Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of May 18, 2020.

Tags

Abs, Exercise Bands, full body workout, healthy living, Legs, Pilates, Upper-Body, Yoga

Wow! Can you believe how fast time flies. This last week was a blur. This happens when I am focused on what I want and execute. This week, we’ll revisit the 5MHW. Here is my workout for the week.

• Monday – Abs
• Tuesday – Legs
• Wednesday – Upper body
• Thursday – Pilates
• Friday – Yoga
• Saturday – Full-body workout (extension bands)
• Sunday – off

Have a great week, folks!

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of March 30, 2020.

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Abs, Back, Biceps, Calves, Cardio, chest, Exercise Bands, Hamstrings, Lower Body, Quads, triceps, Upper-Body

OK, folks. Here is the lockdown workout for the week.

Monday – Wednesday – Friday – Upper Body workout (exercise bands).

Tuesday – Thursday – Saturday – Lower Body workout (exercise bands).

If weather permits, I’ll get some walking in for cardio. If not, I’ll be using the family supine bicycle.

If you are having a hard time with transition to the home for your workouts, check out YouTube. There are hundreds of them. You can also check out Bodybuilding.com for more ideas. Kagedmuscle.com is also a great site for home workouts, but I’ll warn you, this site is for senior/experienced lifters. The workouts are brutal. I have warned you. HaHa!!

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of February 23, 2020

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Cardio, Dad, gym, Lower Body, Mom, Upper-Body, Weights, workout

Hey, folks!

I’m still working through the Labrada trainer. All-systems go!

This week, my Dad will join me in the gym. He’s 82, but he needs the extra exercise now that he has completed his physical therapy. He has improved dramatically and his balance is better than it was at the start.

He’ll join me on Tuesdays and Thursdays with Mom. The rest of the week, I’ll be hitting it on my own.

Same schedule as before:

• Mon – Wed – Fri – Upper Body
• Tue – Thu – Sat – Lower Body
• Sunday – Rest day (Do nothing day)

Have a great week!!

See you at the finish line…

Dave

 

 

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of February 9, 2020

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Cardio, Exercise, gym, healthy living, Home Gym, Lower Body, Upper-Body, Weightlifting

Hello there!

Here’s this week’s workout routine.

This week, due to the crazy weather in Michigan, my workout will follow an upper, lower, cardio routine at the gym or in my home, pending on weather.

Monday – Lower

Tuesday – Upper

Wednesday – Cardio

Thursday – Lower

Friday – Upper

Saturday – Cardio

Sunday – Day Off (Yoga, Pilates, light work)

Have a great week folks!

See you at the finish line.

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Routine – Week of September 30

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6-day split, Cardio, healthy living, HIIT, Lower Body, Pilates, Upper-Body, Weights

We are moving into a 6-day split this week. This is the routine this week:

• Monday Upper Body
• Tuesday Lower Body
• Wednesday Upper Body
• Thursday Lower Body
• Friday Upper Body
• Saturday Lower Body
• Sunday Day Off

My AM workout will be a 5-minute HIIT session. My Afternoon will be weights on the above schedule. My early evening workout will be a Pilates session.

Have a great week everybody!

See you at the finish line!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Log – Upper Body

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Bodybuilding, healthy living, Progression, Upper-Body, When to increase

Happy Saturday!

Today, I finally hit a peak on the Incline bench. I also started feeling some degradation of my form so some of my exercises will stay where they are next workout. I hope everyone is having a great Saturday! My sister is coming over to visit, so Netflix is turned on and ready.

Today’s workout:

Incline Barbell Bench Press warmup: 110×18; 130×12; 150×10

Working sets: 160×6; 180×6; 200×1 (need to back this down a bit next workout)

Barbell Curls: 65×6; 75×6; 85×6 (still strong increase)

Close Grip Bench Press: 135×6; 145×6; 155×6 (still strong increase)

Alternating Dumbbell Curl: 30×6; 35×6; 40×6 (started to feel it at 40×6, one more increase)

Triceps Pushdown: 72.5×6; 80×6; 87.5×6 (still strong increase)

Ab Circuit (All exercises are done once without rest, then the circuit starts again)

Crunch Machine 10-12 reps: 130×12; 140×12; 150×12 (still strong increase)

Ab Bench: x12; x12; x12 (same)

Hanging Leg Raise:  x12; x12; x12 (same)

I included notes on this workout so you can see how I progress and make decisions about what to do next workout. I hope this is helpful to some of you.

See you tomorrow!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Workout Log

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Cardio, Reps, Upper-Body

Today’s workout was a non-template workout, but a good one. Since I’ve completed Week 1, Phase 2 of the Shortcut to Size Workout, I decided to do some weight-lifting, but for cardio purposes on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was upper body, targeting the back, shoulders, chest, biceps, triceps, and forearms.

Today’s workout:

• Wide Grip Pulldowns 4 x 30
• Seated Rows 4 x 30
• Dumbbell Press 4 x 30
• Dumbbell Flyes 4 x 30
• Smith Rack Shoulder Press 4 x 30
• Smith Rack Shrugs 4 x 30
• Cable Tricep Pushdowns 4 x 30
• Dumbbell Seated Tricep Extensions 4 x 30
• Cable Curls 4 x 30
• Preacher Bench Curls 4 x 30
• Dumbbell Forearm curls 4 x 30
• Only 15-30 seconds between sets; 1-2 minutes rest between exercises.
• Got in a great sweat and the gym was empty–LOVE IT!!!

Macros from yesterday:

Carbs 231g; Protein 242g; Fat 108g All below my thresholds–Awesome!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend. I’ll post my lower body cardio workout tomorrow when I’m back from the gym!

Until tomorrow!!