Post by Bruce Tackett on Jul 22, 2018 3:04:31 GMT
FYI
Midsummer. This is the time of year when my enthusiasm is bouncing off the walls. My current routine covers everything, and in the mornings I am biting the bit to workout. My routine is set up for six days a week, but every morning I want to do it, and for the past few weeks I've been working out even days a week - upper body one day, legs and aerobics the next. Last Thursday I had my semi-annual physical checkup and my Doctor told me that all of my levels and readings are excellent. He congratulated me on my weight loss.
Here's the routine I've been doing:
I do one set of each exercise to failure, with the exception of bodyweight exercises, of which I do one set number, adding to those numbers as I'm able to. I begin each exercise with a related isometric.
Rather than doing my upper body exercises in segments - chest-shoulders-back, arms, forearms - I have mixed everything up so that I don't get that feeling of finality after each segment. My workouts become just one big workout that ain't over 'til it's over.
I am viewing my arm workouts as pairs of exercises - a triceps exercise / a biceps exercise. This is how I will list them below.
I am doing one forearm exercise in between each of my body and arm exercises. I am not going to list them here, as they are the same forearm exercises shown in post #1 on my log.
Mon-Wed-Fri - Upper Body - 40 minutes:
I begin with grip exercises and then go from there.
1. Wall Triceps Kickbacks / Fat Bar Dumbbell Hammer Curls
2. Hook Chest Press
3. Hook One-Arm Triceps Extensions / Biceps Curls with Resistance Bands attached to a weighted Curling Bar
4. Assist Wide Grip Pullups/Back Rows on Suspension Trainer
5. Hook Underhand Triceps Pulldowns / Fat Bar One-Arm Dangling Screw Curls
6. Hook Cross-Over Shoulder Raises
7. Bullworker Abs and Obliques, Stomach Vacuum
8. Hook Overhand Triceps Pushdowns / Hook Biceps Pulldown Curls
Tue-Thu-Sat - Legs/Aerobics - 30 minutes:
I use my Pro-Form Recumbent Bike. I begin by doing 100 revolutions at the highest resistance setting, Level 16, which is, in essence, a leg press. From there, I drop successively down each resistance level, down to level 11, doing 100 revolutions on each level. It takes about 20 minutes.
Iso Front and Rear Leg Extensions
Wall Calf Raises
Midsummer. This is the time of year when my enthusiasm is bouncing off the walls. My current routine covers everything, and in the mornings I am biting the bit to workout. My routine is set up for six days a week, but every morning I want to do it, and for the past few weeks I've been working out even days a week - upper body one day, legs and aerobics the next. Last Thursday I had my semi-annual physical checkup and my Doctor told me that all of my levels and readings are excellent. He congratulated me on my weight loss.
Here's the routine I've been doing:
I do one set of each exercise to failure, with the exception of bodyweight exercises, of which I do one set number, adding to those numbers as I'm able to. I begin each exercise with a related isometric.
Rather than doing my upper body exercises in segments - chest-shoulders-back, arms, forearms - I have mixed everything up so that I don't get that feeling of finality after each segment. My workouts become just one big workout that ain't over 'til it's over.
I am viewing my arm workouts as pairs of exercises - a triceps exercise / a biceps exercise. This is how I will list them below.
I am doing one forearm exercise in between each of my body and arm exercises. I am not going to list them here, as they are the same forearm exercises shown in post #1 on my log.
Mon-Wed-Fri - Upper Body - 40 minutes:
I begin with grip exercises and then go from there.
1. Wall Triceps Kickbacks / Fat Bar Dumbbell Hammer Curls
2. Hook Chest Press
3. Hook One-Arm Triceps Extensions / Biceps Curls with Resistance Bands attached to a weighted Curling Bar
4. Assist Wide Grip Pullups/Back Rows on Suspension Trainer
5. Hook Underhand Triceps Pulldowns / Fat Bar One-Arm Dangling Screw Curls
6. Hook Cross-Over Shoulder Raises
7. Bullworker Abs and Obliques, Stomach Vacuum
8. Hook Overhand Triceps Pushdowns / Hook Biceps Pulldown Curls
Tue-Thu-Sat - Legs/Aerobics - 30 minutes:
I use my Pro-Form Recumbent Bike. I begin by doing 100 revolutions at the highest resistance setting, Level 16, which is, in essence, a leg press. From there, I drop successively down each resistance level, down to level 11, doing 100 revolutions on each level. It takes about 20 minutes.
Iso Front and Rear Leg Extensions
Wall Calf Raises
. Just keep doing what You're doing. I like the Pro-Form Recumbent Bike routine You have going.
