Monday, April 9, 2012

I Wanna Be Like Dwight!!

Last Monday was my day to create Dwight Howard Baby Boulders as I like to call them :) As you may recall, I'm on a mission to have shoulders like the ones in this picture or this picture. I'm not quite at Dwight's level by I'm definitely making progress!

Tom shot a video of last Monday's shoulder workout and I want to give you a little background about what's going on in the video before you view it.

As most of you know, Tom creates my workouts and this was one of his more brutal creations :) He wanted to incorporate a lot of mid-delts by using supersets and dropsets. The idea was to create separation but also tie in pre-exhausting the delts. You will see me posing at the end of some of the sets. I was doing this to help feel the exact muscles I had just worked on and recognize what muscles I want to pop while I'm on stage - mind/muscle connection, baby!!

The workout consists of the following:

Superset #1 - Lateral raises --> Upright rows
Superset #2 - Military press --> Bent-over raises
LifeFitness Rear Delt machine
LifeFitness Lateral Raise machine
Kettlebell Front Raises (in squat position)

I hope you enjoy the video and I want you to know...the comment about Zumba....all Tom...he's such a smartass ;)

21 comments:

  1. LOVE it!
    love your game face with your workout hat on!
    LOVE how your arms and shoulders look NOW,so i can only imagine when you step on stage again....Dwight just may have met his shoulder stunt double!
    ;D

    keep up your hard work,T!
    you (and your hubs mad video skills) ROCK!!!!

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    1. Thank you! Thank you!

      I didn't realize how serious I look in the gym until this video...no wonder no one talks to me ;)

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  2. Tom did a GREAT JOB on your video!!! Looked very professional. And your well on your way to some boulder shoulders. :)

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    1. Tom did an awesome job on this one - I told him he's got mad skillz...lol!

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  3. WOOT! Awesome watching you do your thing! Great video, T!

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  4. Why is Dwight so sexy? Just sayin. (Prep brain apparently thinks in sexy terms right now)

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  5. you worked it girl! nice job.
    i love when i get an awesome work out, because I sleep like a baby.

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  6. LOVE LOVE your video T!!! You have amazing shoulders! Can't wait to see you on stage in July. You're going to kill it this year!

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    1. Thank you, Ana! I'm hoping it all comes together for July - we'll just have to cross our fingers :)

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  7. I am in VIDEO LOVE!

    Zumba - LMAO! Love the camera pan. I giggled. Go Tommy! Go Tommy! Nice humor touch. heh heh heh :o)

    Shoulders - Sort of like the movie Field of Dreams...."Build them and they will show!"

    Looking good! Keep it up T!

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    1. I laughed when I saw the camera pan to the Zumba class too! Tom can be such a joker sometimes :)

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  8. I love these videos! Thank you for sharing! The Zumba part was hilarious! You and Tom make a great team. You look powerful and awesome! Can't wait to see you stage!

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    1. Aww!! Thanks! I'm a lucky girl - Tom is a great trainer & videographer. I'm glad you like the video - we'll try to do more of them.

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  9. I love the video!! thanks for sharing :)

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    1. Thanks for watching it - I'm glad you liked it!

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  10. seriously, i wish that i looked that amazing! your shoulders are incredible!

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  11. DAMN girl! Nice vid! I do the mind/muscle connection thing too; I really believe it works. Love this videos and watching your progress!

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    1. I've been trying to pay more attention to the mind/muscle connection - it really does make a difference!

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