Saturday, March 14, 2009

Great Workouts

Lately I have to give a lot of credit to Ben for developing a phenomenal workout schedule. Ben has developed a strength training schedule that would rival the best trainers at any gym. This week our workouts were taxing as well as rewarding. Ben is pushing us to our limits and has us walking as close to the edge of our strength ability as possible, while building our confidence in our physical abilities as well as building true overall full body strength. The following is as 1 week routine as outlined by Ben Giesler Southeast Idaho Strongmans authority on sports science and development.

Monday:

Squat, work up to a 3 rep max, then unload to a 2 set 8 rep
Zercher walking lunges 3 sets of 10
RDL's 4 sets of 12

Abs circuit: Sprinter sit ups, Spread eagle sit ups, Russian Twist, Bar bend 3 sets of 20

Tuesday:

Snatch 50% for 8 reps of 3
Standing Press / Rack lockout; work up to a 5 set 1 rep max
Pull up and Dumb Bell Cleans Super Set 4 set 8 rep max
Standing Dumbell Press 4 set 10 rep max
Shrugs and Curls: 3 set 10 rep max
Grip 2 sets Hold for time

Thursday:

Clean and Jerk 8 sets for 3 rep max at 50% max weight
Front Squat 8 set 3 rep max at 50% max weight for speed
Snatch grip dead lift 6 sets for 6 reps
Good Mornings 4 sets for 12 reps

Abs Circuit; Sprinter Sit up, hipup, Russian Twist, bar bend 3 sets for 20 reps

Friday:

Standing Pres: work up to a 3 rep max, unload for a 2 set 8 rep max
French Press at 2 sets to fail
Dumb Bell Row Dumb Bell Clean Super Set 4 sets for 10 reps
Shrug: 4 sets for 15 reps
Curl 3 sets for 15 reps
Grip 2 sets hold for time

This is a killer work out and is guaranteed to make you feel the burn every day is designed around a 90 min. time limit so try it out and have some fun. Thanks again to Ben for putting this great workout together.

New FaceBook Group

This week the powers at be here at South East Idaho Strongman created a FaceBook Group look for us under the sports and weighlifting catagories. We welcome all to join our group and follow along in our journey of strength and fitness. Remember there is an open invitation to anyone that wants to try any of our crazy stuff out Monday through Friday 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the World Gym in Idaho Falls Idaho.

1 comment:

Michael Roberts said...

awesome... This was your best post yet! I liked learning about old strongman competitors but to hear about people in my state who are gaining is really motivating! Thanks for sharing! Do you guys have any Youtube videos? I was wondering if you could also tell the name to look up on Facebook so I can add you guys to my friends list! Thanks again for sharing! Mikey