I'm Bringing Sexy Back.........
I've gotten some interest from readers lately as to what my training and nutrition looks like. If you've followed this blog closely, you'll see that I recently started talking alot more about nutrition and physique oriented training.
There's a good reason for that. During the winter I was just burned out. I felt like a 50 year old in a 24 year old body.It had ALOT to do with "paralysis by analysis". After all, talk to every successful trainer and they will tell you that they are jacked up or haven't trained hard in awhile or have fallen off of their diet.
Why? We're so busy working that our training unfortunately falls by the way side. I remember a recent conversation with Mike Robertson where he basically said the same thing. That made me stop and think and totally re-evaluate my own training.
Maybe it had to do with being fed up with all the poor physique information out there today. Maybe it had to do with being friends with many powerlifters or straight performance guys. I just didn't have "it", you know that exciting feeling to go to the gym, to train hard and to move weight.
Whatever it is, I fell off and so did my body.
The past two months have been some of my most productive months. Here's what I'm doing now on two of my five training days. I'm training to look good, this by no means is any indication of what my physique clients do, it's not what my athletes do and it's not what most of my clients do, it's how I roll.
Day 1
A1) Weighted Chin-ups
A2) Incline Narrow Barbell Chest Press
3 sets of 5 Cluster reps
B1) Bent Over Barbell Row 3x 6-8 reps
B2)Flat Dumbbell Flyes 3x 6-8 reps
Using my 5% progression method
C1) Wide grip partial pull-ups 3x7 reps
C2) Floor DB Extension 3x 7 reps
Using my 5% progression method
D1) Seated DB side raises 2x15 reps
Day 4( Was today)
A1) Deadlifts
3 sets of 5 cluster reps
B1) Barbell Good Mornings 3x7 using my 5% progression method
B2) Lying Leg Curl ( I know they suck so bring on the hate mail) 3x7, Rest-Pause method
C1) Close stance Db squats 3x7 using my 5% progression method
C2) Side cable raises 4x3 reps
D1) Toes in leg press calf raise 5x5
D2)Abs 5x5
That's a little glimpse into my training life style these days. It may look like a lot of volume but it really isn't. Sets and reps are manipulated each workout, recovery should be the number 1 priority for every natural trainer.
I'm Bringing Sexy Back.........
I've gotten some interest from readers lately as to what my training and nutrition looks like. If you've followed this blog closely, you'll see that I recently started talking alot more about nutrition and physique oriented training.
There's a good reason for that. During the winter I was just burned out. I felt like a 50 year old in a 24 year old body.It had ALOT to do with "paralysis by analysis". After all, talk to every successful trainer and they will tell you that they are jacked up or haven't trained hard in awhile or have fallen off of their diet.
Why? We're so busy working that our training unfortunately falls by the way side. I remember a recent conversation with Mike Robertson where he basically said the same thing. That made me stop and think and totally re-evaluate my own training.
Maybe it had to do with being fed up with all the poor physique information out there today. Maybe it had to do with being friends with many powerlifters or straight performance guys. I just didn't have "it", you know that exciting feeling to go to the gym, to train hard and to move weight.
Whatever it is, I fell off and so did my body.
The past two months have been some of my most productive months. Here's what I'm doing now on two of my five training days. I'm training to look good, this by no means is any indication of what my physique clients do, it's not what my athletes do and it's not what most of my clients do, it's how I roll.
Day 1
A1) Weighted Chin-ups
A2) Incline Narrow Barbell Chest Press
3 sets of 5 Cluster reps
B1) Bent Over Barbell Row 3x 6-8 reps
B2)Flat Dumbbell Flyes 3x 6-8 reps
Using my 5% progression method
C1) Wide grip partial pull-ups 3x7 reps
C2) Floor DB Extension 3x 7 reps
Using my 5% progression method
D1) Seated DB side raises 2x15 reps
Day 4( Was today)
A1) Deadlifts
3 sets of 5 cluster reps
B1) Barbell Good Mornings 3x7 using my 5% progression method
B2) Lying Leg Curl ( I know they suck so bring on the hate mail) 3x7, Rest-Pause method
C1) Close stance Db squats 3x7 using my 5% progression method
C2) Side cable raises 4x3 reps
D1) Toes in leg press calf raise 5x5
D2)Abs 5x5
That's a little glimpse into my training life style these days. It may look like a lot of volume but it really isn't. Sets and reps are manipulated each workout, recovery should be the number 1 priority for every natural trainer.