![]() ![]() ![]() In spite of being used to doing much more than 3 sets on the "big 4" exercises, I found it difficult to jump by a full 5kg when doing Seated Military Press and some of the other exercises. The next challenge came when I actually tried to do the exercises. In this way you always make progress and know what your next target is. From that it will use the standard Epley Formula for a one-rep maximum to calculate the target weights for warm-ups and sets for the following week, based on Mike's recommendation of doing working sets in the 80-85% range. So while you are working out you only need to record the weight and reps performed. The actual reps are in the next column, next to the target reps. The sets in blue are warm-up sets, with the target weight in the third column, and the actual weight used in the 4th column. Shown here is a screen shot from my phone for day 5. it lists each exercise for each day, and uses the weight and reps used to recommend what the next week's weight should be, based on the calculated one-rep max from the previous week. I have created a spreadsheet for the first phase of the program. So I used my HiSense Android smart phone's software that can edit Excel files on DropBox, called WPS Office. Next I realized that my normal note-taking procedure when working out wasn't going to be good enough for the BLS program. I can't afford a trainer more than one day a week. That makes 4 days for a 5 day program, meaning that every Friday I would be able to do a different workout under the supervision of my personal trainer. During May and June I worked through all the new exercises with my personal trainer, and decided to aim to work out every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. They arrived at the end of April this year. When the Second Edition of " Bigger Leaner Stronger" came out, I ordered the print versions of both the BLS book and the companion workout diary, " The Year One Challenge for Men". Seated Military Press 100% of body weight for 4-6 reps.Īmbitious goals for sure, but realistic ones that I can attain in a few years.But we persisted and after 18 months I could start recording "personal best" weights that were approaching my body weight.īy then I had read " Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger" and used Mike's "minimum requirements" for that book as my goal to work towards: My personal trainer at the gym was hard pressed to figure out ways of teaching me these basic exercises from such a weak start. For me this was great progress, since I have always been of way below average strength. I could now perform the Bench Press, Deadlift and Squat exercises (mostly) correctly, and lift approximately 50% of my body weight of 82kg. In January 2015 I increased my workouts from one day a week to two days a week (Friday and Monday) instead of just a single day, and made some progress. Even though I had been going to the gym for a year already, I wasn't ready to try his 5-day-a-week program. I first heard about Michael Matthews in August last year, when I found his audio book " Bigger Leaner Stronger" on Audible. ![]()
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