Saturday 16th February
My hamstrings are still sore from Thursdays workout, so priority was achieved. This morning I trained with Simon and Dean, I am on a updated programme with less volume as it was getting too much and making me ‘blown’ in the week. It is still the same split but I am keeping with the ‘key’ movements and training calves at the end of each session, as my calves need to come up higher.
We started with standing military press for 20reps working our way down to 6 reps, then standing dumbell lateral raises - 15 reps down to 8 reps, then 2 sets of barbell shruggs and then into back, bent over rows (conventional and reverse grips) then into neutral chins with 100 reps out between the 3 of us (you can guess who did the least reps!) I need to get tougher on these. Then it was onto biceps, with cable curls and into seated supination curls and for triceps it was press downs into overhead extensions (I love this one) and then into clap push ups. No calves, but I couldn’t if I tried, thought I was going to be sick through the whole workout, well, what with breakfast, animal pump and pak who wouldn’t!!! But today my body looks full so I am happy with that. I trained a couple of clients this morning, both of them are training hard and looking in great shape. Good start to the day.
Helen and I practised our posing today and both were pleased, my new poses are coming along and I don’t feel as awkward and Helen’s lats are starting to come out on her front quarter turn, her back is growing and that of course helps the pose. She starts her pre-contest diet in March when she is back from the States, as her European competiton is at the end of May.