Ahhh finally, a full day off, it felt good. Today was my first full day off from my job in almost 3 weeks, not counting that snow day. I don't consider shoveling snow a day off. It was a long haul, but I still got in my work-outs, my walks and my German lessons.
Now it's time to relax, recover and recuperate. From the physical stuff anyway, I still have to do my German lessons today and either today or tomorrow, plan next weeks work-outs.
I'm going back to my "One Body Part a Day" routine. I always liked working out that way. This way I can concentrate and focus on one body part, work it out fully and give it a whole weeks rest before I hit it again.
So it will be,
Saturday: Chest
Sunday: Back
Monday: Shoulders
Tuesday: Legs
Wednesday: Arms
I might try a Pyramiding Routine also, for those that don't know, on a given exercise you're going up in weight on each set for 3 or 4 sets and then going down in weights for 2 more sets. So it would look something like this:
1st Set: Warm-Up Set Lighter weight 20 reps
2nd Set: Heavier weight for 15 reps
3rd Set: Increase weight for 10 reps
4th Set: Increase weight for 6 sets "Peak Set"
5th Set Decrease weight for 10 reps
6th Set Decrease weight for 15 reps
A lot of people swear by this method... and it also helps to prevent injuries, because you are warming up the muscles before you get to the heaviest weight. And then you should get a nice pump on the way down the pyramid.
That's the plan.
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