Some minor changes this morning made for a throbbing Thursday. Chest and back were in super-pump mode, and abs felt like they got a much more severe thrashing that usual… [Read more…]
Jonathan: Chest, Back, Abs (MMX)
Going back to MMX is feeling pretty great, but I haven’t brought back the varied reps speed yet. That will be on the agenda next week, though… [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…]
Jonathan: Chest, Back, Abs (back to basics)
Today was all about going back to basics. Mostly because of time and a lack of creativity, plus wanting to ramp up the intensity for next week when the real fall workouts start. Always my best time for training through fall and winter, so I’m planning accordingly. [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…]
Jonathan: Chest, Back, Abs (Superset Superpump)
Yesterday’s superset superpump workout was great, and this seems like a good week for a bit of a shift in training before kicking it back into ultra high gear. I went with supersets between opposing bodyparts, so there was still a big metabolic kick, and the POF pump was sick (I just had to get that to rhyme. LOL)… [Read more…]
Jonathan: Chest, Back, Abs (F-Bomb Central)
Super-TORQ MMX
I don’t know what it was today, but the intensity was ultra high. Maybe because it’s the first day of September and creeping into my favorite time of the year? Who knows, but it was F-Bomb Central. I rarely cuss, even when training hard, but today was fully uncensored. LOL! [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…]
Steve: Full-Body MMX (high to low)
Wednesday I did antagonist supersets, all moderate reps and the workout was reduced volume. Today it was back to MMX–high to low reps. Felt great–so good in fact that I may stick with the more abbreviated superset workout on Wednesdays. Hey, change to gain… [Read more…]