Training Log: The Anvil of Crom
- Day 6
Filed Under (Training) by admin on 30-04-2009
Tagged Under : Ab Workout, Aditya Dev, Anvil of Crom, Platinum Blonde, Shoulder Workout
TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
ADITYA “ROMEO” DEV
Today’s training role model is a man who has not let the fact that he stands only 27 inches tall stand in his way when it comes to dedication at the gym.
Aditya “Romeo” Dev spent all but the last few years of his life housebound because his parents feared the shame a man so small might bring upon the family.
When Romeo ultimately did emerge from the shadows and into the limelight, he wasted little time in securing his name in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s shortest bodybuilder.
Despite his diminutive stature, Romeo Dev follows a rigorous and comprehensive training routine that means even if he is short, he nonetheless maintains proportion, development and definition just like any 250-pounder. And given his size and light body weight, the amount of iron he can push, press and pull is nothing to sneeze at.
Since stepping into the gym and away from the prison of insecurity that he called home for so many years, Dev has become a national celebrity and now earns a healthy living just for being himself. Another example of how focus and dedication pay dividends…
Platinum Blonde – It Doesn’t Really Matter
HAMMERING THE ANVIL…
Shoulder time. They need a little extra attention and they will get their punishment today.
TODAY: SHOULDERS (5-1-5) and ABS (fast)
ARNOLD PRESS (5 sets)
30 x 8
35 x 6
35 x 6
40 x 5
50 x 3 / 30 x 2
INCLINE LYING FORWARD DUMMBELL RAISES (3 sets)
10 x 10
10 x 8
15 x 7
SEATED MACHINE SHOULDER PRESS (per arm) (5 sets)
40 x 8
40 x 7
50 x 6
60 x 5
70 x 3 / 40 x 2
LATERAL DUMBBELL RAISES (5 sets)
10 x 10
15 x 8
15 x 7
20 x 5
20 x 4
VERTICAL GRIP BACK FLYES (PEC DECK) (3 sets)
85 x 7
85 x 5
100 x 4
HORIZONTAL GRIP BACK FLYES (PEC DECK) (3 sets)
70 x 10
85 x 8
100 x 6
BACK EXTENSIONS (3 sets)
Torso x 10
Torso x 10
Torso x 10
ABS: TWISTING ROCKY IV’S (3 sets)
Body x 5
Body x 4
Body x 3
ABS: CABLE WOOD-CHOPPERS (per side) (4 sets)
40 x 10
60 x 10
70 x 10
80 x 10
CRUNCHES (3 sets)
x 30
x 15
x 12
BICYCLE CRUNCHES (3 sets)
x 10
x 14
x 10
TRAINING NOTES
Nothing out of the ordinary to report. A solid day. Trucked through the tough points in the workout, got ‘er done. The 5-1-5 tempo was punishing but effective.
Total Sets (Shoulders): 24
INSPIRATIONAL CLIP
In the following clip, we get to see Aditya Dev in action. The guy may be two feet tall but he’s in pretty damn good shape. And he should certainly take any people who have excuses like “I need to lose some weight first before I go to the gym because everybody will be looking at me” and smack those excuses right out of their procrastinating heads. There is a pretty good post on Aditya Dev by Mike at Black Fitness Blog.
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