“Maximum Strength” Week 1 Complete and Loving Every Minute of It!

Today’s Workout Log

Warm-up

30 minutes of dynamic stretching and soft-tissue work

Workout

SuperSet

One-Arm Dumbbell Presses – 25-pound Dumbbell – Sets: 6/6/6/6
Weighted Chin-ups – 5 pounds (hanging from dip belt) – Sets: 6/6/6/6

SuperSet

Push-ups – Bodyweight – Sets: 10/10/10
One-Arm Dumbbell Rows – 25-pound Dumbbell – Sets: 8/8/8

SuperSet

Standing External Rotations – 2.5-pound Dumbbells – Sets: 12/12/12
Side Bridge – Bodyweight – Sets: 30 seconds/30s/30s

Cool-down

Dead Hang (elongates spine) – 60 seconds

Workout Journal Notes

“Maximum Strength” week 1: Complete!

I have to say again how much I love this program.

Granted, any change of pace is nice and refreshing, but I really trust the routine that Eric Cressey has put together, and I can feel my body improving, especially in the shoulder, where I used to get a slight discomfort on regular bench presses.

This week, I got a great feel for how much weight to use on each exercise, since I was going in blind on many of the new ones.

Next week, the workouts will be even more intense, since I’ll be using heavier weights.

Of course, by the time I perfect all of these moves, it’s on to Phase 2 with a whole new set of exercises!

I’m really excited about tracking my progress and strength gains, and I have no doubt both will be impressive by the end of the 16 weeks.

Tomorrow it’s back to morning speed camp. It feels like it’s been a while, since the schedule got a little messed up, and I went on a Wednesday last time, so I haven’t been in over a week.

Now everything is working out perfectly though, since morning speed camp will be on Saturday’s, and the plyometic/sprinting speed camp will be on Wednesday’s.