November 18, 2011 Workout Routine- Arms Supersets

November 18, 2011 Workout Routine- Arms Supersets

Muscle Prodigy is committed to helping you with your fitness goals. You need to hit the gym often and hard. However, sometimes it gets overwhelming with what to do in the gym. We're here to break down a structure for you that will include a detailed script of exactly what you should be doing in the gym each day. That's right...every Monday we will post the schedule for the week, meaning that you will have advance notice of exactly what days you should be hitting the gym, which muscle groups you will be training, and which days you have off to give your body adequate rest. Every single morning, we will post the routine of the day, so you know exactly what to do while in the gym.

These routines are exactly what the founders of Muscle Prodigy do, so you know that you are in good hands. We will always stay committed to provide you with tough workouts, but we will never overtrain you like most other programs do. We also show you exactly how to perform the exercises with our before and after pictures and our instructional videos, in which we demonstrate the exercises and walk you through them. Be sure to check back every single day for your structured workout program!

Please check out our Exercise Database to learn how to do any type of workout as well.

Schedule for the Week of November 14, 2011:

Monday: Chest
Tuesday: Back
Wednesday: Cardio/Abs
Thursday: Shoulders/Legs
Friday: Arms
Saturday: Cardio Only
Sunday: Off

For this week, you will focus on doing both compound supersets and isolation supersets. Isolation exercises target one specific muscle and are great for building definition. Therefore, an example of a bicep isolation superset would be pumping out one arm cable curls followed immediately by concentration curls. Isolations are particularly good for building your weaker muscles. Compound exercises are used to work out a group of muscles. Therefore, when you do 2 sets of a very similar exercise on the same muscle group, it is called a compound superset. These are great for building and balancing all the muscles of a group since they get hit by two similar exercises one right after the other. A compound superset example would be doing a flat bench press followed immediately by an inclined bench press.

For Friday, November 18, 2011, you will focus on your arms with supersets. You should immediately go from one exercise to the next. After you do both exercises (which counts as one superset), you should rest for no more than two minutes and repeat with the supersets. When going from one superset to the other, make sure you lower the weight by around 40%. Therefore, if you do around 80 lbs. barbell curl, you would want to drop the weight down to about 50 lbs. dumbbell curl (25 lbs. each arm) and try to get the same amount of reps as the first exercise. You should adjust the weight accordingly so that you can do around the same reps between the two but struggling on the last few reps.

Biceps

1) Standing Dumbbell Biceps Curl (right to Chin Up)

5 sets of 12 reps

Standing up with feet-shoulder width apart, back straight, abs tight, and head looking forward, hold dumbbells in each hand. Upper arms and elbows are tucked into your sides tightly and dumbbells are hanging by your side where your palms are in towards your body. Curl the dumbbells up in an arc-like motion while rotating the dumbbell so that your palms are facing towards you. Pull the dumbbell up until it reaches your chin. Elbow is back a little bit and stays fixated throughout the whole movement. Bring it back to its original position by lowering the dumbbell while rotating it 90 degrees down in an arc-like motion until it hangs by your sides again.

1) Chin Up

Reach up towards a pull-up bar with a close grip and palms facing towards you (reverse grip). Keep your knees tucked in under you. Your arms should be fully extended at the bottom of the movement so you are hanging. In a slow, controlled manner pull your body up towards the bar using your biceps, until your head is above the bar but not before. Slowly bring yourself back down until you hang extended again.

2) Standing Cable Curl on Cambered Bar (right to Standing Cable Rope Hammer Curl)

5 sets of 12 reps

Place a cambered bar on the lowest (shortest) setting of a cable rack. Stand in front of the rack with feet in a sturdy stance, back straight, abs tight, and head looking forward. Grip the bar so your arms are hanging extended with hands out in front of your thighs. Upper arms and elbows are tucked into your sides. Curl the bar up in an arc-like motion while keeping the elbow fixated throughout the whole movement. Bring it back to its original position by returning it in an arc-like motion to the top of your thighs until both arms are fully extended.

2) Standing Cable Rope Hammer Curl

Place a rope on the lowest (shortest) setting of a cable rack. Stand in front of the rack with feet in a sturdy stance, back straight, abs tight, and head looking forward. Grab either side of the rope with each hand so your arms are hanging downward out in front of your thighs. Upper arms and elbows are tucked into your sides. Curl the rope up bowing the rope outward at the top of the movement while keeping the elbow fixated throughout the whole movement. Bring it back to its original position by returning it in an arc-like motion, bringing each piece of the rope back together, until both arms are fully extended.

3) Lying Cable Curl (right to Standing Cable Bicep Pulls)

5 sets of 20 reps (go for the pump)

Place a bar on the lowest (shortest) setting of a cable rack. Lie down on the floor with legs extended out, feet posted on the sturdy bars of the cable rack, back flat and head looking at the ceiling. Grab the bar so that it is just above your thighs with upper arms on the floor and tucked into your sides. Curl the bar up in an arc-like motion up into your chin keeping the elbow fixated throughout the whole movement. Bring it back to its original position by returning it in an arc-like motion until your arms are fully extended outward.

