Tag: Incline Back Fly

Adding Rotation to Laterals

On Sunday there was a lot of work done in the bathroom to get it functional again. We did go out for a 1.87 mile walk and started doing some mobility, but called it quits and finished some things in the bathroom. Yesterday I walked my last 18 holes of the year.

Back, Biceps, and Conditioning

3 Sets

  • Partner A: Step-ups w/ Knee Drive (14″)
  • Partner B:
    • 10 Underhand Pulldown (71/104#)
    • 20 alt Seated Gorilla Rows (15/20# DBs)
    • 12 DB Curls (15/20#)

3 Sets

  • Partner A: Backwards Step-ups (14″)
  • Partner B:
    • 12 Lat Pulldown (60/104#)
    • 10 Inverted Bar Rows
    • 12 Single Dumbbell Curls (30/45#)

3 Sets

  • Partner A: Side Step Over w/ Rotation (14″)
  • Partner B:
    • 12 Incline Back Flys (15/20# DBs)
    • 12 Straight Arm Pulldown (38/60#)
    • 12 In and Out Hammer Curls (15/20# DBs)

I started with the movements today and we switched out a couple of movements. Took us a total of 31:20. I think I went 28-28-32, 32-36-40, and 28-32-32 for all of my steps.

Triple B

Yesterday we started gutting the small main floor bathroom and this morning we were back at it, getting up the old tile floor, mortar, and subfloor. After cleaning that up it was time for a workout around 2pm I think.

Warm-up

  • 20 PVC Passes
  • 20 Trunk Rotations
  • 10 Cat Camels

Back, Biceps, and Box Step-ups

3 Sets

  • Partner A: Step-ups w/ Knee Drive (14″)
  • Partner B:
    • 5 Underhand Pulldown (82/115#)
    • 20 alt Gorilla Rows (15/20# DBs)
    • 12 DB Curls (15/20#)

My back was pretty lit up from the floor work so I used the same box at B.

3 Sets

  • Partner A: Backwards Step-ups (14″)
  • Partner B:
    • 12 Lat Pulldown (60/104#)
    • 12 Pendlay Row (45#)
    • 12 Waiter Curls (10/15# DBs)

3 Sets

  • Partner A: Side Step Over (14″)
  • Partner B:
    • 12 Incline Back Flys (15/20# DBs)
    • 12 Straight Arm Pulldown (38/60#)
    • 12 In and Out Hammer Curls (15/20# DBs)

It took us 31:45 today. I went 28-30-34, 30-32-34, and 32-34-36 on the box. Then it was time to clean more stuff up and we removed all of the wallpaper in the bathroom

Steppin’ Three Ways

3 Sets

  • Partner A: Step-ups w/ Knee Drive (14/18″)
  • Partner B:
    • 4/5 Strict Pull-ups
    • 20 alt Gorilla Rows (15/20# DBs)
    • 12 DB Curls (15/20#)

3 Sets

  • Partner A: Backwards Step-ups (14/18″)
  • Partner B: 
    • 12 Lat Pulldown (60/104#)
    • 12 Pendlay Row (55/75#)
    • 12 Waiter Curls (10/15# DBs)

3 Sets

  • Partner A: Side Step Over (14/18″)
  • Partner B: 
    • 12 Incline Back Flys (15/20# DBs)
    • 12 Straight Arm Pulldown (38/60#)
    • 12 In and Out Hammer Curls (15/20# DBs)

That was a lot of step-ups, so 18 inches was plenty high enough! I went 26-28-32, 30-32-34, and 34-32-30 if I’m remembering right. We finished in 28:47.

Before 9

Later workout today, after 1.

Conditioning

Partner Chipper (run together)

  • 700m Run
  • 80 Static Incline Bench Press (40/20#)
  • 80 Split Leg KB Deadlift (53/30#)
  • 40 Side Ball Slams (20/10# MB)
  • 40 Incline Back Fly + Row (20/12#)
  • 60 Burpee Step-ups (20”)
  • 40 Incline Back Fly + Row
  • 40 Side Ball Slams
  • 80 Split Leg KB Deadlift
  • 80 Static Incline Bench Press
  • 700m Run

We added the back movements this week and did step burpees and step-ups. Finished in 33:01.

Midline

3 Sets

  • 10/10 Pallof Raises (blue/red CS band)
  • 10/10 Hands & Knees Upper Back Rotation
  • 1:00 Plank
  • 10/10 Banded Anti Rotations (blue/red CS band)

Heading to golf 9 holes and then I need to mow the lawn, which I wish I had thought of this morning.

All Tens

My shins started to feel the broad jumps about an hour before today’s workout. Did 60 Arm Circles and a bit of hanging to loosen up.

