So today was another leg day with emphasis on the back of the legs...hamstrings, glutes, and calves. Warmed up the "hammies" with some leg curls. We did them Russian style...I don't know where the name came from but it is when you perform 10 sets of 10 reps with a given weight throughout a specific exercise. We usually do Russian sets on bench press...using 225lbs for 10 sets X 10 reps. I can honestly say I get up to the 7th set on this one and I am struggle to get out 6-8 reps.
Today we came up with the idea of doing leg curls that way. Starting with the weight at 180lbs on the seated leg curls for the first 5 sets then increasing to 200lbs on the last five. We "supersetted" the curls with Abductions and Seated Calf Raises. Then proceeded to straight leg deadlifts starting with 135lbs for 10 and finishing with 275 for 6 reps and supersetted them with Hip Extensions on the Freemotion Hamstring machine and Freemotion Soleus Calf Raises, which remains me....Freemotion is one of the best machine brand for resistance training. I used to be a huge fan of Hammer Strength but Freemotion blows Hammer Strength out of the park because of the stabliziation aspects.
Nutrition-wise it was a great day...I still need to find a way to eat more protein, I am trying to be as close to 300g a day, but it is very tough.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
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yea, we have that Freemotion over here too...I usually alternate my shoulder workouts with that and guerrilla presses, aka the Ultimate Warriors...
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