It will soon be a time to Bulk weight lifting exercise log 20190906
Total weight, 10,820 pounds. Total Duration, 15 minutes. Total Pounds per Minute, 728.
Still inside the "good enough" box.
My weight / fat loss plan is to gain mass at my current weight. So, next exercise set (which will be 18) will be based on a strategy called German Volume Training (GVT).
The intention is to warm up, via single arm dumbbell rows, and then do 10 sets of 10 reps of each of:
- DB squats
- dumbbell chest press
- seated cable row
- seated facepull
- cable pull thrus
- acc ecc neutral grip lat pulldown
Per GVT, if each set has 60 seconds rest, which implies 6 (exercises) x 10 sets each x 10 reps = a VERY LONG TIME of 60 minutes rest. That's too long, so cutting back to 15 seconds rest is 15 minutes rest. I may just go to minimal rest, and let my body decide how long to rest. That 'stopwatch' to time rest is a PITA.
To start, each rep is done at nominal 50% RM, which will be based on what I currently do in exercise set 17. So, I need to work thru some math to see if even that weight is too much. In prior sessions, I tended to max out at 30K pounds, so starting at 10k-15k pounds looks plausible.
I do not want to split body part work across multiple sessions (ie - rather do full body all in one session). Which implies 50% RM is too much weight (I think), so maybe more like 25%.
Considering I've never done this pattern before, I'm going to go as light as I think I can cope with for first time. If it's "too easy", I'll know soon enough. Experience, dontChaKno.
I'll continue doing Tabata water row, 3 x 2500 meter water row, 20 minute x2 of elliptical intervals amd straight cardio, and bike riding, as the mood strikes. But I ought to have the weight work done weekly or so, not monthly ...
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