Health & Fitness: The Road to 40 (Week 2)

And the official count? TEN! ! !

Today marks the 10th time in two weeks that I hit the gym! Who would have thought! Anyway, I worked the ol’ chest again this morning with the following routine:

• 2 sets 10 reps – Inclined bench press for midrange position (45 lb dumbbells)
• 2 sets 10 reps – Inclined flys for stretch position (20 lb dumbbells)
• 2 sets 10 reps – Inclined cable crossovers for contracted position (35 lbs)
• 2 sets 10 reps – Bench press (50 lb dumbbells)
• 2 sets 10 reps – Flys (25 lb dumbbells)
• 2 sets 10 reps – Cable crossovers (40 lbs)
• 2 sets 10 reps - Assisted Dips (-80 lbs of help so ~128 lbs total)

I realize the weight is a little low but I don’t want to overdo it to the point of injury so I’m slowly increasing the weight over several weeks. My goal is to get to 75 lb dumbbells on the inclined bench press. This comes from a little friendly competition (all in my head) with my friend (mentioned below). He is currently pressing 75 lb dumbbells.

So, I go into the weekend pretty stoked about the last two weeks. My goal is to finish off the month this way. Hopefully, this will be a long-term habit.