Saturday, April 5, 2008

Weekend Warrior!!!

So weekends are my time to travel to different gyms, train, meet new people, and get away from the every day environment and surroundings that I am trapped in Monday through Friday routines. Today I took a trip up to Gold's New Haven, where I haven't been since right before the Nationals, it was nice to be there, it's like being home. That gym is my home, to me that is what bodybuilding is a hard core gym, surrounded by hard core bodybuilders, or people there to bust there ass and accomplish a goal. I went to see my posing coach Kenny Wallach whom is competing this Saturday at the Mets, Kenny is look ripped to the bone, and is going to dominate his classes, hand down..GOOD JOB BRO, LOVE YA! Also PJ and Evan were there, us three are like a trio, everyone always thinks that I am from CT because I am always around there. Fact of the matter is that I went to college up there and lived up there for two years after so I spent 7 years there from the time I was 18-24. I went up there with my buddy Dominick who is getting ready for the Bev and Jr Nationals, he's looking better and better every day, can't wait to see what damage he does this year on the stage. We got a solid arm workout in and got to see the crew in NH which is always a pleasure the Montanari Brothers are the nicest guys you'll ever meet.
So after a long day I came home and checked some emails as I always do I had one from a kid named Andrew Garcia, asking me why I changed my training regime and starting introducing higher volume training in my routines. For those who read my blogs, I felt my body was getting very stubborn so I started doing more reps, drop sets, and super sets to try to get more blood volume in the muscle and try to really stretch the fascia for more muscle growth. He asked me to go over my chest and back routines. I will put what I did this week, but remember I never train the same. These are my routines which I performed this week:
Chest:
Incline DB press- 100 x 15, 110 x 12, 120 x 10 drop set 60 x burn out
Smith Machine Incline press- 225 x 15, 275 x 12, 315 x 10, droop set 225 x burn out
Flat Hammer strength press- (do to shoulder injury I hate machine presses) 225 x 15, 275 x 10, 315 x 10 drop set 225 x burn out
Incline DB flys- 40 x 15, 45 x 15, 50 x12
Pec Dec- 100 x 15, 110 x 12, 120 x 12

Back:
Lat pull downs- 2 warm up sets, 170 x 15, 200 x 12, 230 x 10
Bent over barbell rows-225 x 15, 275 x 12, 315 x 10
One arm DB rows-110 x 15, 120 x 12, 130 x 10
Close grip cable rows- 160 x 15, 180 x 12, 200 x 12
Dead lifts-315 x 12, 365 x 10, 365 x 10 (I usually go heavier and more sets but these were almost at the end of my workout so I was pretty much spent)
Reverse grip pull downs-120 x 15, 140 x 10, 160 x 10

So that was my week as far as chest and back, hope this helps ya Andrew, anyone else has any questions keep sending me emails or just post your comments on here.....Keep growing
Guy

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