RE: Do you even lift, AF bro?
October 23, 2015 at 10:10 am
(This post was last modified: October 23, 2015 at 10:16 am by SteelCurtain.)
I haven't tried a max workout since I was in college. There really is no reason for it unless you are competing, and there are great ways to test your strength/conditioning without maxing out.
I am all about functional workouts. I do a CrossFit sort of training, focusing on supersets and hitting all the muscle groups and serious cardio in one workout. High rep--low, mostly bodyweight resistance.
ETA: With one exception: there's usually a barbell exercise as the centerpiece.
Power-Cleans - 165#, 5 sets of 8 reps
Clean-Press - 135#, 5 sets of 8 reps
Dead lifts - 315#, 5 sets of 12 reps
Thrusters (basically a trapped clean and press in one continuous motion) - 135#, 5 sets of 8-10 reps
Squats - (in the trap) - 185#, 5 sets of 12 reps
Deep kneed rock squats: 5-7 at a time, in a row.
Each of these exercises will be supersetted, no rest, with 4 other exercises - an abs, a push/pull or two, core, back, chest etc.
I usually do one superset to start, then two supersets back to back, for 5 sets.
I am all about functional workouts. I do a CrossFit sort of training, focusing on supersets and hitting all the muscle groups and serious cardio in one workout. High rep--low, mostly bodyweight resistance.
ETA: With one exception: there's usually a barbell exercise as the centerpiece.
Power-Cleans - 165#, 5 sets of 8 reps
Clean-Press - 135#, 5 sets of 8 reps
Dead lifts - 315#, 5 sets of 12 reps
Thrusters (basically a trapped clean and press in one continuous motion) - 135#, 5 sets of 8-10 reps
Squats - (in the trap) - 185#, 5 sets of 12 reps
Deep kneed rock squats: 5-7 at a time, in a row.
Each of these exercises will be supersetted, no rest, with 4 other exercises - an abs, a push/pull or two, core, back, chest etc.
I usually do one superset to start, then two supersets back to back, for 5 sets.
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