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Day 1

Flat Presses 3x varying

Pulldowns 3 x ”

Shoulder Press 3 x varying

Rows 3 x ”

Chest Presses 3 x varying

Crunches 3 x

Curls 3 x

Pushdowns 3 x

Calf Presses 3 x

Forearms 3 x

Leg Curls 3 x

Day 2 Rest

Day 3

Repeat total body training with varying rep and set protocols.  I try to pick different exercises than in day 1

Day 4 rest

Day 5

Total body training again. Usually choosing 10-12 various exercises, reps, and sets.

Sometimes I perform the routine in circuit fashion and sometimes I will perform all the required sets per exercise before moving to the next exercise. Generally, rest intervals are limited to 45-60 seconds.

Ooops, I left out leg press, squats, or lunges from the above workout. I always perform at least 3 sets of one of those exercises.

The following is our current training routine.  Not all clients follow this exact routine due to injury restrictions or bio-mechanical limitations.   In that case, we substitute exercises.

Monday

Incline Dumbbell Press 3 sets of as many as possible

Walking Lunges  ”

Dumbbell Rows ”

Shoulder Press ”

Calf Raises ”

Seated Dumbbell Curls ”

Wednesday

Incline Dumbbell Press 3 sets of as many as possible

Pullups ”

Stationary Lunges ”

Dumbbell Shoulder Press ”

Standing Calf Raises ”

Seated Dumbbell Curls ”

Friday

Pushups 3 sets as many as possible

Dumbbell Squats ”

Pullups ”

Lateral Raises ”

Back Extensions ”

Curls ”

Sometimes Crunches

Sometimes we go through each exercise 4 times instead of 3.  The number of reps per set varies depending on the individual.  Very often we have higher rep days and lower rep days.  Training is all about effort and I expect every client to give their best effort daily.  All of them do very, very well.  In fact, many times I have to hold them back.

I have an awesome group of clients that give it their all .

Thanks guys and gals you are the best!!!

Michael

Last night we had our seminar here at The River.  I wanted to take some time today to give you all an overview of what we covered.

Benefits Of Strength Training

**Strength Training is the only form of exercise that will build back lost muscle.

**With the addition of muscle you will have a faster metabolism which means calories will be less likely to be stored as bodyfat.

Many more benefits see Seminar Notes

**Myths of Strength Training covered: Bulk up myth, defeminization of women, muscle will turn to fat, more is better, and many more.

**8-10 basic movements

1) Chest Press 2) Pulldown 3) Rows 4) Overhead Press 5) Curls 6) Tricep Extensions 7)Squat, Leg Press, Split Squat  Calf Raise 9) Abdominal Crunch

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I really love training with an upper lower set up.  You can perform any set rep set up you like.  You can also workout 3,4,5, or even 6 days per week and not have any recovery issues at least with carry over from day to day. 

Keys to How I set Up this Routine:

1) Choose 6-8 exercises for both upper body and lower body day. 

2) Complete the workout in about 45 minutes. 

3) Perform 3-5 sets per exercise pushing each set very close to failure.

Example Upper Body

Flat Presses 3 sets of 10-20

Pullups 3 sets of as many as possible

Close Grip Presses 3 sets of 10-15

Rows 3 sets of 10-15

Laterals 3 sets of 10-15

Curls 3 sets of 10-15

Posterior Delt Raises 2 sets

Dips 3 sets of as many as possible

Lower Body

Leg Presses 6 sets or Lunges or Squats

Calf Presses 6 sets

Seated Calf Raises 3 sets

Back Extensions 3 sets

Seated Leg Curls 6 sets

Ab Crunches 3 sets

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Today was just a great leg workout and I wanted to share it with you guys. I am exactly 1 year out from my transplant surgery and the knee is getting much better weekly.  We just finished a profile article for Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness that will be out later this year that I am very excited about. 

Here is todays workout:

Leg Presses 8 sets of 50 reps with roughly 400 lbs

Calf Presses with the same weight for 6 sets of 75 reps or so.

Back Extensions for just a couple of sets adding 25 lbs

Seated Leg Curls 6 sets of 10-15 ish reps

Crunches for a couple sets

Going into this workout I wanted to try something new so to do that I decided on high rep work.  Wow, was that a great choice.

Give this workout a try.  The key is not the sets and the reps per se.  The key is the effort you apply.

Truly,

Michael

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