Quick update and preview

Ok folks, so the goal for my first week of blogging is to get 2-3 blogs in and so I shall.

While I have been busy over the last few days, my strength training program-- which is divided in to upper/lower splits is going very well. After several months of heavy benching and squatting along with intense wear and tear from metabolic workouts, my main goal for this month is to get bodyweight strong.

This means improving my push up, pull up and split squat numbers without resorting to heavy lifting. This does not in any way mean, I wont go heavy-- in fact I will limit my reps to 6 or below to avoid wear and tear on the bones/joints-- but instead of doing so with heavy external resistance, I will do so with the weight of my own body.

While we often think of "maxing out" involving A weightroom, a max set of push up—20+-- can be considered the same equivalent on strength-endurance continuum.

This is a concept which I am developing based my belief that the body should retain a equal proportion of strength and endurance to maintain function.

For example, if you can bench your bodyweight ten times, you should also be able to perform at least 10 push ups.

With this in mind, my goal is to go far above this limit for each bodyweight lift. Here is a look at my week in review:

Workout A- Upper Body
A-1: Incline alternating Dumbbell press- 3 x 6-75lbs
A-2: RFE push up w/45lbs plate- 3 x 22-20-18
B-1: Weighted chin up w/45lbs plate- 3x6
B-2: Bodyweight chin up hang- 3 x 20 sec hang
B-3: Military press- 3 x 6/125lbs

Workout A- Upper Body
A-1: 1 leg barbell SLDL- 3 x 6-185lbslbs
A-2: Weighted glute bridge- 3 x15/75lbs
B-1: RFESS- 3x15/45lbs
B-2: Heavy X-band walks- 3 x 20 sec hang

*Stay tuned tomorrow for my first exercise of the week!