Daily Ramblings – Bonus Material – My Wife and Her Trophies

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Achievement, Bodybuilding, Cardio, Exercise, healthy living, Persistence, Self-discipline, Weightlifting

My wife and her trophies

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Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Chest and Back

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Back, Bodybuilding, chest, healthy living, Incline, Leverage, Press, Rows

Workout:

Superset 1

Incline Press 1×40; 1×30; 1×20; 1×10; 1×5; 1×5

Leverage Row 1×40; 1×30; 1×20; 1×10; 1×5; 1×5

Incline Press 1×5; 1×5; 1×10; 1×20; 1×30; 1×40

Leverage Row 1×5; 1×5; 1×10; 1×20; 1×30; 1×40

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Delts and Traps

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Arnold Press, Bodybuilding, Delts, healthy living, Presses, Rows, Shoulders, Shrugs, Traps

Here’s yesterday’s workout:

Superset:

Behind the Neck Press 1×50; 1×40; 1×30; 1×20; 1×10

Upright Row 1×50; 1×40; 1×30; 1×20; 1×10

Superset 2:

Arnold Shoulder Press 1×10; 1×20; 1×30; 1×40; 1×50

Shrugs 1×10; 1×20; 1×30; 1×40; 1×50

My shoulders were screaming at the end of this workout.

See you at the finish line!

Dave

 

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Cardio

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Bodybuilding, Cardio, Exercise, healthy living, motivation, Persistence, workout

Workout:

Cardio 20 minutes HIIT

See you at the finish line!!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Chest and Back

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Back, Bodybuilding, chest, Dumbbell Rows, Flat Bench Dumbbell Press, healthy living, Incline Dumbbell Press, strength training

Yesterday’s workout:

Superset 1: 

• Dumbbell Incline Press: 1×50; 1×40; 1×30; 1×20; 1×10
• Dumbbell Bent Over Row 1×50; 1×40; 1×30; 1×20; 1×10

Superset 2:

• Dumbbell Flat Bench Press: 1×10; 1×20; 1×30; 1×40; 1×50;
• Dumbbell Bent Over Row: 1×10; 1×20; 1×30; 1×40; 1×50;

See you at the finish line…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Legs and Abs

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Bodybuilding, Calves, Crunches, Discipline, Hamstrings, healthy living, Planet Fitness, Presses, Quadriceps

I’m finally back at it. It is so easy to blow off the gym and make excuses right?

Here you go:

Superset:

Leg Press 1×50; 1×40; 1×30; 1×20; 1×10; 1×10; 1×20; 1×30; 1×40; 1×50

Calf Press 1×40; 1×30; 1×20; 1×10; 1×10; 1×10; 1×10; 1×20; 1×30; 1×40

Ab Crunch 1×20; 1×30; 1×40; 1×40; 1×50;

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – My New Torture Device

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Achievement, Bodybuilding, Cardio, Exercise, healthy living, motivation, Persistence, Stair Stepper, workout

Today’s workout was interval training. I chose the stair-stepper for this routine’s cardio source.

20 minutes of interval training. 1 minute intense, 2 minutes slow. Great workout and a good sweat!!

See you at the finish line!!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Log – Online Training Programs

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Bodybuilding, Cardio, Diet, Exercise, Health Living, Safety, Taking it slow, Weightlifting

I started the Kris Gethin Hardcore Trainer this week, instead of elevating my last workout routine with cardio. I’m glad I did. This workout is awesome!

This routine is a 5-day split, coupled with 2 cardio sessions each day. This week is 20 minutes, but next week and the following weeks will increase by 5-minute increments. Cardio has always been one of my weaknesses and I look forward to improving my cardiovascular fitness over the next 8 weeks.

I wanted to address the importance of following a workout, but keeping it personal. The reason I stress this is because you may not have the same equipment available in your gym or you may not have the ability to do a particular exercise a certain way because of a previous injury.

Follow the workout as best you can, but always treat these routines as yours. I workout to stay in shape. I’m not looking to compete at a show or anything like that. I like to gain strength and improve my cardiovascular fitness, but feeling good is the primary goal of my workout routine.

If deadlifts, for example, won’t work because of a previous back injury or something like this, you can always substitute the exercise for something else. Exacerbating an injury or trying to do something you just can’t do is ridiculous. Do the best you can and always consider your personal safety and health a prime consideration when using someone else’s routine. Remember: Most of these online trainers have more than a decade of experience working out. If you are just starting out, or in your first year or so, don’t try to do all of the things these workouts require.

I was talking to an old Army buddy of mine recently. He hasn’t worked out in quite a while. He wants to get back into it. I cautioned that he should make a gradual start. You can’t begin a program like this if you have not worked out in a few years. The same goes for any of you.

I’ve been working out for the bulk of my life. I’m no Spring chicken, but I can hold my own in the gym. It’s better to make slow and steady progress instead of trying to bite off more than you can chew and getting injured. Injuries will stop your progress in its tracks. Be careful!

I also cannot stress the importance of diet when you are beginning any workout routine. You have to eat and hydrate! A program like this will kill you if you are not eating, supplementing, sleeping, and hydrating. Weightlifting is a taxing enterprise.

Take your time, when beginning a new routine. Warm up, stretch, and follow the form of the exercises as best as you can. Most gyms will have a local trainer available. If you have any doubt about how to use a machine, ask someone to show you. Some of these machines bite!

You also need to really control the weights you are working with. If you are jerking the weights, using crazy body movements to get a dumbbell or barbell up, you are probably using way too much weight. Back it down and really control the movement as you perform the exercise. I see people everyday using improper form, jerking weights, and dread the day they tear or dislocate something. It is not worth it.

That’s it for today! I hope all of you are getting to the gym or getting exercise daily. It really makes a huge difference in your mental outlook, your self esteem, and sets you up for success in many areas of your life, if not all of them.

Until next time…

Dave

 

Daily Ramblings – Workout Diary – Back and Biceps

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Back, Biceps, Bodybuilding, healthy living, Self-discipline, self-improvement

Hey there!

I wanted to give everyone an update. I just started a Kris Gethin workout and it is terrific! I won’t give any details, but if you are interested in getting in some very intense metal work, hit him up at: www.kagedmuscle.com.

Today’s workout was back and biceps. Here’s the breakdown:

Bent over Barbell Rows

Lat Pull Downs

Reverse grip Lat Pull downs

Deadlifts

Shrugs

Alternating Dumbbell Bicep Curls

Preacher Curls

That’s it for today folks!

See you next time…

Dave

 

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Full body workout

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Bodybuilding, Exercise, full body workout, healthy living

Today was a different workout. I felt really energized and instead of doing my one body part I knocked out a full body workout. I started with legs and worked all the way down to abs. Here’s the routine.

• Machine Leg Presses
• Machine Leg Extensions
• Machine Seated Leg Curls
• Machine Calf Presses
• Machine Bench Press
• Machine Lat pull down
• Machine Shoulder Press
• Machine Bicep Curls
• Machine Dips
• Machine Ab Crunch

I worked each exercise with 3 sets, with 20 reps per set. This is a high-rep week. I hope this provides you with a good idea of what to do with a full body workout, when you’re feeling really good going into the gym.

Until next time..

Dave