Saturday, November 21, 2009

Hypertrophy Phase

I am going to partake in a 5 week Hypertrophy work out to finish out the year....... Then going to combine training in the winter. They Hypertrhophy work is based off Christian Thibaudeau's book: High-Threshold Muscle Building (http://tinyurl.com/High-Threshold-Muscle-Building).

Good book, go check it out when you get a chance.

Day 1: Chest:
1a: Physioball Push Ups: 4x10
1b: Incline Bench: 4x8
2a: Plyo Push Up: 4x5
2b: DB Flat Bench: 4x6
3a: DB Flies: 3x10
3b: Bench Iso Hold: 3x3x10sec
3c: Band Horizontal Press: 3x30sec

Day 2: Back:
1a: Physioball TRX Inverted Row: 4x10
1b: DB Row: 4x8
2a: Hang Snatch (Wanted an Olympic in there): 4x5
2b: Pull Ups: 4xFailure
3a: Face Pulls: 3x10
3b: Inverted Row Hold: 3x3x10sec
3c: Band Rear Delt: 3x30sec

Day 3: Legs:
1a: Hammer Pulls (will post video sometime soon): 4x5
1b: Deadlift: 4x8
2a: Box Jump: 4x5
2b: Leg Press: 4x6
3a: Rear Foot Elevtated Squats: 3x10e
3b: Hyper Holds: 3x3x10sec
3c: Band Good Morning: 3x30sec

Day 4: Shoulders:
1a: Band attached DB Shoulder Raise (will post video sometime soon): 4x10
1b: Front Press: 4x8
2a: Lateral DB Drop Catch/Raise: 4x5
2b: DB Arnold Press: 4x6
3a: Incline Bench DB Lateral Raise: 3x10
3b: Tray Carry (lateral walk) 3x15 yrd each Way (will post video too)
3c: Band Shoulder Press: 3x30sec

Day 5: Arms:
1a: Band attached DB DB curls: 3x10
1b: Drop Curls: 3x5
1c: Preacher Curls: 3x6
2a: PB Push Ups: 3x10
2b: Drop Push Ups: 3x5
2c: Nose Breakers: 3x6
3a: DB Hammer Curls: 3x8
3b: Band Curls: 3x30sec
4a: Dips: 3x8
4b: Band Pushdowns: 3x30sec

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Is that TRX thing any good.?

Tim Caron said...

Yeah its really a great training tool. You can get a cheaper version of the TRX from perform better. But the exercises you can do on them is limitless