3) Standing Cable Bicep Pulls

Place two handles on the highest (tallest) setting of a cable rack. Stand directly in between the two handles with feet shoulder-width apart in a sturdy stance, back slightly arched, abs tight, and head looking forward. Grip the handles so your arms are fully extended outward and palms are to the ceiling. Curl the handles in simultaneously together to your ears, while keeping your elbow and upper arms fixated throughout the whole movement. Bring it back to its original position by returning it in an arc-like motion until your arm is fully extended outward.

Triceps

1) Weighted Diamond Pushups (right to Weighted Dip on Bench)

5 sets to failure

Get down on all fours with your feet close together and your hands out in the middle of your chest close together making a diamond out of them. Keep your back straight and butt up but not too much (Don't sag your hips but don't raise your butt in the air-Keep it flat). Keep your core tight all the way through. Look straight, meaning down at the floor. Have a buddy put an appropriate weight on the middle part of your back. Lower yourself to the floor by bending at the elbows but keeping the same posture throughout until your nose is just above the ground. Elbows should be tucked into your sides and shouldn't bow out. Push yourself back up to the starting position by locking your arms out.

1) Weighted Dip on Bench

Lie your body in between two benches by grabbing one with your hands and resting your feet up on the other as illustrated. Have a buddy put weight/s on your lap while your arms are fully extended upward but while maintaining a very slight bend in the elbows. Slowly lower your body down until your upper arms are parallel with the floor but while keeping your elbows tucked into your sides to emphasize the triceps. Forcefully push back up to return to the original position of your arms fully extended. with feet planted on the floor. Have a buddy hand you a cambered bar directly above your head as if you were doing a bench press but instead grip the inlets with your hands very close together. Slowly bring the bar down in an arc-like motion without moving your upper arms (elbows fixed and inward to your sides) to your forehead. Gently press back up right before the weight hits your forehead in that same arc-like motion without moving your upper arms and making sure your elbows do not bow out.

2) Overhead Dumbbell Tricep Press (right to Dumbbell Kickback)

5 sets of 12 reps

While seated with feet planted on the floor and back slightly arched on the back rest, have a buddy hand you a dumbbell from behind and reach up for the dumbbell and grab it on the upper portion of it so your hands make a V around the bar of the dumbbell (the bar of the dumbbell should lie in between your 2 hands and your hands are just cupping one side of the dumbbell). Lower the weight slowly in an arc-like motion behind your neck by just moving your forearms (keeping your elbow and upper arms fixed) until the dumbbell is down as far as it can go. While keeping your back slightly arched but rested upon the back pad, push the dumbbell up so that the dumbbell is directly above your head.

2) Dumbbell Kickback

Stand up with a dumbbell and bend over at the waist slightly while keeping your back straight and head aligned with your spine. Stand in an athletic stance with one foot staggered in front of the other. Lean your body forward while keeping your back straight and weight shifted toward the side where your hand is resting on an apparatus (in this case a weight rack-support hand is on the same side as the foot that is forward). In a slow, smooth motion pull the dumbbell backward and up by straightening your arm (but keeping your elbow fixated at the same point) until your arm is completely parallel with the floor. Squeeze the tricep muscle at the top of the movement. Slowly bring it back down to the original position while keeping your elbow in a fixed position.

3) Tricep Rope Pushdown Extension (right to Overhead Triceps Rope Extension)

5 sets of 20 reps (go for the pump)

Stand (feet close together, back straight, and butt sticking out slightly) up to a cable deck with a rope placed at the highest (tallest) setting of the tower. Grab the rope with each hand on either side of the rope with your palms facing towards each other. Push the rope downward towards your thighs in an arc-like motion until your arms are fully extended while maintaining good posture and elbows tucked into your sides. Bow the rope outward so your hands stretch the rope outward to maximize tricep tension, but still keep your elbows tucked in to your side. Squeeze your triceps at the bottom of the movement. Slowly return the rope back to its original position but not overly so where your elbows come off of your hips (keep the elbows by your hips at all times throughout the movement). On the top of the movement, your hands should not go any higher than where your lower chest meets your abdomen.

3) Overhead Triceps Rope Extensions

Stand with your feet staggered (one in front of the other), back straight, and leaning over a little bit. Stand up to a cable deck and reach for a rope set at the tallest setting from behind you. Step out with it until the rope is on top of your head with your elbows cupping the top of your head. Push the rope out in front of you as illustrated until your arms are fully extended outward while maintaining good posture and elbow tucked into the sides of your head. Squeeze your tricep at the bottom of the movement. Slowly return the rope back to its original position.

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Please check out our Exercise Database to learn how to do any type of workout

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