I am pro home gym as you all should know by now. I just recently picked up a free bench that is old school and solid as a rock. This excites me because I can now move into programing a movement that I have neglected. Most people in gyms these days place the bench press as the cornerstone of strength. I would challenge anyone to go ask a friend or someone you know that works out in a gym and ask them how there lifts are going. First to come out of there mouth is what there bench press is. Don't really know why this is but it is. If you dive deep enough you will also see that there weakest is typically deadlift, if they do it at all. This is because there is really no way you can cheat a deadlift. The person can do it with horrible form or hitch it up the thigh, but the weight will still have to be lifted off the ground. Unlike the bench, squat, or press; they all can be cut short and then the person can brag about how amazingly "strong" they are.
Tuesday's Power Cleans will be replaced with Bench Press, and PC will be placed before Deadlift on friday.
What I did today:
Squat 2x8 295lbs.
then
Conditioning
I recently started training 3 new girls in the gym. I will be posting there workouts.
What the girls did today:
Squat 5x3
then
Jumping Lunges
Push ups
21, 15, 9
Good example of strong women who don't have beastly man bodies. A lot of women are afraid of developing this body type when they start strength training.
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