Wednesday 15th May - Cycle 3 Get Lean+Maintain Strength - Week 6 DELOAD - Day 3 - Upper Push - Microcycle 2
decent workout
Bodyweight at gym - 217lbs in winter clothing
Workout time - 1 hour
Workout rating - 8/10
General warmup -
scapular pushups (3 angles from bench to the floor) 3x10
Dumbell curls and tricep extensions - 2kg dumbells
Low pulley L-Flye - 10lbx x10, x8
Neutral grip dumbell bench press - 3kg x5+5sec ISO+5OI, 15lbs x5+5sec ISO+5OI
Rotating Sets between each exercise
Resting 1 -2 min on warmup sets and then 2.5 mins between each exercise
14 inch Grip bench - shoulder blades tucked - no leg drive
Warmups - Controlled down, snapped up
10 sec holds done at lockout, 3sec ISO at midpoint
Bar x hold, x5, xISO+3OI, 95lbs x hold, x5, xISO then down and back up, 135xhold, x5, 165xhold, x3, 195xHold, x3, 225x1, 245x1
About 80% AW - Controlled down, explode up, for max reps until a hard strain
Basicly resting 5 mins between sets
Rotation 1) 225lbs x 6 - 0.867 sec (1st rep) fastest concentric time
Rotation 2) 225lbs x 5 - 0.867 sec (1st rep) fastest concentric time
Rotation 3) 225lbs x 4 - 0.933 sec (1st rep) fastest concentric time
Did a combo of strength speed work and hypertrophy work today. Basicly strength speed reps to near failure. Sets all around 15 secs, last one 12.
Almost dropped the bar on the last rep of the first set, was going up and then felt like I lost energy, but did manage to grind it back up. Have gotten weaker, used to be able to do close to 10 reps with 225lbs, but then again I no longer relax and do a small bounce on the chest, plus I was doing the concentrics explosively which does sap the energy faster, and I haven't been much high rep work lately.
Did 15 total reps (6+5+4) before dropping 2 reps off the inital set. So the next time I do Strength speed work/hypertrophy combo with this %, I will do 5x3 instead with 2.5mins rest, until I restest it again.
Big pec pump

Biceps were pumped up from braking the bar at the top , I think.
Side of neck and trap stretches
10 to 15 sec stretches for each type and side between each set of bench
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shoulder dislocates with wooden staff
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Bench clip from today
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All 3 sets with 225lbs, nice gut.....
http://www.members.optushome.com.au...inchGripBench_Explosive225x6_5_4_22June05.mpg