boricuamason’s BodyBlog

Did shoulders and arms yesterday, took it easy since I had a game at 9:30 and I was playing QB for the first time in a year.  I started with shoulders, seated military press, side raises and upright rows.  Nothing to crazy here just 3-4 sets of 10 and really focusing on my form.  When I got to biceps I decided to slow things down and do 10 slow reps and really squeezing it at the top.  I have to say that lowering the weight and doing it slow gave me a really good burn that I am still feeling.  EZ Bar curl with the wide grip and then alternating d-bells curls both with the same tempo and great results.  I followed the same for tricep pushdowns and I was very satisfied how I felt when I was done.  I think I will try to incorporate this in my workout on a weekly basis.

Our team lost last night, i had some first half jitters and had trouble moving the ball down field but in the second half we scored each time we touched the ball so I’m looking forward to the next game and getting better.

Every time I workout my back I try to get to 50 reps of pull ups, not 50 straight but 50 in total.  The first 30 are fairly easy but those last 20 and killer, I finally was able to get 5 sets of 10 last night.  It’s amazing how a simple movement is very effective in developing your back, when I’m done with the pull ups I do bent over rows and my lats are about done.