Sunday, January 20, 2013

Progressive Blaster Sets for Back Strength



In an earlier post I talked about a personal routine I use called progressive blaster sets for arm strength, where the focus is on dumbbell curves. This is extremely powerful for building arm muscle, but here's a variation using T-bar rows that will work your back and shoulders into shape.

Start with two 45lb weights and do 10 reps. Then make it three 45lb weights. Keep building this up until you have six 45lb plates, doing 10 reps each time and resting 5 seconds in between each weight addition.

When you get to six plates, start working your way back down to two plates again. Once you get to two, you've done one set. Aim for 2 or 3 sets each time.

I want to note that you should be alternating these each week. So week one do the arm exercises, week two do the T-bar rows, week three maybe go for power squats. This makes it harder to overtrain a specific part of your body, mixing it up each week.


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