Tag Archives: bench press

May 6 2013

5.7.13 SWOD

Warmup

Dynamic

  • Dumbbell Bench- 8 sets of 3 explosive reps @ 50-60% 1RM
  • If you’re not sure of your dumbbell 1RM, just choose a weight that is fairly easy to do and allows you to work on movement control and explosiveness.

Volume (add 5-10 lbs to weights used from workout last week)

This is the last week we’ll use this workout for volume day; we’ll be switching it up the movements next week to change it up, keep the muscles guessing.

 Motivation

  • Arnold cruises around the town, comments on everything he sees to hilarious effect.
Apr 29 2013

4.30.13 SWOD

Warmup

Dynamic

  • Incline Bench– 8 sets of 3 @ 50-60% 1RM
    • This weight should feel fairly light. Focus on slowly lowering the bar to your chest and subsequently exploding with full force/velocity on the way back up.
    • Rest 45 seconds between sets

Volume (add 5-10 lbs to weights used from workout last week)

All lifts are the same as last week’s volume workouts; only change is a decrease in the number of reps. Continue to add weight to the exercises. Rest 60-90 seconds between supersets to maximize hypertrophy.

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Motivation

  • This montage of sick clips from the movie “Pumping Iron” set to some BROOTAL Metal should get you out of bed.
  • If you haven’t seen this 1970’s documentary  depicting bodybuilding in its Muscle Beach glory days and starring the man himself, you need to watch the whole thing. Which, thanks to the interwebs, is all on youtube.
Apr 25 2013

4.26.13 SWOD

Warmup

Strength

  • Flat Bench
    • 3 warmup sets, 3 reps each @ 50% 1RM
    • 5 working sets, 3 reps each @ ~85% 1RM (add 5-10 lbs from last week)
  • Pendlay Rows– 5 sets of 5, heavy weight, but don’t go to absolute failure
  • For both of these exercises, rest at least 3 minutes between working sets.

Conditioning

This week we’ll be hitting the bench hard again, this time lowering the rep count to three. Plan on increasing the weight from last week by at least 5 lbs. Or 10 lbs if you’re feeling frisky. Substitute jumping jacks for the DU if you don’t have a jump rope.

Motivation

  • This video is actually motivating as shit. Fire it up before entering the Sanctuary of Swole, and you’ll get that adrenaline going and the blood flowing down below the belt (if you namsayin).

 

 

Apr 22 2013

4.23.13 SWOD

Warmup

Dynamic

  • Flat Bench– 8 sets of 3 @ 50-60% 1RM
    • This weight should feel fairly light. Focus on slowly lowering the bar to your chest and subsequently exploding with full force/velocity on the way back up.
    • Rest 45 seconds between sets

Volume (add 5-10 lbs to weights used from workout last week)

So the only modification from the workout last week was increasing the number of sets on the last two supersets. I’m going to plan on changing volume workouts up ever three weeks. Some consistency is beneficial, just make sure to increase the weights by 5-10 lbs on each movement.

Again, rest 60-90 seconds between supersets and choose moderately heavy weights while still maintaining perfect form.

Motivation

  • Comin’ atcha again with another classic from BroScienceLife, indubitably the best Youtube channel besides “Life According to Jimmy.”
Apr 12 2013

4.12.13 SWOD

Strength

  • Flat Bench Press
    • 3 warmup sets, 5 reps each @ 50% 1RM
    • 3 working sets, 5 reps each @ 80% 1RM (rest 3-4 minutes between working sets)
  • Bent over Barbell Row– 5 sets of 5, choose a relatively heavy weight but don’t go to failure. Rest 3-4 minutes between sets.

Conditioning

Sub jumping jacks for DU if you don’t gots a jumpy rope. Seriously though, just buy a jump rope.

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This is pretty much the ideal Friday workout. First you throw up a ton of weight on the bench press, then you immediately get a get a case of pump fever from the conditioning workout. Head to the Baby Gap afterwards, get yourself a sick smedium shirt, then hit the club.

Motivation

  • I’ve got to go with my main man, Dom Mazetti, coming through in the clutch once again. Dom explains the relationship between lifting and drinking, eloquently intermingling #broscience, hilarity, and truth.

Apr 9 2013

4.9.13 SWOD

Dynamic

  • Flat Bench– 5 sets of 3, 60-70% of 1RM (flat bench), explosive
  • Dumbbell Bench Press– 1 set of max reps @ a weight that you can get 15-20 reps on

Conditioning

Maintain strict chin-up form, no flailing. Touch your NEEPLES to the bar to complete a rep.

If you don’t have a jump rope, sub 30 jumping jacks or 12 box jumps (lower box, focus on exploding from calves).

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Motivation

  • NFL combine rep record from a couple years ago.

Apr 2 2013

4.2.13 SWOD

Dynamic

  • Flat bench– 5 sets of 3 explosive reps (50% of 1RM)
  • 1 set of max reps (185#)- as many reps as you can do without going to complete failure
  • Choose a weight for max reps that you know you can do 15-20 times

Conditioning

  • 5 rounds– 5 strict pull-ups, 8 diamond push-ups, 15 curls (5 lower range of movement, 5 upper range of movement, 5 full range of movement– a la 21’s, 65#), 12 box jumps
  • Prescribed rest (b/t rounds): 30 seconds

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Motivation

  • This picture really spells out a universal truth. We all have to look out for each other.

Mar 29 2013

3.29.13 SWOD

Strength

  • Work up to a 5 rep max in Bench Press
  • Do 5 sets of 5 Pendlay rows (fairly heavy but do NOT go to failure)
  • Take 3-4 minutes rest b/t sets to allow for full recovery

Conditioning

Yeah, this workout is going to be sick. Don’t even attempt to put on a shirt for at least an hour after your workout; your pecs will most likely shred right through it.

If you don’t have a jump rope, sub a 150 m run. If you can’t run, do 30 jumping jacks. If you’re too embarrassed to do jumping jacks, then high five yourself 20 times consecutively while skipping around the gym.

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Motivation:

  • Spring break.