Tuesday 4/20 Workout

Hello Fitness Partners!

This blog and the readers (whoever you are) are actually my gym partners. When I workout I think about the blog and it motivates me in a weird way to work harder.

I read a article at http://ezinearticles.com/?Weights-Before-Cardio:--Stop-Working-Against-Yourself&id=37114 that made a good point on when to do your cardio in a workout.

A little piece:
Studies have shown that it can take as much as 29 minutes of cardio to burn your glycogen stores. So if you start your workout off with 30 minutes of cardio, not only did you burn fat for a whopping one minute, but you also depleted your body of the fuel it needs (glycogen) to do your resistance training. Now, in order to manufacture glucose glycogen) during your weight training session, your body may actually break down muscle tissue to use certain amino acids as your fuel. You could end up losing muscle instead of gaining.

To make things simple, if you do your weight training first, you can use your glycogen stores as fuel. Then, when you move over to your cardio, you’re right where you want to be… with depleted glycogen stores, giving your body The opportunity to burn fat as a fuel source.


Makes Sense right? Read this article if your goal is to burn fat.
 So with that new info in mind today was my Shoulder and Bicep workout
 Workout:

Shoulder and Bicep Superset
No Warmup
3 Cycles with no rest in between exercises
A. Smith Machine Shoulder Press
B. Side Lat Raises

A. Reverse Grip Curls
B. Standing Bicep Curls

A. Behind the back Lat raises
B. Front Raises on Smith Machine

A. Hammer Curls
B. Bicep Curl

A. Barbell Raise into Shoulder Press
B. One Arm Dumbbell Press (Throw and Catch Motion)

A. One Arm Curls
B. High Cable Curls

Finish with a run on the treadmill for 10mins HITT
Ran for 1 min, Walk 1min etc….

It was a good workout; I didn’t get to do my Jump Rope. I will fit it in some how this week.

What is your Healthy change for today? Instead of driving the trash to the garage bin I walked it this morning.

Thanks again for reading.
Will