[quote]Matthew9v9 wrote:
What would it take to get a snapshot of a week-in-the-training-life of Professor X?
You mentioned in the Beginner’s forum that your workouts are very brief which enables you to go daily. I’d be interested in reading what you do. Weekly split, exercise, set, reps, and % would be great!
Oh, and have you ever done anything like DJ’s One-Lift-a-Day?
Thanks in advance, either way.
Matthew[/quote]
I don’t even know who DJ is, so no, I haven’t tried his one-lift-a-day. Writing down a weekly split implies that I have my training planned out days or weeks in advance. I used to train like that. I don’t anymore. I am thinking of training chest tonight…because my chest feels rested, I trained back yesterday so no muscles should overlap, and it just feels right.
I used to split my chest into two different days (upper and lower chest) but now that my chest is pretty filled in on top, I now just train it all in one day. I have walked into the gym before, sat on the shoulder press Cybex machine, started the exercise and just felt like the muscle wasn’t rested enough…so I trained another body part that day. I have also driven to the gym before, got into a good parking space and then realized that I didn’t have full energy to train well…so I drove back home.
I know what you’re thinking, “Dear Lord, he doesn’t have a brand name training plan using theories based on the concepts of Russian trainers and, GASP, no super-sets?”
If it sounds chaotic, it isn’t. I know what I trained most recently. I know I trained legs about 3 days ago so I may train them again 2 days from now…or tomorrow if they feel rested and my biceps aren’t tight from training back yesterday. Breaking the body parts into exercises is probably best;
-Chest
HS incline (4 sets working from two plates a side to five plates, the last set ending in 10 reps lately)
HS flatbench (3 sets working from 3 plates a side to 5…I did that for 8 reps last week)
Pec deck machine (however many sets gets enough blood into the area)
-Biceps
Warm up either going really light on the HS curl machine or real light with dumbbells (like 25lbs)
HS curl machine (3-4 sets going up to 4 plates)
Preacher curls (starting with a 45lbs dumbbell and moving up to around 85lbs lately even though I have done more in the past…I am trying to concentrate more on form lately)
Cybex curl machine (last exercise, usually just to get more blood pumped and not for going extremely heavy)
-Shoulders
Cybex plate loaded military press (warm up is real light, working sets go for about 4 sets)
Lateral raises (3-4 sets)
Shrugs (I may start cutting these out because my traps grow fast compared to the work I do for them)
One arm laterals (two exercises for the same muscle group because my focus is on really bringing them out because I don’t believe I have ever seen someone with lateral delts that were too big)
Reverse pec deck flyes for rear delts.
-Back
T-Bar rows (3-4 sets)
Lat pulldowns (3-4 sets)
Upright HS row
Cybex plate loaded Lat machine (again, two exercises for the same muscle group because I am really trying to bring them out as well.
I may do a couple more sets on the lat pulldown last but not going heavy
-Legs
Calf raises (seated and standing, 3sets of each…my calves still fall short but I?m trying)
I believe it is considered a hack press, but it allows you to get into squat position with no back support on a plate loaded machine with pads for my shoulders. I have been doing these lately instead of regular squats simply because I feel it more and can apparently go heavier on it.
Leg press (go up 22 plates over 4-5 sets)
Leg curls (3-4 sets)
Leg extensions (3-4 sets)
That is pretty much it. If you need me to go into further detail, just ask but that is how I train lately.