Gym routines

Here are my actual gym routines for each body part.  I follow the old Dorian Yates training schedule of 2 on 1 off training roughly every 6 days.  Sometimes I do take the 7th day off too depending on how my body feels and how easily I can detach myself from what I am doing on that seventh day.  I also do a hybrid of Dorian’s HIT and of course Hany Rambod’s FST-7 program.  Also I stretch for roughly 10 minutes before I hit the weights and also do about a 5 minute warm-up on a treadmill or bicycle.  Do not have to go balls to the wall with the equipment for those 5 minutes.  You are just trying to get blood flow going in the body.  

Every so often I will post this routine back up, but I will never post it with weights since I am not a weightlifter.  I am a bodybuilder who uses the weights to build my body.

Day 1–Chest/Biceps

Incline DB Presses (alternate with Hammer Strength Incline)

2×12 (warm-ups)

1×8 (normally to failure if I have a training partner that day or rest pause with negatives for a couple extra reps bringing my total to 12)

Incline DB Flyes

2×12 (warm-up)

1×8

Pec Dec or Cable Crossovers

1×12 (wu)

1×10

Machine Bench Press

7×12 (use roughly 75-80% of total wight)

Hammer Curls (also focus on forearms)

2×12(wu)

1×10

Barbell Curls w/camber bar

2×12

1×8

Seated Incline Curls

1×12 (wu)

1×12

Spider Curls

7×12

Day 2 Legs (On leg day I will split the legs into Quads and then Hams.  Between the muscle groups I take about a 10 minute break to allow my legs to rest and take in some much need BCAA’s to get some fuel back into my body)

Quads

Leg Ext 

3×12 (wu)

1×12

Leg Press

2×12 (wu)

2×10

Machine Squats (I normally will use a machine for squats since leg days I am by myself)

3×12 (wu)

1×12

Leg Ext (one legged)

7×12

Hams

Seated Leg Curls

2×12 (wu)

1×12

Lying Leg Curls

2×12 (wu)

1×12

Stiff Legged Deadlifts

1×12 (wu)

1×12

One Leg Curls

7×12

Calves

Standing

7×12

Seated

7×12

Day 3 off (cardio only this day)

Day 4 Shoulders/Triceps

Side Delt Raises (I do these first to stress the delts out since they are fresh)

2×12 (wu)

1×12

DB/Machine Presses

2×12 (wu)

1×10

Front Raises

1×12 (wu)

1×10

Machine side raises or English raises (I alternate them)

7×12

Rear Delts

Rear DB

2×12 (wu)

1×10

Reverse Pec Dec 

1×12 (wu)

1×10

High Pulls

7×12

Shrugs

DB side shrugs 

2×15

DB Front Shrugs 2×15

Triceps

Alternating pressdowns 

2×40 (wu)

1×40

One arm pressdowns

2×12 (wu)

1×10

One arm db raises

1×12 (wu)

1×10

Tricep Pressdowns

7×12

Day 5 Back

Wide Grip Pull Ups

4×12 (bodywieght)

Underhand Grip Pulldowns

2×12 (wu)

1×10

One Arm Row

2×12 (wu)

1×10

T-Bar Row or Underhand Barbell Row

1×12 (wu)

1×10

Deadlifts (every other week)

2×10 (wu)

1×8

Low Pulls (hold each rep for a count of two)

7×12

Day 6 Off

Day 7 repeat workouts (or take it off if your body needs it)

 

290 Days and counting

Well my diet has officially kicked in today and it is going well, but they always go well on the 1st day.  It is when I get to the 8th week that is when I will know how much I really want this show.  I am about to get a new gym home about 15 minutes from home so that will be awesome.  They cater to bodybuilders (most of the owners are actual competitors).  I will be making some changes to my workouts on top of my new keto diet.  I will be going back to my go ole stand by HIT/FST-7 hybrid workouts.  I will post them up when I get the chance.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a great New Years.

It is finally Wednesday

Sometimes the start of the week brings excitement, but lately for me it has been a rather hard thing. Not that I don’t want to go to work, but it seems like the weekend starts and then is over in a blink of the eye.  But no matter who you are everyone looks forward to Wednesday since it signals that the work week is half over. Which honestly is really nice this week.

I’ve been rather blah lately and just have not been overly enthusiastic when I get up in the morning. Cardio is always done and if I am working out that evening my routine is planned and I have begun to visualize every exercise and rep I will do.  Just need to find my small sliver of motivation for this week.

A day well done

Well today was a good day for me. I truly feel like I took a step forward in my goal. Tomorrow though is another say I can derail myself.

I have cardio in the morning and then after work I have legs to end my “workout week”. Seeing as my day 1 falls on a Friday like I said in another post. Below is workout for today. Today was shoulders.

Side lateral raises 3×12,10,8
DB Presses 4×12,12,10,8
Front raises 3×12,10,8
Machine presses 7×12

Rear db raises 3×12,10,8
Reverse pec dec 3×12,12,10
High pulls 7×12

Side shrugs 7×12 (traps get a lot of work in other bodyparts so I just do 7’s)

Alright time for bed.

Monday Mornings

To say I hate Monday mornings is an understatement. Though my wife hates them more. It is the start to the work week and also it is the ending of my workout week.

Thats right my day one for workouts is actually Friday. If you follow the work week that is great, but sometimes things don’t always go your way and you have to modify the schedule. Plus I enjoy having a different schedule. I still follow a 2 day on 1 off (I will normally take 2 days off in a row to recover between legs and back).  My off days are Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday. I still do cardio those days, but I always appreciate my days off.

Well time to finish getting ready for work.

Countdowns

Sometimes a simple countdown can hold big things in it. Today I downloaded a countdown app for my phone to remind me of how many days I have officially left till the Texas State show in October of next year.

Now that seems pretty stupid, but as with everyone in this country now a days no one seems to have enough time in the day to remember everything. So I assisted myself with the app. As of today I have 307 days left. That means I have roughly 305 days (since the athletes meetings are always on Fridays I will also not count that) to improve on what I did the day before. That is one of the biggest things I have to remember about this show. Yes I will be judged against others, but I will judge my journey internally also.

Did I improve every day? Did I do enough that day to make a gain? Did I eat everything on my diet or did I slack off that day? Those are the tough questions you have to ask yourself if you want to be a bodybuilder. It is my goal to write in my blog everyday for the next 307 days to not only hold myself accountable, but to also talk about the struggles I go through as I prepare for my show.

So here goes nothing and I’m jumping into the deep water. I’ve never sank before and not going to start now!!!!

Quiet Sunday

Well here were again. Another Sunday evening and I am ready for meal 5 already. Going to not lie wanting to just have crap, but I’ve done well since restarting my training full blast. I’m actually looking forward to cardio tomorrow morning.

Been trying out the preworkout stuff that Jay is advertising. Got the thermo also and will let you know how it goes in a few weeks. Love that it is a single pill a day. Going to be picking up the Block HD next for post workout.

Diet has been at roughly 90% everyday. Sometimes I do fall off track at dinner time after I workout. May have to shift one of my 3 carb meals to dinner to make sure I am getting all the proper macros in to build myself up. Also going to start the EXT Sports Test product also soon. Need to get my body rocking on all cylinders!!!!