Shoulders & Arms Hypertrophy Day

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So...my phone broke last night at the gym - that's only the 5th phone I've gone through this last year LOL. Anyway, I had insurance this time and they are overnighting me one tomorrow - bad thing was I had no music to listen to for today's workout. I didn't let it effect my intensity, but it was a little harder to keep things moving and to gear up for sets though. Hopefully I will get it sometime tomorrow before the leg workout!

DB Seated Military Press: 115s for 8 reps, 7 reps

I really wanted to see where I stood on the 115s for this exercise. They are about right on par with what I thought they would be. I will probably use these from now on until I can bust out 10 reps...

DB Standing Alternating Curls: 75s for 10 reps, 8 reps

These are so tough for me...I was able to get 1 more rep than last workout on the first set, but the second set remained the same. Still, though, 1 rep is still progress! THe pain in the biceps stuck for about 5 seconds after the lift LOL...I was getting wierd looks because of the grimace on my face after the set!

DB Skull Crushers: 60s for 10 reps, 10 reps

A little change of pace here. We decided to try something different here and it turns out I really like this exercise! We performed these in the exact same way we do the EZ bar skull crushers, only we are holding dumbbells. The burn was a lot deeper! This is definitely a keeper for hyper days from now on!

Machine Rear Delt Raises: 215 for 10 reps, 10 reps, 10 reps, 10 reps

I felt like just finishing out shoulders with this one exercise for 4 sets. I'm able to really control the weight on the machine through the eccentric part of the lift, so on hyper days, I may just stick to this exercise and leave the db reverse incline rear raises to being a power auxiliary exercise.

DB Single Arm Preacher Curl: 55 for 10 reps, 9 reps

Again, the pain after this exercise stuck for a good five seconds afterwards...It's kind of a good pain in a masochistic kind of way Anyway, I was able to best this set by yet another rep - hopefully that means progress in the bicep area and getting these 14 inch arms to grow! LOL

Rope Extensions: 200 for 10 reps, 10 reps

Just for a change of pace, kept a little lighter intensity exercise in the mix today to focus on form and squeeze. I hadn't done these in a while, but got what I wanted out of them no less.

DB Incline Curls: 50s for 10 reps, 8 reps

This is probably my favorite bicep exercise right now - I love the way gravity works during the range of motion on this one. I upped the reps another one here as well, but they quickly faded in the second set - at this point they were definitely CASHED!

Machine Tricep Extensions: Stack + 25 for 10 reps, 10 reps

Last exericse to top off the workout - nothing fancy, just a good machine exercise for the triceps to work on form and squeeze. Actually, after the db skull crushers, these were a lot mroe difficult than before...which says something about the db skull crushers!

So far so good...the intensity was still there, but I REALLY missed my music today! Hopefully I will have some for tomorrow...I can't imagine trying to go all out on a heavy leg set and not have Disturbed screaming in my ear Gonna take the wife out on a date tonight and then hit up some emails. Until tomorrow...keep crushing it!

Sporto