Day 70 - PCT Day 7
Today I felt great again when I woke up... I had a lot of energy and just an overall really good feeling... A lot of the soreness has gone away that I have been experiencing but I think I have hurt something in my left shoulder a bit... I have done the same thing many times when I lift really heavy on shoulders but hopefully when I start the tb-500 that will help me with it...
Cardio was great today... I started with the elliptical for 8 miles on level 8 for 60 minutes... Next I did 4 sets of up downs, 25 each set... Then I did a butt kick jump circuit... 8 sets of 25 with only 30 second rests in between... I finished with the bike for 3 miles on level 8 for 10 minutes... I was feeling great and definitely ready to hit the weights...
Today was back and traps and I went right after it!
Superset: Cable alternate arm bent arm lateral raise - 40x10, 40x10, 40x10, 40x10
Cable cross arm straight arm rear delt - 55x10, 60x10, 60x10, 60x10
Tripleset: Cable single arm straight arm hammer grip forward lateral raise - 35x10, 35x10, 40x10, 40x10
Standing dumbbell simotaneous back extension - 75x10, 80x10, 80x10, 85x10
Powerball overhead medicine ball throw - 25, 25, 25
Superset: Cable straight arm single arm back pull over - 80x10, 80x10, 80x10, 85x10
Rotary lat - 285x10, 285x10, 285x10, 285x10
Superset: Seated cable back row (5 second negatives)- 140x10, 140x10, 140x10, 140x10
Lower back extension - 45x12, 45x12, 45x12
Seated dumbbell shrugs - 130x10, 130x10, 130x10, 130x10
I started off with some very difficult exercises... The alternate arm cable bent arm lateral raises are no joke at all... It takes a lot of strength and stamina to do those and they isolate the traps so nicely... I got up to 40x10 on these... I superset with cable cross arm rear delts... These are very tough as well and I got up to 60x10 on these...
Next was a triple set... I started with single arm cable straight arm hammer grip forward lateral raises... These were very effective and I will be incorporating these more often... I superset with standing dumbbell back extensions and I got up to 85x10 and my back was feeling really good... I finished the triple set with overhead medicine ball power throws... I did all three sets for 25 each...
Next I did cable straight arm back pullovers and got up to 85x10... I superset with the rotary lat machine... I had to add an extra 35 lb. free weight to the machine and did all four sets at 285x10...
Next was a very difficult exercise... Cable rows with 5 second negatives... These shredded my back and were very effective... I did all four sets at 140 x10... I superset with lower back extensions...
I finished with seated dumbbell shrugs... I did all four sets at 130x10... It was a great finish to a very effective workout...
I am very pleased with the way pct is going... I am one week in now and have held steady at 201... My energy and endurance is just getting better and better and I am feeling really good... I will continue to work as hard as possible to not only maintain my gains but to be able to add to them as well... All feedback appreciated!!