Monday workout

[Guest guest]

Hi,

This morning called for Pyramid Upper Body "up premix" going as heavy as possible. I decided to take it further and do the pyramid up AND down. So basically doing the workout as is, but going as heavy as possible with a 1 minute rest in-between each weight increment.

OK, so this turned out to be not such a good idea. For one, it took me an hour and 10 minutes which is a long time to work JUST the upper body (at least for me anyway) and for two, my arms were completely done by the time I got to the triceps. So I struggled badly through the triceps and biceps. Now, as I sit here and try to type my arms feel just about numb.

I tend to go to extremes sometimes, I swear!!!!

I had to really talk myself into sticking with the workout because after the shoulders I wanted to quit so bad, but I figured I made it that far I only had 2 body parts to go. If I do this again I will definitely break up the workout.

Here's the way it went:

Chest- 20/25/27/25/20

Back- Pullovers- 30/35/40/35/30

double arm rows-20/25/30/25/20

Shoulders- 5/8/10/8/5

Triceps- lying extensions 8/10/12/10/8

seated overhead press- 20/25/30/25/15

I totally lost my strength when I went to the 30's and done about 2 reps and dropped it. When I went back to the 25's I could only do about 4 reps. The 15's were fine, but my arms were done with the heavy weights.

Biceps 10/12/15/12/10

Those weight amounts might not seem to heavy to a lot of you, but my arms were screaming.

The reason I tried the workout this way was because though I was going as heavy as I could with the "up premix" I wasn't feeling that I really worked the muscle to its max even though the weight felt really heavy, But yet this way, I fried myself too much lol what can I say....

I'm ready for you DOMS

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