Started a new 4-week program yesterday and my chest is sore...but today I went in to do squats.
Had to move my workouts up by a few days because I'm going to Vegas on Saturday morning (for UFC 98) and staying for meetings the next week, then off to a Fitness Business Seminar in New Jersey on Thursday through Saturday.
Today I did...
1) Squat - worked up to 355
2A) Pullups
2B) Olympic Squats
3A) Back Extension
3B) DB Triceps Extension
It wasn't a real tough workout because I was playing around trying to find the right weights...next week will be at the right weight...just need to find a good gym in Vegas.
I know the Luxor gym has a squat rack, so I might go there...staying at Planet Hollywood all week though...never stayed there before. Good gym, who knows...
Deadlifts coming up on Wednesday,
Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
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5 comments:
Craig, It is encouraging to see that others have to adjust workout schedules due to travel. You look to be in luck for Planet Hollywood for their gym as it has a state of the art gym including 'free' fruit.
http://www.planethollywoodresort.com/amn_mandara_gym.php but expensive at $25 a day.
Craig - I know in recent months you were "testing" or thinking about whether or not lower numbers of sets (i.e. 2 vs. 3 or 4) could stimulate growth just as much as higher numbers of sets. Any final thoughts on that? Are sets # 3 and 4 a waste of time and energy?
Thanks
Jay
Hey Jay!
Not enough people through the program yet...hard to get enough volunteers to do less!
Craig
I can tell you from my own "experiment" the last 9-12 months that a total body workout 2-3 times per week, 90% supersets (ala turbulence-training), only 2-3 sets and NO intervals outside of the weight training portion, that I am down from 195 to 185, leaner, trimmer, and seem more muscular. I'm in and out of the gym in 30-40 mins. I almost literally lap other guys who are doing a set of bench and then sit around for 5 minutes. When I was doing a true meathead style a couple of years ago, I got tired of feeling "plump"!
Thanks
Jay
great to hear you are sticking to it. I usually just take traveling weeks off but then again you tend to do quite a bit more traveling then I do.
Eric Moss RKC
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