I just wanted to send a quick thank you to Chad Waterbury.
After a two-year layoff (off and on lackluster training at best) I decided to throw myself back into strength and conditioning full-force (as in I opened a small training facility for athletes). I thought if I was going to talk the talk to the youth athletes that I work with, I better walk the walk a little too. So…
I have a pretty full schedule with a full-time job and a gym to run, so I don’t have a lot of time for training and I decided that from everyone’s rave reviews I would try ABBH because it is quick and hard-hitting.
I did two full rounds of ABBH and here is what I came up with in terms of results:
Added about 5 lbs of lean mass
Lifts before:
Bench-215lbs
Deadlift-400lbs
ATG Front Squat-242lbs
Lifts after:
Bench-255 lbs
Deadlift-440lbs
ATG Front Squat-297lbs
New Goals:
Bench 275
Deadlift 455
Front Squat 365
Narrowly missed 265 bench, and 308 squat.
I know these are hardly impressive #'s but the improvement over 6 weeks was superb (in my opinion), and I was really happy with the #'s considering the lengthy layoff. I loved the ball-busting progression in the 5X10 days, and it really reminded me of the importance of quality work (rather than just going through the motions) and tested my mental strength.
Exercise selection that I used was this
Day 1:
Incline dumbell press
Bent-over rows
Day 2:
Front Squats
Standing calf raise
Med-Ball toe touch
Day 3:
Chin-ups
Dips
Day 4:
Deadlift
Hanging leg raise
seated calf raise
X3 weeks (approx)
In short, simple (but challenging) and effective. Plus I didn’t have to plan it myself.
So, to Chad Waterbury a huge thank-you. You helped me in getting it back together and will make me a better coach to my youth athletes.
Have a great day all,
Jackson