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PHA 5 Day Circuit Routines
Date Posted January 17, 2008

“5 day PHA Routine Training.”

 

by John E Boardman, Certify AFAA Personal Trainer

 Programs Primary Goal(s)- To improve muscular endurance with weight trainings repetitions and limited rest time.

-          3 cycles each series, 8 reps, 30to45 second rest between cycles, 1 minute rest between each series.

 Monday

1.       Warm-up: 5 minutes on the recumbent bike and ran outside for a ½ mile in 5-10 minutes

2.       Muscle Strength and Endurance Test on the Incline Barbell bench press

A.      First Set- 20 reps with 135

B.      2nd Set- 1 rep with 225

C.      3rd Set- 2 reps with 225

D.      4th Set- 6 partial reps with 225

  PHA Circuit Program Series 1

Hammer Strength Incline Press

Leg Extension

Reverse Grip Extension or Regular Extension on Bosu

Wide Lat Pulldowns

 Series 2

Pull ups

Squats

Side Raises on Bosu

Calf Raises on Leg Press

 Series 3

Dips

Lying Leg Raises

Push Presses

Cable Curl on Bosu

 Series 4

Cable Crosses

Straight Arm Pulldowns on lat machine

Upright Rows

Front Dumbbell Raises

 Series 5

Hamstring Curl

Machine Overhead Press

Machine Preacher Curl

 TuesdaySeries 1

Cybex Shoulder Press

Cybex Leg Press

Alt Curls

Reverse Grip Arm Extensions

 Series 2

Pull ups

Cable Crossovers

VR3 Ab Machine

Front Raises

 Series 3

EZ bar curls

Tricep  Pressdowns

Hanging knee crunches

T-Bar Rows

Series 4

Medicine Ball Crunches on Ball(20 reps) with Rebound Crunches(20reps)

Cable Curls

Skull Crushers on ball with Close Grip Press  on ball

  Wednesday

1.       Warm-up

-5 minutes on the recumbent bike

-1/2 mile run on a trail

- close grip pull ups 8 reps

 

Mode-

“Circuit 400”  
ExerciseSetsReps
Decline crunch 20,20 
 Roman Chair crunch 220,20 
Vertical Knee Crunches  212,12 
Medicine Crunch/ Rebound Crunch2 sets-each 20,20,20,20 
Hanging Knee Crunches 2  15,20 
Decline Crunches 20 
Vertical Knee Crunches 20 
Roman Crunches  120 
Medicine Crunches/Rebound Crunches 120,20 
Hanging Knee Crunches 20 
 Ball Crunches 1100 
 ThursdaySeries 1

Leg extension

Dumbbell side raises

Standing Calf Raises

Low Cable Flies

 Series 2

Clean and Jerks with bent over rows

Decline crunches

Bicep Flies

Close grip press with skull crushers, or reverse grip extensions

 Series 3

Squats

Incline Flies

Cable Rows

Standing Hamstring Curls

 Series 4

Push Presses(6 reps)

Close Grip Pulldowns

Pec Fly

Medicine Crunches(20reps), Rebound Crunches(20reps), Medicine Crunches with Rebound Crunches( 20reps,20reps)

 Series 5

Cable side Raises

Hanging Leg Raises

Tricep Rope Extensions

Cybex Overhead Press

 FridayPHA Circuit 9 Series 1

Alt curl

Leg Extension or Leg Press

Rope Extension

Straight Arm Pulldowns

 Series 2

Heavy Straight Bar Curl( 1reps)

Hack Squats

Close Grip Press

Hammer Strength Incline Press

 Series 3

Preacher bench Machine

Tricep Pressdowns

Machine Lateral Raises

Single Arm Dumbbell Extensions

 Series 4

Single Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl

Arnold Presses

Reverse Grip Extensions

Overhead EZ bar Extensions

 

-          3 cycles each series, 8 reps, 30-45 second rest between cycles, 1minute rest between series 1

Cardio- Ran 1 mile

Cool  Down- 5 minutes on the arm cycle.

       
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