Sunday, August 6, 2023

Shoulder medley
Arnold press: 50s x 12, 12
Behind-the-neck press: 80 x 8, 6+3 after rest-pausing
Lateral raises: 15s x 10, 10
Band pull-aparts x 12, 20

48-second chin-up

Carter curls
35s x 9, 8, 8

That chin-up always wrecks my biceps; the 35 dumbbells were the right call instead of the 50s. I always keep my SBD elbow sleeves on to make curls a little harder.

I learned about both the 1-minute chin-up and those curls on T-Nation. I'm naming them after Paul Carter, whose the first known inspiration for them as far as I can tell. The difference comes from retracting back the scapulae, like a powerlifting bench press, and continuing to curl up into the shoulders, an often-neglected function of the biceps. Doing these against bands would be brutal.

https://youtu.be/T_1eOJr04FE
Clean once and strict press
110 x 5
160 x 3
200 x 5
150 x 10, 10, 11

Neutral-grip chin-ups
12
100 lbs x 8 + drop-down to bodyweight x 8
Bodyweight again x 15, 20

Gonna do a second light workout later involving a shoulder medley, curls, and the ab wheel. Just all the odds and ends I didnt manage to fit during the heavy sessions.