Weekly reflection #2

Week 2

5/17-5/23

Great week. I actually learned a lot by trying out the Arnold split; even though I did the same types of exercise in both of the splits (Arnold and PPL), they had much different effects on my body. The PPL split gave my muscles enough time to recover because I would work that group every 2-3 days. With the Arnold split, I worked each group of muscles two days in a row which felt like it was more effective. Because I got vaccinated and had games I was only able to work my upper body two days in a row by working out my chest and back one day, and my biceps and triceps the next day. For those who are new to the blog, working your chest and back partially works your biceps and triceps and vice versa. 


Picture during PPL split:


Picture from Arnold split (Gower is ok he's just not in this one, also Dylan got a buzzcut):



After doing the Arnold split, Dylan and I decided that it will be the one we base our workout plan off of. Stay tuned for the workout plan and more updates. 



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
 Day 1 5/10/21     So, I just finished my first lifting session of senior project! Dylan and I did the same workout, started with a lot of back squats, then we went to Bulgarian split squats, and finished it with sled pushes. It was only 3 exercise but we pushed the volume: 9 sets of back squats, 5 sets of Bulgarian split squats, and 3 sets of sled pushes. For back squats we started at 135 pounds and increased the weight up to 270 pound s by the eighth set. For the ninth set we dropped the weight down to 205 pounds and went until failure, the burn was very solid. Bulgarian split squats are when you are in a lunge position but with your back foot raised on a bench. Dylan and I used two 35 pound dumbbells for this exercise. Bulgarian split squats allow you to isolate one leg at a time and go super deep. I find they work best when you go down as far as possible and then as high as possible, with the leg you're standing on leg fully extended at the end. We did those 5 times for 10 reps
Read more

Dia tres

 Day 3  5/12/21 During my third day of senior project I worked out strictly shoulders. My shoulders got worked a little bit during my push day yesterday, which is why I wanted to double up today. To really work my shoulders. I started with shoulder press for nine sets with increasing weight. After that I did three way dumbbell raises and shoulder shrugs. I originally was going to stop the workout there and then stretch because my legs are still sore from Monday's workout, but I didn't really feel satisfied with what I had done. So, instead of stretching, I added an extra set of the raises and shrugs. I also added another superset which consisted of seated lateral dumbbell raises and front dumbbell raises. These were extra so I went through them quickly with high intensity. I really wanted to feel the burn. It worked and now as I am writing this at 9:45pm (12 hours after the workout) I can barely lift my shoulders past a 90 degree angle. In short, those extra exercises worked. T
Read more

Day 8

Image
 Day 8 5/19/21 Today was leg day again, they're usually brutal but today it wasn't too too bad, probably because I have been doing more leg days recently and my muscles are used to it. I feel like I'm gonna regret saying that tomorrow. To start, Dylan and I did back squat, for 5 sets and 8 reps for hypertrophy. Then we did front squad as a variation to target our quads a little more. For that we did 5 sets and 5 reps. Following the front squat we did a superset of calf raises and hamstring curls; calf raises until failure and 10 hamstring curls, 5 sets for both. We ended with our favorite: sled pushes! I honestly really like sled pushes to end a workout, mostly because they suck too much to do at the beginning of a workout and when you're done with the sled it feels very good to know you don't have to do anything else. Overall it was a very good workout even though I did not push the weight because I have a game tomorrow. Don't forget about our instagram either
Read more