ZeroMan Workout 10

ZeroMan Workout Series

The ZeroMan workout series is designed for gentlemen relatively new to working out who want to lose weight and have general fitness improvement.  This program can work for anyone, so feel free to adjust weight and resistance to fit your needs.  Weeks 1-4 are designed for exercise familiarization, general lean muscle development, and initial fat loss.  Weeks 5-8 will focus on strength gain and sustained metabolism increase, including diet suggestions.  Enjoy!

Day 10: Friday October 14^th 2011

Warm Up: 20 minutes

Recumbent Resistance Intervals

-       5 minutes at ‘5’ to ‘7’ resistance 75 RPM to 80 RPM

-       8 times: 30 seconds at ‘10’ to ‘12’ resistance 90+ RPM, followed by 1 minute at ‘5’ to ‘7’ resistance 75 RPM to 80 RPM

-       3 minutes at a leisurely pace

Light Stretch: less than 5 minutes

            No deep stretching.  Just a few reaching exercises, arm swings and circles, trunk rotations, etc.  The idea is to move and get warm, especially muscle groups you missed in your warm-up.

Resistance: 10 – 20 minutes

Fran-ish

For time: (let me know how long it takes you.  try to limit your rest to 3 breaths during sets and 8 breaths between sets)

-       21 air squats or modified squats

-       21 barbell military presses (30 – 35 lbs.)

-       21 lat pull-downs (40 – 50 lbs.)

-       15 air squats or modified squats

-       15 barbell military presses (30 – 35 lbs.)

-       15 lat pull-downs (40 – 50 lbs.)

-       9 air squats or modified squats

-       9 barbell military presses (30 – 35 lbs.)

-       9 lat pull-downs (40 – 50 lbs.)

Stretch: 5 - 10 minutes

Comprehensive light stretching, then focus on shoulders, arms, chest and back. Be sure to include: infraspinatus stretch, teres minor stretch, bent over lat stretch, wall lat stretch, overhead triceps stretch, seated biceps stretch, doorway or floor deltoid stretch, side deltoid stretch, straight arm chest stretch, and doorway or floor modified chest stretch.

Cool Down: 20 minutes

Walk, jog, or bike at a leisurely pace.  Treadmill, elliptical, recumbent, and the great outdoors are all good options.  Spend some quality time with your dog.  

This workout is the most intense so far, so if you need to scale down the weight or take a longer break than prescribed, no big deal.  Let me know how it goes!  Comment below, tweet @geoffcraft, or shoot me an email!  Eat well, drink lots of water and have fun!  Love you.

get fit.

Day 11: Saturday October 15^th 2011

Walk 2 miles.  Stretch.