46,2 lbs
Glute-Ham Raises 4 sets: 10 / 8 / 8 / 7 with no added weights

Supersetted:
Cable wrist curls with (Cable reverse wrist curls) 3 Supersets:11 (12) / 11 (10) / 12 (12) with 60 kgs / 101,7 lbs (50 kgs / 110 lbs) (in Cable Cross-over machine…)

I hope the markings on the superset is clear enough…

The walking lunges were particularly nasty. It seems I take shorter strides than Kris, since I was able to take 18 steps from end of the gym to the other, whereas Kris takes only 16 on the same distance. On the other hand, he did take longer strides than me. And his legs are a bit longer.

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