Done with break-in

January 21, 2008

I did my last Break-in workout today.  I’m very happy about it.  The only bad (embarrassing) thing about today’s workout is that my grip gave out on the 10th rep of my second set of deadlifts.  Luckily I was on the way down, so it only fell about six inches.  Still, it was pretty loud.  I expected to get a couple more reps in today on the deadlift (I did 15 and 10 last time), but 10 was all I got on the second.  Oh well, I still feel good.

Here are my Workout B stats:

B1:

  • Deadlift: 135×15, 145×15
  •  Step Up: 55×15*, 45×15
  • DB One-arm Shoulder press: 25×15, 25×15*
  • Close Grip Lat Pulldown: 90×15, 120×14
  • Reverse Crunch: 20, 20*

B2:

  •  DL: 165×15, 185×14
  • SU:  45×15, 45×15*
  • SP:  25×15, 25×15*
  • PD:  120×15, 120×10
  • RC:  20, 20*

B3: (I switched the step ups starting with this workout to the cardio alternative mentioned in the book.  I liked them a lot better.)

  • DL:  185×15*, 185×14
  • SU:  45×15, 45×15*
  • SP:  27.5×15, 27.5×15*
  • PD:  120×15, 120×15*
  • RC:  20, 20*

B4:

  • DL:  205×15*, 205×10 + 135×5
  • SU:  55×15, 60×15
  • SP:  30×15, 30×13
  • PD:  120×15, 120×15*
  • RC: 20, 20*

B5:

  • DL:  205×15*, 205×10
  • SU:  65×15, 65×15 ( I didn’t have to pause, but slowed down considerably late in the second set)
  • SP:  30×15, 30×15*
  • PD:  120×15, 120×15*
  • RC:  20, 20

* Indicates I had to pause before one or more reps or I could barely complete the last rep.

It may seem like I didn’t improve much for some exercises because my labeling is kinda misleading.  Let’s take the reverse crunch, for example.  Because of my labeling, it seems like I always completed the first set ok, then struggled with the second set.  While this is true to some extent, the level to which I struggled during the second set was different.  For example in workout B1 I may have had to pause before each of the last five reps, where for B4 I may have had to pause just once over the span of the last five.  I hope that explains it sufficiently.

Well anyway, it’s off to my rest period (the rest of this week) then starting on Fat Loss II.  I’ll be able to sleep an extra hour and a half each day this week.  Woo Hoo!!!

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