Back and Forearms
Bleary-eyed, I made my way out of the comfort of my bed, eager to get to my back workout.
I was feeling pretty good. I was feeling like today was another one of those "my days".
That’s how I was feeling until I opened the refrigerator door and smacked myself in the face with it.
Maybe I should have stayed in bed a bit longer.
Oh well.
That wasn’t going to stop me from having a great workout and that’s exactly what it was.
Started off with wide grip barbell rows (12,10,8,7,7,5). I managed to add ten pounds on to my personal best.
HUZZAH!!
Up next- wide grip pull-downs (12,10,10,8,6). I wasnt’ sure I was going to enjoy these. I only picked up the lat attachment because it was on sale. I was sure I was going to be too tall for it, but nope. It was all good. The pulldowns really add to my workout.
Moved on to deadlifts (10,8,4,4,4). I added ten pounds on to my best for the last three sets. This was killer.
I finished off my workout with two supersets. Superset #1 was weighted medium grip pullups (6,5,5,4) and close grip pulldowns (10,10,10,9).
Superset #2 was weighted hangs (timed around 18-32 Scoopy-Dooby-Doo’s) and light pullovers (12,12,12,11).
After super set #1 my lats felt like they were on fire. After super set #2 they felt great- like I could go another round.
After some stretching, it was 24 min. on the bike (heart rate at 142 BPM).
FIN
