Posts Tagged ‘chest exercises’

3/12/12 – Monday – Chest and Core

Monday, March 12th, 2012

For each exercise, complete 3 sets for 6 to 12 reps at 80% of your 1 Rep Max:

Dumbbell Bench

Dumbbell Flys

Incline Dumbbell Bench

Decline Dumbbell Bench

Incline Dumbbell Flys

Abs/Core:

Circuit 3-4 times

Crunches (with weight) 20-30 reps

Side Plank 1-1:30 minutes (1 side)

Crunches (no weight) max reps

Side Plank 1-1:30 minutes (other side)

End Circuit

Cardio:

Run/Jog 30 minutes

-The MidwestFit Team

12/19/11 – Monday – Chest

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Going to go through these strength workouts again this week, then get back into some full body stuff next week…

Chest:
For an idea on what weight to use, if you are shooting for 8 reps on an exercise, it should be tough to reach that 8th rep, but not impossible.  Use your first set as a benchmark.  If you are able to perform 20 repetitons when you are going for 8, then you need to increase your weight significantly.  If you are able to get 10 reps, then up your weight used slightly, or leave it the same as the 2nd set will be a bit tougher.

Perform 4 – 8 reps. Perform 3 times.

DB = Dumbbell

Bench Press

DB Flies

Incline Bench Press

DB Incline Flies

Decline Bench Press

Hip Press

Cardio:

Spend 30 minutes biking or running at a tempo pace

-The MidwestFit Team