Saturday, November 17, 2007

Strength Training & Drop Sets

I decided to train 3 sets of 5 exercises today in a more traditional training style. After my third set of each I dropped the weight and did a forth with no rest between the five exercises.

My training looked like this:

Smith Machine Incline Chest Press - 185lbs/8 reps , 205lbs/8 reps, 215lbs/8 reps - 24 reps
Iron Cross - 24kg bell - 3 sets of 8 - 24 reps
Renegade Rows - 40kg bells - 3 sets of 5 each arm - 15 reps each arm
Double Cleans - 24kg bells - 3 sets of 8 - 24 reps
Chin Ups - Body Weight - 3 sets of 8 - 24 reps

Drop Set with no rest:

Smith Machine Incline Chest Press - 185/8 reps
Iron Cross - 20kg bells - 1 set of 8 reps
Renegade Rows - 32kg bells - 1 set of 5 reps each arm
Double Cleans - 20kg bells -1 set of 8 reps
Chin Ups - 1 set of 8 reps

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