HIT Workout - March 23rd

Worked out fasted, took 10 grams of BCAAs 15 minutes before the workout.  I barely got the last rep of the overhead press, taking 15 seconds of pushing in which I felt I wasn’t even moving it.  I left with my ears ringing…

 

I spent the weekend at my best friend’s house, Jeff Erno, and we discussed variations on our HIT workouts.  My trainer, Chris, liked the idea – continue the below big 6 workout every other week and allow him full control over the other weeks’ workouts.  We start next week.  Chris seemed overly excited to develop new and better ways to torture me during ‘his’ week.

 

HIT	Last Workout		This Week		Increase	Kevin J Smith
	12-Mar		23-Mar		% since
Exercise	Weight	Time (secs)	Weight	Time (secs)	initial	Comments
Lower Back	362	91	364	87	73%	MedX: 72 degrees
Pull-Over	200	84	200	85	82%	MedX
Chest Press	187.5	84	188.5	82	80%	MedX
Leg Press	830	88	832	91	54%	MedX
SS Pull down	152.5	78	152.5	85	53%	Super Slow
Overhead Press	288	83	290	80	81%	MedX

Body By Science update

On Dr. Doug McGuff's blog today... http://www.bodybyscience.net/home.html/?p=794

 

Body by Science has been recognized by some of the greatest thinkers today. Nassim Taleb has made mention of our approach in one Chapter of his new edition of the Black Swan. Dr. Leonard Peikoff has communicated with us about BBS exercise philosophy and is now training the BBS way. I also look forward to speaking at The 21 convention in Orlando this Summer, and I am honored to be included in a list of amazing speakers at the Ancestral Health Symposium in Los Angeles in Summer 2011. I am grateful to BBS and Ultimate Exercise for keeping me moving forward.

HIT Workout - March 12th

Worked out fasted – 10 grams of BCAAs. 

HIT	Last Workout		This Week		Increase	Kevin J Smith
	4-Mar		12-Mar		% since
Exercise	Weight	Time (secs)	Weight	Time (secs)	initial	Comments
Lower Back	362	78	362	91	72%	ROM: 72 degrees
Pull-Over	198	89	200	84	82%	MedX
Chest Press	186.5	87	187.5	84	79%	MedX
Leg Press	828	87	830	88	54%	MedX
SS Pull down	151.5	84	152.5	78	53%	Super Slow
Overhead Press	288	75	288	83	80%	MedX
total weight	2,014	8.33	2,020	8.47

HIT Workout - March 4th

Lower back felt super-hard from the 1^st rep – prompting my trainer to ask if I was fully recovered.  I had done some pretty vigorous snow shoveling last week, and I had felt it in my back, so perhaps I wasn’t fully recovered.  The other exercises were ok, improving in time or weight. 

HIT	Last Workout		This Week		Increase	Kevin J Smith
	25-Feb		4-Mar		% since
Exercise	Weight	Time (secs)	Weight	Time (secs)	initial	Comments
Lower Back	360	90	362	78	72%	ROM: 72 degrees
Pull-Over	196	87	198	89	80%	MedX
Chest Press	186.5	80	186.5	87	78%	MedX
Leg Press	828	78	828	87	53%	MedX
SS Pull down	151.5	77	151.5	84	52%	Super Slow
Overhead Press	288	75	288	75	80%	MedX