Today was a squat day but we carried it out in a bit different way with Toni. We did a workout consisting of back squats and push-ups. Quite a number of both of them today.
Workout. 100kg bar (74% of max), 179 reps.
- 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
- Back squats, 100kg
- Max effort push-ups (35, 25, 20, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 12, 12 reps)
This workout was not for time. Still, we didn't take extra break between sets. I did this one with Toni, I started squatting and once I finished, I moved on to push-ups and Toni started his first set of squats. He used 80kg barbell, I put 100kg. On the squats the rep scheme was from 10 to 1 reps, going down by 1's and between sets, maximum effort of unbroken traditional push-ups.
The first four rounds of squatting were the toughest because of the high amount of repetitions. Then it started to become easier as workload came lighter. There was a total of 5.500kg squatting today. It was no surprise that push-ups came harder in time. The first set was 35, followed by 25 and 20 reps on the first three rounds. Then I stuck to 15 reps for 5 rounds. On the last two ones my triceps were so numb that I was surprised to have any reps at all. It was funny that both of our hands / triceps started to burn in the squats on the 7-rep round. It wasn't easy to keep up with those 15 reps after that.
I enjoyed doing this workout and I believe there were benefits gained through both squatting and push-ups. This was also a perfect reminder of the strength I need in my triceps. As I wrote earlier this week, I need to keep on developing them and performing push-ups as well more regularly.
Toni's result. 80kg bar (66% of max), 148 reps.
- 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
- Back squats, 80kg
- Max effort push-ups (35, 14, 13, 10, 10, 16, 17, 11, 10, 12 reps)
From somewhere Toni found some extra strength in the middle of the workout of his push-ups and managed to increase the number of reps just like that. Go figure =)
I liked this workout a lot. Lots of reps for quality. Tomorrow is time to put heart pumping
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