Kris Gethin 12-Week Daily Trainer - Week 6: Day 42!
It's time once again to hit the back and biceps, but first Kris wants to tell you how and when to adjust your cardio so it remains affective!
Week 6, Day 42: Back & Biceps - 8:11
Week 6, Day 42: Back & Biceps Workout
Cardio
20 min
Seated Barbell Twist
150 reps, per side
Reverse Grip Hammer Pulldowns
2 warm up sets of 8-10 reps
3 sets of 8-10 reps
One-Arm Dumbbell Row
2 warm up sets of 8-10 reps
3 sets of 12-15 reps
Bent Over Barbell Row
2 warm up sets of 8-10 reps
3 sets of 10-12 reps
Reverse Grip Pulldowns
3 sets of 12-15 reps
Spider Curl
1 warm up set of 8-10 reps
3 sets of 8-10 reps
Concentration Curls
1 warm up set of 8-10 reps
3 sets of 12-15 reps
Machine Preacher Curls
7 sets of 10-15 reps
Cardio
20 min
Seated Barbell Twist
150 reps, per side
Tips For This Workout Day
Adjusting Cardio:
- Don't adjust your cardio until your weight plateaus or you notice you're not losing as much as you should.
- If you do adjust your cardio only add around 10 minutes per day. That's only 5 minutes per session.
Reverse Grip Hammer Pulldown:
- Be sure to check out the video for a demonstration on performing this exercise.
- If your chest is coming off the pad you're using too much weight, and you should remove some.
One Arm Dumbbell Rows:
- If you're going heavy on this lift make sure you're wearing a lifting belt to protect your back.
- If you start to fail on your last few reps complete the set with partial reps.
Reverse Grip Pulldowns:
- Try using flexsolate straps to really isolate the muscle on this exercise.
Spider Curls:
- Try using a wider grip when you want to add some thickness to your biceps.
- If you don't think you're doing enough work on a particular muscle, throw in a drop set.
Machine Preacher Curls:
- Kris feels his biceps need extra work so this last set is an FST-7 set.
- You will find seven sets on your last exercise can be intense and almost painful. You need to work through that pain and complete the set.
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Opinionated as I am I have a subtle feeling this workout could have been improved by applying the principle "less is more". However, I have no suggestion wrt. where to cut and have followed this workout to the letter all 4 times.
On round 3 I spent 95 minutes in the gym, this round I spent 90 and I fail to see how this workout can be executed within "the golden gym hour" timespan. Hence my otherwise unprecisely targeted critique.. TIP: Bring a half-gallon container of water and add 12-15 grams BCAA . You'll need it!
- Body Stats
- ht: 6'2"
- wt: 248.6 lbs
Stop Whinging, no one wants your advice and tips were here to watch and learn from Kris. And if you want a tip, you need to spend alot less time in the gym, and less time on here moaning
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'8"
- wt: 171.4 lbs
- bf: 19.9%
Viking, I have been following your comments since you started them a couple weeks back i guess. I understand this is round 4? for you....The last 3 rounds for bulking, the first was a cut i guess? If so on round 1 did you follow the program to the "T" and what were your results? Do you have any b4 and after pics? Congrats on adding 40lbs of muscle, truly amazing!
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- ht: 6'2"
It may be possible to hit an hour, but you'd really have to keep an eye on your rest time and be really efficient to get this under an hour or at an hour.
There are 33 sets including warm up sets and if you take a minute in between each set that's 33 minutes gone. This doesn't include the time it takes to complete each set, movement between machines/weights or other things.
Without warm ups that is still 25 minutes for rest and if we assume each rep takes 4 seconds(2 seconds up and 2 down), then we're looking at roughly 40 seconds per set. This is an average btw, not concrete. That comes out to roughly 17 minutes of actual weight lifting and 42 total minutes total with no time wasted.
So definitely possible. Though I average around an hour 15 or so depending on how I'm feeling and what I'm working on. The days that are filled with triple drop sets definitely take me way longer to complete since each set is probably close to 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.
BTW this does not include cardio.
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'11"
- wt: 212.8 lbs
- bf: 24.4%
If you keep your rest times to 1 min, and be generous and say it takes 1 min to perform each set, that would take you about 66 mins. It will probably mean you need to drop the weight you are using but the amount of growth will be the same.
The other option is to split your workout in half so you do chest in the morning and tris in the afternoon.
viking not ***** or anything but stop complaining... keep your rest time under 2mins. Its not a day spa.
