Monday 4 June 2007

Back and biceps

It was far too sunny and pleasant a day on Saturday to spend two hours of mid-afternoon in the gym, so I missed this week's Wu Shu Kwan class. I made up for it on Sunday, though, by really hammering the weights:

ExerciseWarmupSet 1Set 2Set 3
EZ Barbell Curl12×10kg12×20kg10×25kg8×30kg
Barbell Bent-over Row12×25kg12×35kg10×40kg8×45kg
Cable Straight Backed Seated Row12×40kg12×70kg10×90kg8×102.5kg
Cable Underhand Pulldown12×28kg12×42kg10×49kg8×56kg(+33%)
Dumbbell Hammer Curl12×6kg12×9kg10×10kg8×12kg
Sled Seated Calf Press12×79kg12×106kg10×115kg8×124kg(+27%)


I'm particularly pleased with being able to pull the entire stack, plus a 7.5kg topper on the seated cable row. It does mean I should drop that exercise, though, and go back to dumbbell rows. No pain, no gain.

I also had another go at caning my calves. I reckon they can cope with being trained twice a week; it's been a while since I've ended up hobbling around for three days after overtraining them.

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