I know you are desperate for a new fitness approach to the New Year. Try this routine from Chad Waterbury for your very first workout:
Deadlift for 50 reps w/load equal to your body weight
Push-ups for 100 reps
Chin-ups for 50 reps
Break it up into as many sets as you need to get it done (e.g., 10 deadlifts, 20 pushups, 5 chin-ups, repeat). But, don’t stop except for a brief 10-20 seconds between each set!
By the way, there are some people that claim the deadlift is not relevant except for Olympic powerlifters. Really? Go take a look at what it is and then I will rattle off about 37 day to day activities it mimics (picking up heavy boxes, picking up a child, moving furniture, etc.). It is actually one of the few resistance exercise that has real life applications. When was the last time you did something resembling a pec-dec chest movement outside of a gym?
Go here if you need some deadlift pointers.
1 comment:
I absolutely agree with you. The dead lift is very relevant to day-to-day activities. As the mother of a toddler, I do this many times a day, and when you're unconditioned it's extremely hard on your back and shoulders. I have found that after learning to lift weights correctly, I have improved the movements I make in normal life and I have less pain all round.
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