Got home from school late last night and hit the sack! A 3 hour lecture about supply chains puts you to sleep ya know?
Yesterday was shoulders.... but.
I read this article where this guy would do let presses with reps like this :
50/40/30/20/10/10/20/30/40/50
I thought well that looks very challenging. But squats would be tougher. You pick a light weight on 50 reps but one that you can't do unbroken. On most of the sets i'd get like 10-25 initial reps then it would be like 3.... 3.... 2... 3. Gasp for air, squat. You get muscle failure probably 10 + times in single sets. After a set with high reps, the lower set weight MUST be higher, and vise versa.
Minimal rest at first. We're talkin a minute or less. Can go past 2 minutes on much later sets, you will need it. After like set 3 I realized what I'd gotten mysef into and my mind was saying man, just do 5x5 squats. This is torture. If I ever want to quit something, I know that, no matter what, even if I puke, I gotta do it. The way I see it, each time you try to talk yourself into quitting, it's because you are challenging yourself at a new level.
Shoulder strength clearly is up since last week. I used to lift in school and never worked back, shoulders, or legs because I was a dumbass lifter. So they are lagging
Squats : 50 x 90 lbs / 40 x 100 / 30 x 110 / 20 x 135 / 10 x 165/ 10 x 165 / 20 x 135 / 30 x 105 / 40 x 90 / 50 x 70
Smith Machine Shoulder Press: 5 x 70 / 5 x 90 / 5 x 110 / 4 x 120 / 5 x 110 / 4 x 100 / 2 x 90 Drop set
Seated Lat Raise: 12 x 25 / 8 x 35 / 10 x 25 / 8 x 30
Bent Over Reverse Fly: 12 x 30 / 10 x 40 / 10 x 40/ 10 x 40
Seated Dumbell Front Raise: 12 x 15/ 10 x 17.5 / 10 x 15 / 10 x 12.5
Seated Lat Raise Straight Arms: 12 x 12.5 / 10 x 12.5 / 12 x 10
Upright Row : 8 x 90 / 10 x 80 / 8 x 80 / 8 x 70
Barbell Shrug : 10 x 200 / 8 x 225 / 8 x 225 / 10 x 210
Barbell Shrug Behind back: 8 x 200 / 10 x 180 / 8 x 180 / 10 x 170
Rear Delt Machine: 10 x 145 / 8 x 135 / 8 x 125
Shoulder Press Machine: 3 sets of 10-12 reps, didnt get weights
I ran a mile and stopped after because my ankle was hurting quite bad.
The squat routine took just under an hour. I looked like I jumped into a pool with me clothes on and there was a puddle of sweat under the squat rack.
My legs are more sore from that than the 2.5 hour leg workout I did Tuesday. And dont get me wrong I worked my ass off on Tuesday
Today is Back, arms, abs. Cardio unlikely, it should be a long workout.
Thanks yall