trap - bar bent - legged deadlift 1 x 15 - 20
followed immediately by Rader chest pull 1 x 20 rest 5 minutes supine leg
curl 1 x 10 - 15 seated calf raise 1 x 15 - 20 D.A.R.D. raise 1 x 8 - 12 barbell side bend 1 x 8 - 12 barbell bench press 1 x 8 - 12 chin - up or pull - down 2 x 8 - 12 military barbell overhead press 2 x 8 - 12 shrug 2 x 8 - 12 close - grip bench press 2 x 8 - 12 standing biceps
curl with straight bar and
arm blaster 1 x 8 - 12 hammer
curl 1 x 8 - 12 crunch 1 x 15 - 20 reverse crunch 1 x 10 - 15
bent - legged deadlift with Olympic bar 2 x 8 - 10
followed immediately by light dumbbell pullover 2 x 15 rest 5 minutes after both sets one - legged calf raise 1 x 15 - 20 D.A.R.D. raise 1 x 8 - 10 leg press on angled leg press machine 1 x 10 - 12 dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 incline dumbbell flye 1 x 8 - 10 pullover 1 x 8 - 10 barbell row with underhand grip 1 x 8 - 10 dumbbell overhead press with 1 dumbbell 1 x 8 - 10 shrug 1 x 6 - 8 seated overhead triceps dumbbell extension 1 x 8 - 10 standing biceps
curl with straight bar and
arm blaster 1 x 8 - 10 hammer
curl 1 x 8 - 10 crunch 1 x 15 - 20
FIRST incline press using thick bar 1 x 8 - 10 incline dumbbell flye 1 x 15 - 20 incline press using thick bar 1 x 8 - 10 dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 flat bench dumbbell flye 1 x 15 - 20 dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 front pulldown or chin 1 x 8 - 10 stiff -
arm pulldown 1 x 15 - 20 front pulldown or chin 1 x 8 - 10 one dumbbell pullover drop set of 3 x 8 close - grip bench press 1 x 8 - 10 pushdown with rope handle 1 x 15 - 20 close - grip bench press 1 x 8 - 10 seated overhead (one -
arm) extension drop set 3 x 8 incline or hanging kneeups 1 x 8 - 10 ab - bench crunch 1 x 15 - 20 incline or hanging kneeups 1 x 8 - 10 SECOND [2] dumbbell upright row 1 x 8 - 10 standing forward - lean lateral raise 1 x 15 - 20 [2] dumbbell upright row 1 x 8 - 10 dumbbell (two -
arm) press drop set 3 x 8 incline one -
arm dumbbell lateral 1 x 8 bent - over dumbbell lateral drop set 3 x 8 dumbbell (two -
arm) row on high bench 1 x 8 - 10 seated bent -
arm bent - over dumbbell lateral 1 x 15 - 20 dumbbell (two -
arm) row on high bench 1 x 8 - 10 one -
arm dumbbell row 1 x 8 - 10 barbell shrug [wrist straps or hooks are fine] 1 x 15 - 20 standing dumbbell
curl w
arm - blaster 1 x 8 - 10 spider
curl with E-Z
curl bar 1 x 15 - 20 cable
curl with straight bar 1 x 8 - 10 incline (two -
arm)
curl drop set 3 x 8 incline (two -
arm) hammer
curl drop set 3 x 8 rotator cuff with ShoulderHorn and dumbbells 1 x 8 - 10 hang from chinning bar'til failure THIRD front squat 1 x 6 - 8 leg extension 1 x 15 - 20 front squat 1 x 6 - 8 sissy squat 1 x 8 - 10 supine leg
curl 1 x 15 - 20 leg press on angled leg press 1 x 8 - 10 stiff - legged deadlift 1 x 8 - 10 immediately
followed by back extension 1 x 30 - 50 (no weight) 5 minute rest leg press calf raise 1 x 20 leg press calf raise 1 x 15 standing calf raise 1 x 12 - 15 seated calf raise 1 x 12 - 15 D.A.R.D raise 1 x 8 - 10 4 - way neck work with towel — 1 15 - second rep for each of the 4 ways TIPS for using this program in your weight lifting routines:
A: breathing squat 1 x 20 immediately
followed by stiff -
arm pullover 1 x 20 5 minutes rest good morning 2 x 8 incline bench press using thick bar 3 x 5 seated cable row using shoulder - width bar 3 x 7 close - grip bench press using reverse grip 3 x 7 hang from chinning bar until failure gripper work B: trap - bar deadlift 3 x 5 trap - bar deadlift for four progressively heavy singles 5 minute rest seated overhead press using thick bar (in front) 3 x 5 - 7 standing biceps
curl with straight bar and narrow grip 3 x 8 - 10 seated alternate hammer
curl 2 x 8 - 10 thick bar hold with overhand grip: twice to failure (20 to 40 seconds each) weighted crunch using ab - mat or ab - bench 1 x 20 - 25 Notice that you are no longer limited to the exercises in the McRobert books.