Tuesday 22 November 2011

Upper body: Heavy weight

Haven't done much horizontal pulling recently, so I threw in 2 routines today.

Dumbbell row - 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 per arm
70, 75, 80, 85, 85 (4)

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Push press with 2 second hold - 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 (from rack)
75, 85, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115 (1)

I think this is a PR for my push presses. I felt like I got a lot of power from my hips today, which helped a lot. I certainly felt in control of the movement. I videoed the first 2 sets, but when I checked my camera during my second rest break, I realised you can only see me from the shoulders down! Pretty useless, but I couldn't find a way to set up the camera at a better angle, so I didn't bother to record any more sets.


The bar could be on elastic attached to the ceiling for all this video shows!

I'm not sure if it made any difference to this routine, but I wore flatter soled shoes today, not my usual running pair. That may or may not have affected my stability.

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C2B chin-ups - 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
20, 22, 25, 27 (4), 27 (4)

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Cable row - 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
130, 140, 150, 160, 170 (4)

Never hit 4 reps at 170lb before - only 2 last time - so I'm pretty pleased with this.

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