Steve Holman, Author at X-REP.COM

Steve: Full Body (exercise add-on)

I continued with opposing-muscle supersets–and then adding one set of a different exercise. That works very well on a number of levels, from mental (gotta get something out of the extra exercise in only one set so focus is high) as well as physical (it’s a different move/angle so new fibers can get stimulated). Here’s how it went down today… [Read more…]

Steve: Full Body (superset sweat)

The gym was hot–with more bodies than usual. I worked up a sweat from the very first superset of front squats and back squats on the Smith machine. The straight-set workout on Wednesday did it’s job–it allowed me just enough work and recovery to be very motivated for today’s attack… [Read more…]

Steve: Full Body (opposing supersets plus)

After two days of rest, I was ready for some intense gym time. I switched up some of my supersets, but the biggest change was my addition of one set of one key exercise after two superset rounds–for example… [Read more…]

Steve: Full-Body (antagonist supersets)

Gym was empty, felt motivated. Put in some good full-body work today–lots of sweat and pump was awesome. Couple of new moves today… [Read more…]

Steve: Full-Body (opposing supersets)

Once I got started today, I realized that Wednesdays should actually be a pared down version of my Monday and Friday full-body workouts. That will create “undulating” intensity/volume to avoid overtraining. Unfortunately, I didn’t do much to downshift today. In fact, I began with a pretty rigorous superset of two types of squats and actually added a superset. D’oh!… [Read more…]

Steve: Full-Body (opposing-muscle supersets)

Felt a bit under the weather this morning–too much football watching yesterday maybe. Lol. I plowed through my workout of opposing-muscle supersets anyway, and it actually felt pretty good–although on the very first superset I had to substitute DB stiff-legged deadlifts for Flat-back hypers. Interesting how much more of a drain the deadlifts are… [Read more…]

Steve: Full-Body (antagonist-muscle supersets)

I hit the gym with a lot of motivation. My full-body workout was swirling in my head, and I was telling myself, “Okay, you need to add this for chest and that for delts.” Then I realized that the reason I was motivated: I was recovered from my last workout on Tuesday. Why add more work and possibly drain and overtrain myself? It’s one reason I often say that motivation can be your enemy. I came to my senses and pretty much mirrored Tuesday’s workout–with a few exercise switches… [Read more…]

Steve: Full-Body (opposing-muscle supersets)

I had such a great workout last week with opposing-muscle supersets that I decided to continue with it today. It took me a few rounds to get going, but once the blood was flowing, motivation and a big pump showed up big… [Read more…]

Steve: Full Body (antagonist supersets)

This is my back-off week, so I did full-body MMX on Monday; today, Thursday, I did a more abbreviated session, including opposing-muscle supersets–although some of them weren’t with antagonist supersets, as you’ll see… [Read more…]

Steve: Full-Body MMX (StatX)

Last Monday I bumped up the intensity and volume a bit with a Rest/Pause add-on. Doing that on so many exercises that covered my entire body wiped me out (hey, I’m old–Lol), so I backed off today to just a StatX or X-Rep add-on. Drained at the end, but felt good–and the pump was excellent… [Read more…]