Thursday, June 23, 2011

Week Two - Day Three - Max Effort Upper Body

Thursday June 23,2011

Max Effort Bench Press:

Buy in: Catalyst Standard Warm Up with Pec Mobilization and Pass Throughs

Workout:

Floor Pin Press
:

8 reps at 60%
5 reps at 80%
3 reps at 90%
3 reps at 95%
3 reps going for your max 3

Bent Over Row: 4 sets at 12-15 reps

Incline Bench Press: 3 sets at 8 reps

Barbell Pull Over: 4 sets of 12-14 reps (Form Note: Make sure arms stay bent or this movement can hurt your shoulder blades)

Grip work: Bottoms Up Presses (As many as you can do x 4)

Cast Out: Tabata rows! (20 seconds of rowing, 10 seconds rest) 8 rounds

Homework:
Max Effort Work by Jim Wendler (Note, we work up to a 3RM )

1 comment:

  1. Kat's Numbers:
    Floor Press:
    8 at 55lbs
    5 at 65lbs
    3 at 85lbs
    3 at 95lbs
    3 at 110lbs

    Barbell Bent Over Row: 55lbs
    Incline Bench Press: 65lbs
    Barbell Pull-Over: 35lbs, 15 x 20 x 3 (I changed to focus on form for this exercise, it was hard on my shoulder blades)

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