3:30 was meaningless this morning since my eyes had been open since 2:00… my brain was on fire and running like a freight train thinking about the routine… The last two days has seen me getting solid rest and the DOMS were preaching me a sermon in my chest…
Today was supposedly shoulders, but I tweaked the routine to throw a little work at my back since the right delt was stilll a little soft and with the mood I was in this morning, I knew I would trash it if I didn’t divert some iron elsewhere…
Quick warmup and stretching and then set up my old school T-Bar… and smiled.
“Okay baby… here we go… slow and easy… feel that pre-load… yeah, thats it… nice and smooth… feel that load against the muscle… feel that blood rushing in for the assist… easy now… get loose and limber… then we will load it…”
I am usually so focused when I do the work that nothing else gets any attention… I could be lifting on Mars surrounded by nekkid little green concubines and I wouldn’t notice…
“Alright… here comes the load… pull… HARD!.. back down… Pull… Pull… Ok, one more… I didn’t ask how many you had left… I said friggin one more… GET SOME!!!”
and so it went… My pulls were pretty solid… the presses? ehhhh… the soft shoulder gets a little unstable under load so I feel my body tweak to protect it… it best get with the program is all I have to say…
Intensity. The secret to building a great back… and character.
Thursday Back at it…
Warmup
Rev Pec Dec - 100 x 30
Pullups - 5, 5, 5
T-Bars - 2P(15), 3P(12), 4P(10), 5P(8), 6P(6)
Superset
Standing Military - 95(15), 95(12), 135(10), 155(6)
Bent BB Rows - 135(15), 185(12), 225(8), 245(4)
Seated Cable Rows - 140(15), 160(10), 180(10), 200(10)
Triset
Side Lat - 25(10), 30(10), 35(8)
Front BB Raise - 45 x 8 x 3 sets
Bent DB Delt - 45 x 8 x 3 sets
BB Shrugs(10) - 2P, 4P, 6P, 8P(Dropset)(6P, 4P, 2P)
HS ISO Press burnouts - 135(15), 185(10), 225(6), 245(4)
sweat fest complete… arms tomorrow and we get to slide slowly into the weekend. Keep it between the ditches gang.