Saturday, March 7, 2009

Gym Lesson and Upper Body Session

Today's Gym Lesson:
Before you do exercises such as squats and deadlifts for the first time, have someone who is experienced in those lifts show you the proper form. Bad form can lead to injuries. It can also be beneficial to have someone critique your form even if you are experienced; you never know what they may see that you don't. In the next couple of weeks I will be going to I-FAST (Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training) to visit Mike Robertson-a well known strength coach. He is going to tell me how to improve my lifts. Always seek people who are more experienced than you if you want to get better.

On to today's training session:

1a) Wide Grip Pullup 5x5
1b) DB Bench 50x5x6 (new PR!) A couple of months ago I struggled to get the 50's one time

2a) 1 Arm DB Row 55x4x8
2b) Standing DB Overhead Press 30x3x9

3a) Incline DB Curl 20x10/8/7
3b) Parallel Bar Dips 3x11

4) Seated DB External Rotation 7.5x11/11/9

If you aren't doing external rotation work, start now.

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