Today was off from my night class, so I was able to come home after work and get a workout done. I was able to finish the third round of the Build Phase today with Shoulders. But in hindsight, I probably should have don Build: Legs as a supplement because doing two upper body resistance routine on consecutive days is something that I am really not used to. But take a look at the 29th's blog to see how I did on the second day.
For most of the sets today, I went up in weight between 1kg and 2.5kgs. I think my shoulders are one of the stronger muscle groups I have, so I was happy with the progress I have been making on them. A little new set up, I lifted 26kgs for the first time. I was thinking of how to go up from 25kgs and I hit upon the idea of hooking my 1kg hand weight on the safety clamps of my dumbbells. It worked like a charm and I went up to my highest weight ever here at home. That was on the Standing Dumbbell Shrug. But there were some bad sets as well. The drop set of the Upright Row is one of them. The weight I chose was just too heavy. Both weights were too heavy, even the lighter second set of the drop set. I guess I just burned out and lost it. The last round of the Giant set was also too heavy for the last two moves. But the first move was much better this time around compared to last time. Last time, my left arm failed on the last few reps and I dropped the weight down instead of controlling it down. Today, I was able to control it down. But on the last two moves, 6.25kgs was too heavy and my form suffered. I was trying to swing the weights up and leverage them up. Just terrible form, especially on the last 4 reps. Then on the final Super Set, I couldn't go up in weight on the Sagi Six-Way. That was also a huge struggle and form suffered. But I was able to crush the Tuck & Roll. I added a lot of reps to both sets.
Final Abs After 40 Abs today, and this was the best push thus far. Still did 5 circuits and got a good burn.
In the end, I burned 621 Kcals. I felt good about finishing the Round 3 today. Looking forward to the final round and whether or not I can raise the weights even higher.
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