Starting one more round of Bulk phase before I move on to the final phase, but I'm going to skip Legs and really modify Back for obvious reasons. This time around, I paid a little more attention to what the other guys were lifting and I realized that my "Light" weight was too heavy. My light weight was heavier than the two guys with Segi's light weight was, so I decided to go down on my light weight to a weight that was a little lighter than theirs. But my heavy weight was still my heavy weight. So, the first Super Set, Incline Fly last time was 7.5-8.75-10kgs, but this time it was 4-7.5-12kgs. Instead of going up only 1.25-2.5kgs, I almost doubled the weights. It really made a big difference. I was really able to focus on the Chest muscles. I worked on activating them as best I could. Then on the second move, it was 7.5-12-17-14.5kgs. I was able to go a little heavier on the heavy end and that is what I like about this new weight distribution among the sets. The force set was still set at 17kgs, but I got a really good and focused chest burn. On the Progressive Set, I did things a little differently, in that on the descending progression, I went up a little on the heavy weight. So it was 7.5-14.5-17kgs on the ascending, but 19.5-14.5-7.5kgs on the descending. And even though 7.5kgs on the light set seems really light, (it is), I was burning out on the last few reps. BURN CITY!!! The Combo Set has always been tough for me, and going down a bit on the light set did make it easier, but harder at the same time. But I really like the weight change, because I really flexed out my chest, even on the light weights. The final Multi Set, I pushed to get all the push ups done and done with good form. It was a good set. The very final move, the addition of the Band Upper Cuts, Big change. I kept the resistance bands the same a last time, but instead of a rep progression, I did all the sets at 15 reps, also with a long static hold in the up position. Just barely cramped each rep. All the other moves seem to be focusing on upper and mid pecs, but the band work I do, is really a great lower pec move. That is why I do it. Great routine today!
I wanted to up the intensity on the abs today, so I went with the 2kg weights. And the intensity went up. I got such a burn on my abs, I was almost failing and cramping. It was brutal!
Splits and Flow were as usual. Slowly getting back into the swing of things.
In the end, I torched 1000+kcals. I feel I activated my chest more today than I have in the past, so I'm looking forward to the soreness to come.
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