Sunday – Decided to change it up a little and explored a new approach toward addressing the continued tightness in my arthritic hip. I scheduled a Pilates session. I knew I was in trouble when the Pilates instructor arrived; 5 feet, 100 lbs of bubbly personality and demonically precise attention to detail. After 45 minutes I thought I broke my abs, but my legs and hips felt great. I followed that with 25 minutes on the elliptical, then sauna and steam.
Monday – back to big chest and back. The workout has changed rep range and increased rest by 30 seconds (to 2 minutes). All exercises paired 1 chest & 1 back.
Bench Press 240x5, 245x3, 245x5, 250x3 (failed at 2.5), 240x5 (failed at 3)
Close grip pull down 185x5, 190x3, 190x5, 195x3, 190x5
Incline BP 165x7, 170x5, 175x3, 170x7, 175x5, 170x5
DB row (1 arm) 70x7, 75x5, 80x3, 75x7, 80x5
PR on both bench exercises as well as row.
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