Advanced training techniques
Well folks, I've finally reached a point where typical sets of anything from 5 to 20 reps just isn't giving me the sort of physique response I'm after. I am getting stronger every week - no doubts there, but my training buddy and I are finally at a stage of development that requires higher intensity and more time under tension. I love my meat and potatoes workouts. I love stripping it down to big basics and grinding out more reps at a given weight, then adding a little more weight the next session. The problem is, I've reached a point where that method is more taxing on my connective tissue than my muscle tissue. Here's what we did today for Shoulders and Arms: Shoulder super set: a. Seated overhead press: 5 sets, pyramiding up in weight. 6th set was push presses with a 5 second negative b. Isolation work (either lateral raise, prone raise, or front raise after every set of presses) Biceps superset: a. Incline dumbbell curl: 3 x 8 b. Alternating hammer curl