Day 15 was the start of week 3, which meant the Chest and Back workout. This one was another 50/50 workout. It was similar in format to the Back and Biceps workout last week: in block 1, you do two chest exercises; in block 2, you do a chest exercise followed by a triceps exercise; and in block 3, you do two triceps exercises. I did have to drop set skull crushers (which are in block 3). I did 1.5 sets at 17.5 lbs, but because you are also doing triceps push-ups in that block, I had to drop the skull crushers down to 12.5 lbs to keep going. Otherwise, however, I increased the amount of weight I used for each exercise by 2.5 lbs from what I was using the first two weeks.
The HIIT portion was hard and not set up correctly at all. Joel claims in the 50/50 workouts that the moves get harder as the time gets shorter. That is complete bullshit in this workout. You start by doing 180 squat jumps for 60 seconds, then do soccer runs for 45 seconds, then do jump lunges for 30 seconds. It should have been soccer runs for 60 seconds, jump lunges for 45 seconds, and 180 squat jumps for 30 seconds. But I got through it, and only had to modify the 180 squat jumps. I did a few of them in the first set, but mostly did the modified version. But, I was able to do soccer runs and jump lunges unmodified in all three sets. So, I am improving. And, of course, the workout ends with three sets of core exercises, followed by a stretching cooldown.
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