Wednesday 29 February 2012

Workout of the Day

Today's Planned Workout (W.O.D.)

Chest, Triceps and Shoulders (all "pushing" movements) at Goodlife with minimal rest between sets. I'll superset everything, as I'm a little more concerned with keeping the metabolism up than I am with pushing the MOST weight possible. So, it will look something like this: (With how insanely busy Goodlife always seems to be, I may have to improvise a few of these to make it work)

Flat Barbell Bench Press / Lateral dumbbell Raise: 5 sets of 10 - 15 reps
Incline Barbell Bench Press / Cable Pressdowns: 5 sets of 10 - 15 reps
Smith Machine Military Press / Close Grip Bench Press: 5 sets of 10 - 15 reps
Pec Deck / Reverse Pec Deck: 5 sets of 15 - 20 reps
French Press / Upright Row: 5 sets of 10 - 15 reps

Followed by at least an hour on the stairmill at ~ level 13 / 14, which feels pretty darn close to my anaerobic threshold.This machine gives one heck of a workout. When I first started using it, I could barely last about 40 minutes on it at level 11 or 12. Now I can handle (though it's tough) an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes at level 13 or 14. I sweat like a pig and feel like the calories it tells me I'm burning are actually legit. I guess that's why people like the eliptical so much, you seemingly burn a TON of calories with minimal effort. Those machines overestimate by at least 50% I'd say.