Back + Biceps
Just came back from the gym where I did back and biceps. I was able to do bent over DB rows effectively this week, and have come to the conclusion that I think barbell rows are still better; but I figured I’d give it a try. The DB variation does give a deeper contraction, but still doesn’t provide the feel that the barbell form does. Second, I did seated cable row, which felt effective. Instead of going to traps, I took them out because I might try them on shoulder day, plus since I normally do them in the middle of my back day, I think they may take away from the pump I’m trying to achieve in my lats. I was thinking of doing them at the end of my back routine this week, but decided not to. Instead, I went straight to lat pulldowns, and finished my back with straight-arm pulldowns. Onward to biceps; I did preacher curls, finally I got to use the real preacher curl instead of the machine preacher, because normally the free-weight one is surrounded by groups of guys trying to look cool. Finished with two sets of concentrated curls with drop sets.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Bent DB rows
10×35s
10×50s
2×8x65s
Seated cable rows
3×10x100
Lat pulldown
2×8x120
10×100
12×80
Straight-arm pulldown
10×50
2×12x40
EZ Preacher
10×70
8×70
10×50
12×40
Concentrated curls
2 x (8×20 -> 8×10)
