Essential Random Gym Thoughts Revisited...

[xXMASHERXx]

Anybody break their typical routine for a couple weeks to focus on areas that need development? I was thinking about two leg days - one for unilateral movements only to benefit my left leg, and an upper body press day, my pressing movements are weak AF compared to pulling (partly due to a weak wrist).

I typically do a routine that has me hitting everything ar least twice a week so if I feel something is lacking I will add more volume for that specific group. So if my delts are lacking, I will do my normal lifts that are targeting them and add one or two more additional lifts. From what you posted it sounds like you are doing a sort of push/pull/leg routine which you should be hitting legs twice already. Do you use wrist wraps?

 

[PortCityProphet]

Might be getting in my groove again
This time I'm not coming out of it

 

[Son Goku]

Might be getting in my groove again
This time I'm not coming out of it

We've heard this before...

 

[The ADD]

Might be getting in my groove again
This time I'm not coming out of it

Until football season

 

[Son Goku]

Might be getting in my groove again
This time I'm not coming out of it

damn im dead brehs. aint worked out like that in a minute

fukk it imma eat ice cream and fried foods dipped in gravy and get

*Rich Homie Quan voice* "You might talk that life, but you ain't really bout it."

 

[PortCityProphet]

We've heard this before...

And you hearing it again

Until football season

Football season is where I level up.
Watching Alabama football makes me wanna be great

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I typically do a routine that has me hitting everything ar least twice a week so if I feel something is lacking I will add more volume for that specific group. So if my delts are lacking, I will do my normal lifts that are targeting them and add one or two more additional lifts. From what you posted it sounds like you are doing a sort of push/pull/leg routine which you should be hitting legs twice already. Do you use wrist wraps?

Nah, right now I’m hitting full body twice a week since I go to this circuit class 3x week and don’t know what the lifts will be, I needed a routine that would be helpful to supplement that.

And I have some wrist wraps I never use. I’ll try them to see if that helps

 

[xXMASHERXx]

Nah, right now I’m hitting full body twice a week since I go to this circuit class 3x week and don’t know what the lifts will be, I needed a routine that would be helpful to supplement that.

And I have some wrist wraps I never use. I’ll try them to see if that helps

Yeah I wouldn't use them all the time but when you feel like your wrist are giving out on you, throw them on.

 

[I AM WE ARE]

Full body workout today was glorious today
Lamb steaks, eggs for breakfast


Had a @portcityplaya dinner, fresh cut fruit in my pancakes

 

[Koba St]

I’m thinking of bushing incline bench press. I know it’s good for upper chest etc etc, but no matter what I do it keeps fukking my shoulders up and I don’t really want any injury that’ll keep me out of the gym for a long period. I’ll focus on flat bench and look for other workouts that’ll hit my upper chest

I’ll do more warm up and more shoulder warm up and stretching before and after every session.

 

[Koba St]

Just found a great shoulder warm up on YouTube. Will be doing this before after every session

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

farmers walk exercise good for forearms?

 

[The ADD]

farmers walk exercise good for forearms?

To some degree. Definitely helps with grip strength but ultimately it’s an isometric hold so you aren’t moving the muscle through its “growth plane”

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

To some degree. Definitely helps with grip strength but ultimately it’s an isometric hold so you aren’t moving the muscle through its “growth plane”

okay..i hate forearm curls dumbbells

 

[The ADD]

I’m slowly folding it in. I’m down to 3 movements of working sets. Going to run this through the summer on a deficit and see how it goes.

Circling back to this from a timing/length of session perspective. I was able to get in an upper body session this morning in 65 minutes, I hit a little bit of accessory work and abs as a warm up (1-1:30 minute rests in between sets) then moved to three primary movements. On each movement I did a 3x10 warm-up round (1-1:30 minute rests in between sets) before working sets of 3x10 with the three minute rest. He for the most part doesn't program any barbell work as his belief is that it's not optimal for hypertrophy on most movements. With that in play I got a good amount of work in for the hour since I don't have a lot of time to lift now. I'll have to probably modify the approach on legs to a heavier compound for less reps and then higher reps accessory work. I can see where barbell work would lengthen the session greatly FWIW.