Chest

Bench Press

  • 10×45
  • 6×95
  • 4×135
  • 4×165
  • 4×185
  • 4×205
  • 4×215

3 Sets

  • 12 Incline DB Fly (25#)
  • 12 Incline Bat Wing Fly (25#)

Back

3 Sets

  • 12 Incline Back Fly (25#)
  • MAX Ring Rows (10-10-10)

3 Sets

  • 12 Seated Rows (wide, 115#)
  • 8/8 Kroc Rows (60# DB)

Conditioning

10:00 AMRAP

  • 10 Pull-ups
  • 10 DB Hang Cleans (35#)
  • 10 Burpees

This combination really built on itself, especially after the previous work. Wore grips the entire time, did all of the pull-ups unbroken, and stepped every burpee to get 5+13.

Starting a Yoga Program

We’re going to start doing more yoga and the woman we followed on Sunday has a 30 day playlist which we’re going to progress through, just not in 30 days because we’ll try to do them on rest days and maybe on the weekends. Yesterday we did day one, which was 29 minutes long.

Conditioning

  • 2:00 SkiErg (418m)
  • 2:00 TrueForm Walk (0.22 km)
  • 10 Sets
    • 20s Standing BikeErg
    • 40s Rest

Nasty! I did 213, 211, 213, 215, 216, 217, 220, 220, 221, and 222 meters.

Chest

Bench Press

  • 10×45
  • 8×95
  • 5×135
  • 5×165
  • 5×185
  • 5×195
  • 5×205

3 Sets

  • 12 Incline DB Fly (20#)
  • 12 Incline Bat Wing Fly (20#)

Back

3 Sets

  • 12 Incline Back Fly (25#)
  • MAX Ring Rows (10-10-10)

3 Sets

  • 12 Seated Rows (wide, 115#)
  • 8/8 Kroc Rows (60# DB)

Cancelled

Warm-up

  • 0.3 km TrueForm Walk
  • 721m Row
  • 20 PVC Passes

Chest & Back

Incline Bench Press

  • 10×45
  • 5×95
  • 5×125
  • 5×145
  • 5×150
  • 5×155
  • 5×160

We used an aggressive incline today.

3 Sets

  • 12 Incline DB Fly (15-15-20#)
  • 12 Incline Bat Wing Fly (15-15-20#)

3 Sets

  • 12 Incline Back Fly (25#)
  • MAX Ring Rows (10-8-8)

3 Sets

  • 12 Seated Rows (wide, 115#)
  • 8/8 Kroc Rows (50#)

I’m posting this the next morning and realized I don’t really look things up in BTWB anymore, so I cancelled my subscription and will stop double posting my workouts.

Remove the Wall

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 10 Renegade Rows (50#)
  • 10 Incline Back Fly (20#)
  • ~190m Row
  • 8/8 Lateral Step-downs (12”)
  • 12 Reverse Lunges
  • ~180m TrueForm Run

Parter-ish workout with B, so the distances are rough estimates of what I was getting. Took us 21:59.

Gymnastics

We did some spotting and worked on not relying on the wall for handstand kick-ups.

Midline

Tabata

  • 10 alt Single Arm Single Leg V-ups (8# DBs)
  • 9 Leg Raises
  • 20 Russian Twists (45# plate)
  • 14 alt Side Crunches

Pump the Brakes

I’m definitely feeling some fatigue and head fog from the booster shot. So I went easy on the workout.

Back

4 Sets

  • 12/12 Single Arm Incline DB Row (25#)
  • 12 Incline Back Fly (15#)

4 Sets

  • 10 Straight Arm Lat Pulldown (49#)

4 Sets

  • 10 Lat Pulldown (93#)

Conditioning

16:00 EMOM (alt)

  • 100 Jump Rope
  • 15 cal BikeErg
  • 24 Reverse Lunge
  • 15 V-ups + 40 Russian Twist

Burpees and Push-ups

Walked 18 holes yesterday and mowed the lawn at night. My legs are getting sore in some new places from that DLB stuff.

Back & Arms

3 Sets

  • 12 Double Handle Lat Pulldown (104-104-115#)
  • 12 Dumbbell Curls (25#)

3 Sets

  • 12 Straight Arm Lat Pulldowns (60#)
  • 12 French Press (50#)

Drop Sets

  • 8 Incline Back Fly (40# DBs)
  • 4 MAX Sets
    • 10 @ 35#
    • 10 @ 30#
    • 10 @ 25#
    • 14 @ 20#

Much better starting out heavier for this drop set type stuff. Still nasty though.

Conditioning

5 Rounds

  • 50m Sandbag Carry (100#)
  • 12 Burpee
  • 16 OH Crunch (40# DBs)
  • 20 Push-up

Fell in to a pace and picked it up at the end. I went 10-5-5 on every set of push-ups, which was tough. Finished in 14:28.

Then we spent an hour digging the final post hole for the outdoor gym area.