George Papakostas 8 Week Workout Blog

  Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgDXwYjoC-g Note: video commentary provided The workout was muscular conditions (endurance focused); the muscle group exercised was the chest. Intensity:  First exercise (warm up)= pushups (3 sets; 10-25 reps; 30 second rests) Second exercise (endurance)= bench press (3 sets; 15 reps; 95lbs; 60 second rests) Third exercise (endurance)= incline bench press (3 sets; 15 reps; 95lbs; 60 second rests) Fourth exercise (explosive exercise)= explosive pushups (3 sets; 6-8 reps; 60 second rests) Time: About 30 minutes Type:  Free weights and bodyweight exercises. 

 1. The areas of weakness from my last fitness appraisal are the following: My core strength; my flexibility; and my upper body strength and endurance (Specifically from the push up test). 2. My goal for this fitness plan is to improve athletic purpose mostly. I do not play any sports, but I do already exercise at the gym and I find making performance enhancements to be fulfilling. There is a part of me also that wants to build a better physique and get leaner (as I assume all do to some degree); however, my goals of increasing my athletic performance overshadows it. Also, I want to have fun in experimenting with new exercises that I have yet to try. My cardio is pretty good from all the work I have put into that area of training; however, I mostly want to focus on weight training during this fitness plan: specifically improving my strength and endurance on various important exercises to me, such as the bench press, the barbell squat, deadlifting, etc...  3. Progress motivates...