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'6"
- wt: 176 lbs
- bf: 24.1%
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'8"
- wt: 171.4 lbs
- bf: 19.9%
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'8"
- wt: 182 lbs
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- ht: 5'7"
- wt: 163 lbs
Viking, I'm typically am a quiet type person, keeping opinions to myself.......you know the old saying, however, I'll add this and go back to gettin' on with life. Kris offers an awesome plan, backs it with knowledge and experience. The integrity of this program when you commit is simply that, it's an integrity. The accountability is to yourself; trying to change the plan, make excuse for time, etc.... is a lack of integrity to yourself.
I work 6p to 6a, have to get in rest time, family time, and most importantly, God time. If you have integrity, then no matter what the time is, the cost is, or whatever, the choice is simple, you've made an integrity to transform your life. Any attempt to excuse or opinionate something outside of the plan, is the part of you that is looking for a way out, hence, illustrating a lack of integrity to yourself. If you have to make sacrifices to reach your goals, grab your stones, man up, and do it.
Personally, my gym time is limited. Even on a cops salary and supporting a family of four, I've frugally shoped around and brought the gym home. Once again, how committed are you and do you remain accountable to yourself.
By the way, this isn't an attack or anything of the sort, you're probably a great guy, however, I look at this forum as a way to support other likeminded members and to gain support in my efforts to succeed at my goals. How about keeping that as a mindset and keeping opinions and criticisms to yourself bro? Thanks :-)
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'10"
- wt: 215 lbs
- bf: 12.0%
hey.. any alternative to Spider Curls?? My gym does not have the preacher bench on which i can stand comfortably from the other side..
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'9"
- wt: 198 lbs
- bf: 11.0%
Just any machine that has a pad that is completely vertical. I ran into this problem too, but just used some leg-extension machine that had a low enough back pad that was completely vertical and you can stand behind it with your arms in front of the pad, letting your arms hang vertical to perform the spider curls.
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'10"
- wt: 175 lbs
- bf: 11.0%
Same problem at my gym, I use an adjustable bench, throw it all the way up to vertical, and put a block down behind it. The block lets me get up above the back rest of the bench and do the spiders. The leg-extension from bahl is a good idea. At my gym I ran into a problem that I couldn't lower my weight far enough because the seat was interfering on the leg extension and shoulder press.
- Body Stats
- ht: 6'2"
- wt: 179 lbs
- bf: 8.3%
Just did the workout and it only took 65 minutes and that was adding in 3 drop sets of back hyperextensions. Just download an app on your phone to track your workout, but also you can use it to track your rest time.
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'10"
- wt: 225 lbs
- bf: 28.0%
when ever i need to turn my mined off to get that few more reps i turn my ipod all the way up and it helps.
- Body Stats
- ht: 6'2"
- wt: 185 lbs
Looking forward to this workout. My biceps are not progressing enough during this 12 week transformation. I am going to ramp it up and push them hard today.
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'8"
- wt: 247 lbs
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- ht: 5'9"
- wt: 158.7 lbs
- bf: 15.0%
ei im droping weight but im not increasing muscle in my biceps this is normal... im kind of frustrated:(
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- ht: 5'10"
- wt: 172 lbs
Hits tuff9uy, if your not doing drop sets or hitting more weights your body will not grown,, I ve found doing kris Gethin workout 12 weeks really dose work, the Diet goes hand in hand with training. I have done many workout some have worked but most are just time wasters. If you want to get big, lean and look your Best join kris Gethin workout program
- Body Stats
- ht: 6'7"
- wt: 232.4 lbs
- bf: 26.0%
- Body Stats
- ht: 6'7"
- wt: 232.4 lbs
- bf: 26.0%
any good substitute for the reverse hammer pull-downs?
I don't have that machine here... gonna be doing this exercises tomorrow so I'll be needing quick replies
:D
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- wt: 121 lbs
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- ht: 5'7"
- wt: 162.8 lbs
- bf: 10.8%
i honestly got it done in a hour.. but honestly who cares.. WHAT MATTERS is that you did the workout correctly. Crazy workout though
- Body Stats
- ht: 6'1"
- wt: 177 lbs
ive been working my *** off in the most literal sense of the term, im down about 20 lbs so far and im 20 away from my goal weight of 200. Is it ok to do some extra lower abs on some day cuz mine could use some work?
- Body Stats
- ht: 5'11"
- wt: 221 lbs
- bf: 25.0%
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