Some Arm Progress
This is from 2 nights ago, Wednesday, Feb 17.
Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 50 RP: 8+5+3 (for 16 total)
Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 45: 6
Smith Military Press: 25 per: 10, 8
Supinating Dumbbell Curl: 40 RP: 7+4+4 (for 15 total)
Supinating Dumbbell Curl: 35: 8
EZ-Bar Preacher Curl: 75: 10, 7
Dumbbell Preacher Curl: 25: 8+4+2+1
On my regular seated should presses with 50 lb dumbbells, I am surpassing my 15 rep goal across a rest-pause set now. I am, however, going to stick with this weight anyway instead of increasing. I’m going to need these to feel really easy before I attempt the 55s again. I don’t want to have a repeat of the last time I tried them (1 rep!) After the rest-pause set, I limited myself to a 2-minute rest, then went into a set with the 45s maxing out at 6 reps.
Normally after the dumbbell presses, I have been doing some standing barbell press, but I wanted to change it up this time and try some seated military press on the Smith machine. It ended up being a bad idea. I was very uncomfortable, and experienced distracting awkward strain in my joints. I’ll be going back to the barbell press next time.
For the supinating dumbbell curls, I hit my 15 reps again, but I still think my form could be a bit better. Also, I’d like to be able to get more than 7 reps on the first part of the set. So I’ll be using the 40s again next time instead of going up to 45s. Again, I limited myself to a 2-minute rest after this set, then did a regular set with the 35s maxing out at 8 reps.
Next came some preacher curls with the EZ-bar. I used the same weight as last time, but got more reps this time. I will probably use this weight one more time before going up to 80 lb. I followed these with standing single arm dumbbell preacher curls using the 25 pounders again. It wasn’t a rest-pause set, but I went back and forth without resting. 8 reps on the left arm, then 8 on the right, then 4 on the left, 4 right, 2 left, etc. until I couldn’t even do 1.