Trained hams, calves, and shoulders with Randy Howard at Strength Beyond in Kalamazoo Calves: Standing calf raise: 5x20 Hamstrings: Lying leg curls: 5x10 Worked up to a final triple drop set with the stack plus a 10lb plate, dropped to about 2/3 that weight for another 10 reps, and then dropped about 1/2 of that weight for another 10 reps Stiff leg deadlifts: 3x15 135lb Since I finished my legs EOD routine my weight has shot up dramatically. At one point during the legs EOD program I was in the low 260s. Since finishing the program I'm up into the low 280s....and because of that my lower back is extremely tight/bloated, making it hard to keep my form on these with any kind of weight. Shoulders: reverse pec deck: 4x10-15 I worked up to the full stack plus a 25lb plate for a set of 10 on this Dumbell Presses: 1x15 40s 1x10 75s 1x10 100s 1x10 120s 1x15 100s Felt good on these. I'm really going to start working on bringing my strength back up. I've gone too long allowing myself to train lighter than I should and looking for other ways to increase intensity, but if I'm going to get back on stage at some point I need to quit dicking around with the weights Seated laterals Drop set: 1x10 40s 1x10 20s Drop set #2: 1x8 60s 1x8 40s 1x8 20s Drop set #3: 1x10 40s 1x10 20s Seated smith machine presses: 2x15 225lb Behind the back shrugs (smith machine) 4x15
Hamstrings, shoulders, calves
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