Added New Sets
I added a couple more exercises to my upper body workout this morning. I read somewhere that "open arm curls" work either a different part of the bicep or a separate muscle all together, but that it gives your bicep a fuller appearance instead of the ling slender look that my bicep was starting to take, gave it a try and my arms blew up, much fuller and "thicker", though this might be a side effect from the added reps and not the exercise, I don’t know.
I also added a "twisting forearm" exercise on the advice of another fighter. It is a weighted exercise where you stabilize the elbow on your thigh, seated, and twist your hand back and forth, once right and once left being a rep. Seems to really work the stabilizer muscles of the wrist and forearm, I think it will be a good sports specific exercise.
I am also adding a could sets on the cable machines, I can do some really fighting specific stuff in there, it is just a matter of building myself up to it.
I am still sitting at 274lbs as of this morning, I cannot seem to get past the plateau of 270. I am not sure what I am doing wrong and could really use some advice as to whether my diet is shite or the exercise I am doing for cardio is insufficient, I know dropping weight will help me look better and feel better and while I would like to do a cut diet, I don’t believe that to be very healthy or kind to your body, if you have any advice let me know.
I should be back in armour this weekend, I have been doing pell work as much as possible and thought I would be fine, but doing pell work without gauntlets on makes your a freak god with a sword, you put that extra 1-2lbs on each hand and you get sluggish as all hell with sword shots. I started working out with gauntlets night before last, so we will just have to see if I can get myself sped up enough to be effective.
