10-16-19 Max effort upper body
Warm up:
3 rounds of:
- H rolls- stick with the light weight, the purpose it to bring bloodflow to the shoulders
- 8 DB shoulder press
- 8 DB front raise
then 4 rounds tabata 20/10 of:
- DB floor press
- mini band pull aparts
Main work:
*the main work will have 3 options for those with limited equipment & beginners
Option 1)
- Work up to a 1 rep football bar bench press
- strict shoulder press 5x3 *work up to heaviest set of 3
Option 2) with limited equipment
- Work up to a 1 rep carpet press *roll a yoga mat and use at your chest. Have a partner hold in place or keep in place by wrapping a band around the mat and your chest
- strict shoulder press 5x3
Option 3) beginners or those without barbell/rack
- DB floor press 3x"max reps" warm up to a nice heavy weight that you may get 8-10 reps and then see how many you can get each round
- DB seated strict shoulder press 4x6-8
Auxiliary work
- DB shoulder press 4x8
- DB lateral raises 4x12-14
- pull ups 4x8
- bent over DB rows 4x8-10 each side
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