8-10-21 TUESDAY upper body

8-10-21 TUESDAY upper body

Main work

  • Bench wide grip- slightly outside wide 6x6
    Increase weight by 5ls from last week.  If you get to a week where you fail on this set, change your grip and rep scheme (choose from 8 reps, 5 reps, or 3 reps) and decrease your initial starting weight by about 10% of what you failed at. **FOR EXAMPLE: If you come to a week where you fail, making only 6 of your 8 reps at 100 lbs. comp grip, the following week switch your grip to medium grip (or whatever the opposite comp grip for you) for 5 reps and lower your starting weight to 90lbs. Follow this procedure for when you fail at 5 reps by going to 3 reps at wide grip.
  • Close Grip Bench Press 2x8 Reps
    increasing 5 pounds from last week. If you get to a week where you fail on this set, change your grip and rep scheme (choose from 8 reps, 5 reps, or 3 reps) and decrease your initial starting weight by about 10% of what you failed at. **FOR EXAMPLE: If you come to a week where you fail, making only 6 of your 8 reps at 100 lbs. close grip, the following week switch your grip to medium grip for 5 reps and lower your starting weight to 90lbs. Follow this procedure for when you fail at 5 reps by going to 3 reps at wide grip.

Auxiliary work

  • single arm DB floor press 3x10
  • barbell bent over row 3x10
  • Lat pull down 3x10
  • barbell skull crusher to pins 3x10
  • core & abs:
    Plank 1 Minute Middle - 30 Seconds Per Side

 


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