I am forging ahead with my 20-rep squat program. After cycling through my original training plan, I have tweaked the upper-body portion of the program. I am splitting upper-body more, so I only have to bang out one upper-bodypart after each brutal leg session. This way I don't have to split my focus as much when I am already pretty exhausted. It also gives a little more individual attention to each part. The schedule now looks like this:
Monday
20-rep Squats
Calf Raises
Leg Curls
Bench Press
Incline Smith Machine Press
Wednesday
20-rep Squats
Calf Raises
Leg Curls
Seated Rows
Lat Pulldowns
Friday
20-rep Squats
Calf Raises
Leg Curls
Standing Press
Side Laterals
Shrugs
Saturday
Seated Alternate Dumbell Curls
Standing Barbell Curls
Dumbell Kickbacks
Overhead Rope Extensions
.......yes, I have a separate fun arm day now!
As you can imagine, squatting 3 times a week, has my legs sore pretty much all the time. This amount of frequency requires a break from time to time. My plan is to have scheduled lower-body breaks at 6-week intervals. After 6-weeks, I will take 1-week off from lower-body training, and do only the upper-body portion of the routine for that week before entering another 6-week cycle. I also think its good to take a week off from all training once a year.
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