Day 74 - PCT Day 11 INCREDIBLE INTENSITY!!!!!!!!
Today I felt great when I woke up... I felt nice and light and my body just felt great... My muscle shape was looking excellent and vascularity was awesome! I am very happy with the progress being made...
Cardio was excellent today... I started with a 6 mile run on 8.0 mph for 45 minutes... Then I went to the stairclimber for 2.25 miles on level 13 for 15 minutes... I finished with the elliptical for 2 miles on level 8 for 15 minutes... I was feeling good and ready to hit the weights hard today...
So today I wanted to complete all my body parts with the negatives routine I have been doing... This proved to be extremely difficult as back is very tough, especially doing negatives but when I was done, I felt great about what I had accomplished... Today was back and traps and I was determined to work as hard as I possibly could and I did that and more today!
Superset: Lat pulldown (5 second negatives) - 150x10, 150x10, 160x10, 160x10
Lat pulldown - 210x10, 210x10, 210x10, 210x10
Tripleset: Dorsiflexor back extension (5 second negatives) - 225x10, 225x10, 225x10, 225x10
Dorsiflexor back extension - 300x10, 300x10, 300x10, 300x10
Overhead medicine power ball throws - 25, 25, 25
Tripleset: Curl bar high row (5 second negatives) - 70x10, 70x10, 70x10, 70x10
Curl bar high row - 105x10, 105x10, 105x10, 105x10
lower back extension - 45x12, 45x12, 45x12
Superset: Cable cross arm bent arm lateral raise (5 second negatives) - 30x10, 30x10, 30x10, 30x10
Cable cross arm bent arm lateral raise - 50x10, 50x10, 50x10, 50x10
I started off with lat pulldowns... The negatives really shaped my back nicely and I really felt I got a lot out of this superset... It was a nice way to start the workout... It was difficult but very effective...
The next tripleset was the most difficult of the workout... The dorsiflexor back extension machine negatives were tough... They required so much strength and effort to complete but I pushed through them and I was doing a very strong weight on both the negatives and normal exercise... I also added the overhead medicine ball power throws to the set which are always utilized in my back workouts...
Next I did curl bar high rows... The negatives had my traps looking awesome and the normal sets were done at a very high weight and were very effective... I also superset with lower back extensions... This was a great triple set and I was feeling really good after it...
I finished with cable cross arm bent arm lateral raises... The negatives felt really good on this exercise as I could just feel my traps getting more shredded... I love doing bent arm lateral raises this way because it is nearly impossible to cheat and the movement really works the traps nicely... This was a strong finish to a very strong workout...
I really felt like I accomplished a lot today and feel extremely good about implementing this negatives routine into my workout... I feel like it is adding awesome shape to my muscles and definitely adds muscular endurance... I am very happy with the progress being made and am working as hard as I possibly can to make progress everyday!! All feedback appreciated!!