Interesting week…I told my Trainer, Chris, that this week’s workout was completely ‘his choice’. Chris chose to give me a traditional HIT workout with either adding weight on the negatives or performing the exercise as a negative only. He added in 3 machines I do not normally use – an Eccentrix Chin up machine, a MedX Arm Cross, and a MedX Leg Extension. We skipped both the Pull Over and the Super Slow Pull Down machines…
For the exercises that I normally perform, Chris dropped the weight for the positive portion and then either stood on the stack or applied pressure to increase the difficulty of the negative portion of the exercise. On the Leg Press his weight alone was not sufficient to tire me 90 seconds, so he stood on the stack and pulled with his arms.
As usual I worked out fasted and took 10 grams of BCAAs 15 minutes before the workout. I broke my fast an hour after I got back from the gym, approximately an 18-hour fast. Next week I will go back to the normal HIT workout and see if there are any noticeable improvements.
| HIT | Last Workout | This Week | Kevin J Smith | ||
| 20-Apr | 29-Apr | ||||
| Exercise | Weight | Time (secs) | Weight | Time (secs) | Comments |
| Lower Back | 366 | 90 | 280 | 90 | with negatives |
| Arm Cross | | | 300 | 3X | negatives only |
| Chest Press | 188.5 | 84 | 120 | 100 | with negatives |
| Leg Press | 834 | 93 | 740 | 100 | with negatives |
| Chin Up | | | 5 | 3X | Ecentrix Machine |
| Overhead Press | 290 | 92 | 180 | 108 | with negatives |
| Leg Extension | | | 300 | 3X | negatives only |
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