Friday, June 30, 2006

Snatch Grip Deadlifts:

50kg x 3
70kg x 3
90kg x 1
80kg x 3

A1. Back squat
1 x 15 @ 70kg, 1 x 12 @ 70kg, 1 x 8 @ 70kg

A2. Romanian deadlift
1 x 12 @ 80kg, 1 x 10 @ 80kg, 1 x 8 @ 80kg

Military Press Max attempt:

Warm-up: 16kg + LB x 1 - 1 minute rest - 16kg + LB x 1
Max Attempt: 16kg + Red Band x 1 !!! = PR, 32kg x 1 Fail.

Curl Max Attempt:

Warm-up: 26kg + LB x 3 - 1 minute rest - 26kg + LB x 3
Max Attempt: 30kg + LB x 4 !!! = PR

5x
[Press w/ 16kg + LB x 1
Curl w/ 26kg + LB x 3]

NOTES:
-Snatch Grip Deadlifts were done using wrist straps
-Romanian Deadlifts were done using wrist straps
-Romanian Deadlifts were way too light.
Next time I will use 6kg more on the squats and 10kg more on the RDL's.
-I got the idea to superset RDL's and Back Squats from Christian Thibaudeau's
'Hollywood Muscle' Workout(scroll down and you'll find it)
-This 'leg day' will be added to my workout schedule, either as a 4th day, or as an addition to an existing workout, making it slightly longer in duration.
-The reason for the sudden addition of wrist straps is because I have always been annoyed that I couldn't go heavy enough on Snatch Grip Deadlifts to get the FULL benefit out of the movement. SGD's also put a great deal of stress on your grip:
"For sets calling for three or more repetitions, you may want to use wrist straps. This prevents the isometric strength-endurance of your gripping muscles from being the limiting factor in overloading the posterior chain and your quadriceps." Charles Poliquin, Explosive Neural Drive
-As far a RDL's are concerned, using straps is just a nice plus. And don't worry, I'm not planning on putting grip training aside either ;-)

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