Day 17-Bowling Balls
Today’s workout was the start of a new phase which I’ve dubbed "Symbols of Power" meaning the symbols of power in society represented by the various body parts. For instance, big arms, big chest, wide shoulders.
So the first symbol I chose was big arms. So for now I’m focusing on arm training as a part of my other workouts. And today’s workout featured shoulders and arms. Each set consisted of a superset of a shoulder exercise paired with either a biceps or triceps exercise. And what I determined matched the various muscle groups most efficiently was pairing lateral lifts with biceps, and pressing motions with triceps (which I think proved to be correct).
Therefore I began a super set of seated side raises w/ seated alternating curls (3×10/10). Then came DB shoulder presses w/ overhead extensions (3×10/10). Next was the Lat Raise w/ BB curls (4×8/8). At this point my shoulders were in constant pain. And I learned how much they come into play when stabilizing the arms during their isolation exercises. Overall I think I nailed the workout pretty well…or maybe it got the best of me.
Next came Behind the Neck Presses w/ French Presses (3×10/10). Following this was a tri-set of the bent lateral raise, DB preacher curls, and DB kickbacks for 3×10/10/10. This was the worst part of the workout, especially considering I already felt physically defeated at this point. Anyways, life goes on and I ended the day with a superset of Cable Curls w/ Pushdowns (with a bar) for 3×12/12.
The supersets have been really gruesome thus far in my training and have proven to be extremely demanding; but whatever it takes to get that perfect physique I’ll do it!!
