Exercise of the week - the "Carry Along"

Something the erks people at the gym is a hard trainer that is hell bent on gathering ALL of the weights so that they can either perform drop sets or just be a regular idiot at the gym.

 

However, my exercise of the week will have you taking along a piece of gear for your whole workout… so don’t judge too harshly on those who gather, it might be legit!

 

I’m not normally a fan of barbells, they promote LH/RH bias in a workout, but they do have their place. Normally these are good to use, mixed in with free weights or to really tire out a muscle group after you have hit them with isolated dumbbell weights.

 

The “carry along” is your little buddy to carry along with you on any particular muscle group day and the idea is to really tire out that target muscle, what might start off feeling too light at the start of your workout, might end up being a load that you just want to throw through the gym window (but you can’t because you are too tired!!)

 

Here is how it works.

 

Choose a weight that is reasonably weighted but nowhere near your maximum for any target muscle group (see suggested buddy up exercise list a bit lower)

 

Then carry out your normal routine, but at the end of each set, use the “carry along” to insert a superset straight after.

 

Keep the same exercise throughout and don’t stop super setting until your workout is 100% complete.

 

Here is the list of suggested “Carry along” exercises for each muscle group.

 

Chest – incline/lying bench press

 

Biceps – Preacher curls

 

Shoulders – Standing Military Press

 

Legs – A$$ to ankles squats

 

Triceps – Standing French press

 

Back – straight leg back raises

 

Abs – Straight arm lying crunches.

 

If you want more tips hit me up, otherwise take that “carry along” and get that swole on!