After coming off my best meet performance of my career, I am now taking some time to focus on competing in bodybuilding over the spring of 2017. My nutrition coaching is through Cliff Wilson, and I have not yet determined the shows I'm competing in at this time.
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Well after my awesome meet performance and WPC World's I took a few days off to just enjoy some food and being a lazy bum. I actually had one whole day of travel and then took a whole day to work and just chill out. But by the time Thursday rolled around, I was ready to get back into the gym and just move some weights. I didn't come in with a real plan, so-to-speak, but I knew I wanted to bro out and get a crazy pump from all the terrible food I had on Tuesday and Wednesday. Nothing like a quick shoulder and arm pump to split the sleeves a little.
Items Used in this Training Session
Warm Up
Cats & Camels - 10
Quadraped T-Spine Ext - 10 each
Band Dislocations - 10
Alternating Band Dislocations - 10 each
Band Pressdowns - 15
Band Straight Arm Lat Pulldowns - 15
Band Face Pulls - 15
Single Arm Band Fly - 15 each
Band Rows - 15
Band Curls - 15
A1) Reverse Pec Dec
4x15
B1) Lateral Raises
4x10
C1) Bradford Press
3x12
D1) DB Upright Rows (wide)
2x15
E1) EZ Bar Skull Crushers
4x15
F1) EZ Bar Curls
4x12
G1) Incline Tate Press
4x12
G2) Seated Hammer Curls
4x10
H1) Bench Dips
3 sets, max reps (using a 3 sec negative)
H2) Preacher Curl Machine
3x15
they've been villified quite a bit it seems recently, but i don't think i've ever had an issue with upright rows and shoulder health
I believe for this particular day I used 15's and got smoked. The key is to keep your hands wide, like in a snatch. This will help prevent most shoulder issues, as it's basically a modified lateral raise. I just like the contraction I can get better. I do think the closer grip upright rows that are more common can cause some issues. I know I personally stay away from those as I get some clicking. Hope that helps!