Back on the blog, back in the gym.

So tonight I decided to get back onto blogger and start my blogging again, Monday is also a new start after just over a month out I will be getting back into the gym. Working my way into it as I have been out with a pulled muscle, I still have some tightness but I will be starting back with plenty of stretching and mobility work. I was previously doing a lot of this along with my strength work and found it to help a lot with keeping the little tweaks and pulls you can sometimes feel when i'm pushing myself hard. Ive not blogged in years but thought i would give it a real go so here goes!

For my routine i will be following a base of Stronglifts 5x5 with some accessory work, as i dont feel the base 3 exercises are enough volume for hypertrophy

First off I will start with a good foam rolling session. I will go into more depth in a later blog about foam rolling. The main reason to foam roll is to release toxins out of the muscle And to generally loosen yourself up! Its painful but so rewarding! I recommend it to everyone!

Next up i will start with some squats, not going too heavy for the first week and concentrating on getting back into that groove. I will be doing 5x5 after 2-3 warm up sets, its extremely important to properly warm up with squats especially, since there are so many injuries you can sustain if you fail to do some simple warm up sets and stretches, making sure to warm up the entire body.

 Next i will jump into some bench press, again starting with 2-3 warm up sets, working my way progressively up to the working weight. Again 5x5 on this.

The 3rd exercise will be bent over row. Again with a warm up set or two up to the working set. 5x5 again. Making sure to get the stretch at the bottom and the contraction at the top. Spread those lats!

Now onto some accessory work, i will start off with some tricep pushdowns, this time without the warm ups but 3-4 sets of 8-10 reps, and then i will move on the some z bar curls, 2-3 sets of 8-10.

Keep tuned for more in depth into my training and eating!

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