Splattered Angst

Finished up week 2 of the 2×15 workout that I found on this site:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/lobliner28.htm

My new workout partner and I have been most impressed with the increases in strength that we have been seeing already just in the last week. I am not as fond of machines as the writers in the above mentioned article, but pushing to 15 reps like that really ramps the intensity - it is almost surprising how just three more reps on a set could make that much of a difference, but it does. I highly recommend it. Got three more weeks of this routine. I have been switching it around on a weekly basis - this past week was reverse mode - doing the workout that had been done the week prior in reverse. This coming week is "switch grip" — same exercises for the most part, just change the grip on each one. The week after that, I am going to take the same exercises and put them in a "push pull" pattern - do back and chest the same day, with the same exercises alternating back and forth between pushing and pulling. We’ll take an extra day off that week, and then the final week, we’ll go back to the original way that I set it up and check on strength increases. Keeping notes on what we have been doing. Pretty stoked about the new workout partner. I have worked out with him off and on in the past, but the last two weeks have been regular and we have plans to keep at this a while. We have the same goal, pack on muscle, and he appears to be motivated to keep at this to achievement. He has even taken me up on some diet advice and has gained a few lbs in the last couple of weeks. Great work ethic and capacity to focus. Not too chatty - business like. I think I’ve made a friend out of him too. NICE!

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