Well, I just finished a 16 week workout program called Maximum Strength. The book is written by Eric Cressey. He is a young trainer who is getting quite the reputation training athletes. It took me 20 weeks to do it. I was not very good about going 4 times a week. What can I say? Well, before you start you test your broad jump, bench, squat, deadlift, and weighted 3 rep chinup. Here are my results.
Standing broad jump - 87" to 94"
Bench - 205 to 240
Squat - 215 to 265
Deadlift - 305 to 365
Chinups: None to 2. Yes, for the first time in my life I can do chinups and pullups. I am as shocked as you are.
Not sure where I am going next but if you ever want to gain some strength this book is just awesome. Plus, the dynamic warmups he has you do before the workouts is just great. My shoulders and knees have never felt better.
Have a good week!
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I've been doing the dynamic stretching lately. It involves butt kicks, high knees, side gallops, and spider crawls (get your hands and feet on the ground and run). I've been able go to boot camp on Monday and run 3 miles on Tuesday. That definitely wasn't happening before.
Glad to hear you found something that is good for you.
Maybe next year in softball you won't hit like my sister...when she was pregnant.
I am pretty sure I will still hit like crap.
Congrats - keep it up for the next 18 years and you can fight off our daughter's boyfriends.
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