hey ladies - tis i again, sorry to be a stuck record but you know the whole push/pull police test saga....(that i failed the pull by 2kg)
ok - so having realised i was not making progress with the pull test i have changed gym to an excellent facility where the owner is an ex army PT trainer, and sport scientist, he runs sport injury clinics, and really knows his onions. the equipment is more in keeping with the test i will be doing.
he is working on strength training for me, but, i fear i now only have a couple, maybe 3 weeks before the next test.
i can hire a personal trainer from this gym. im not sure if it would be a good idea or not.
my programme now is
10 mins warmup on Xtrainer
3 x 6 reps seated row
3 x 6 reps upright seated row
3 x 6 reps chest press
1000mtrs rowing - power and pause technique.
3 x 6 dead row things that i cant remember name of but exercise back
750mtrs on ski erg machine (kills arms!!)
10 more mins rowing
4 x 6 chest press using 2 10kg weights
3 x 6 squats with 12kg weight in each hand
cooldown and stretch,
i then have a protein shake after each workout.
this i am doing 3 times a week with cardio training in between. trouble is i am still not convinced i am getting strong enough quick enough for the up coming test. it was suggested today by the gym manager that i could hire a personal trainer - do you think this would help at all? i realise that they can make sure the techniques etc i use are good, but if they are just going to stand over me while i do this self same routine i cant see how its going to help?
plus - its very expensive, but i have to say i would do it if i thought it would get me though my test.
what do you think? is there any more i could be doing?
cheers in advance.