Client guide for: Peter Van Straaten

Trained by Dylan Hickey

This is a 4 Week Program for one of my clients, Peter Van Straaten. This workout is targeting weight loss, metabolism boosts, & muscle definition.

Supersetting is an advanced training method in which you do two exercises, one after the other, with no rest in between. The exercises can be for the same muscle group or two different muscle groups, depending on your goals. The idea is to do one exercise and, instead of resting and doing another set, doing a different exercise and alternating those exercises for your desired number of sets. This will keep your heart rate up, stripping the fat from your body and replacing it with pure muscle!

Here is the workout guide:

Day 1: Chest Shoulders Triceps - Abdominal SUPERSETTING.
3x12 reps for each Exercise Superset

  1. Chest Press 35 lbs.
    Dead Bug -20 Seconds
  2. Skull Crushers 25 lbs.
    Plank- 30 seconds
  3. Shoulder Raises Frontal/ Lateral
    Oblique Twist with Cable 35 lbs. (arms straight out-Hold-Back to centre
  4. Tricep Pressdown with Flatbar 40lbs
    Rope Crunches 110lbs (do not pull weight with arms-strictly core.
  5. Upward Row with Rope 45 lbs
    Rope Crunches 100 lbs
  6. Sitting Overhead Shoulder Press 20 lbs
    Tricep Overhead Press 20 lbs
  7. Move to Stretch Room

  8. Posterior Deltoid Raise, on exercise ball, laying sideways. 8 lbs
    Ball Crunches
  9. Mountain climbers 40
    Push-ups UNTIL YOU COLLAPSE.

Day 2:
Warm-up:

  1. Step Master 5 Mins Level 11
  2. Bike 10 Mins Level 13

Weights:

  1. Lunches 25lbs
    Lat Pulldown
  2. Step-ups. 12 per Leg 25 lbs
    Lower Trap, Overheard Raise with 10 lbs
  3. Squat+ Row with Band
  4. Squats on Guided Bar 2- 35 lbs weights
    Reverse Body Weight Row (3rd Link down from the top)
  5. Cable Row 90lbs
    Calf Raises 20lbs one hand
  6. Box Jumps (no weight) 2 sets of 20
  7. Superman Back Extension
    Squat with Arm overhead raise
  8. Bicep Curl 20lbs then burnout with 12's 3x12

Day 3: CARDIO CORE
INTERVAL TRAINING

  1. Option 1 Outdoors:: Soccer Turf, Jog to the 6 yard line, Sprint back, Jog to the 18th yard line, Sprint back. jog to the 26th yard line, sprint back.
    3x 35 second rest.

  2. Repeat. Except once you finish the 26th yard line sprint, Jog to half, Sprint back.
    3x 45 second rest
  3. Perimeter Walk/Sprint/Jog Drill (walk the ends of the field jog the first length until half, Sprint to the end, Walk and continue the pattern
    2x
  4. Option 2 Indoors : Treadmill: 2 min Walk (4.0) , 3 min jog (6.0), 1 min 7.5 - 1 min 6.0. Repeat 3 times. 2 min walking cooldown. [13 mins total ]
  5. Stepmaster: Minute 1-level 8, Minute 2- level 12, minute 3 -level 8, minute 4-level 12 minute 5-level 10 [ 5 minutes Total. ]

  6. Bike: 10 minutes level 10
  7. Core Component

  8. 40 Jumping Jacks
    10 second rest
    50 Mountain Climbers (25 per leg)
    10 second rest
    20 Walking Men (lunge jumps 10 per leg)
    10 second rest
    40 knee highs

    Rest 1 min.

    Repeat Cycle 2x

  9. 40 Crunches
    2x
  10. Ball Rotations with Medicine Ball
    2x 30

  11. Lateral Raises on Exercise Ball
    2x15 per side
  12. 20 Crunches on Exercise Ball
    Rest 35 seconds
    Increase difficulty by sliding hips further back on ball
    10 Crunches
  13. Leg Raises on Roman Chair
    2x20
  14. Lay Back on Exercise Ball to stretch out Abs.
    2x 30 seconds...

    THIS IS A MUST.

    Peter, Congratulations on completing your first program regime of training. People often set goals, hit them, and set a new one without acknowledging themselves. Realize how far you have already come. You have become stronger leaner and more agile than when you began. Weather you realize it or not.

    Now that you have established a strong musclar base on your body, the weight loss and fat shreadding will begin.

    Your new program involves strong commmitment, along with fast results.

    Day 1:

    Stepmaster: 15 mins Level 8

    Elleptical: 20 mins Level 12 (out of 20)
    When you hit minute 5,10,15,and 20 you move up to level 14 and you sprint on the elliptical for 45 seconds... HARDD

    Rowing: 5 mins -This is not a leisure row. Your going hard at this, keeping your core tight and squeezing your back muscles.

    Roman Chair Leg Raises: 5 sets of 10
    Side to Side Straight Leg Sways: 4 sets of 12
    Basic Crunches: 4 sets of 23 -yes twenty three.

    Stretch abs on Exercise ball.

    Day 2: Fat Burn

    Treadmill: walking 2 minutes
    30 minutes Brisk Jog steady pace

    Spin Bike: hard gear- sitting pedealing through 1 min
    Light gear- Standing Pedaling hard and fast 1 min

    repeat

    repeat =6 min total

    Plank: 45 seconds, 3 sets
    Side plank: 30 seconds 3 sets on each side

    Stretch: Hang from the chin-up bar. wide grip. 3 sets of 10
    also strech
    Calfs
    Hams
    Quads

    Day 3: Rest

    This is a 2 and a half week Program. 18 days.

    Which means once you have worked out at least 12 times doing day 1 and 2, I need you to call me so I can make your H.I.I.T Program. I'll tell you all about that on skype

    Note: This is a Fat burn program. Proper Eating is essential

    *AVOID HIGH CARBS* I want you on a low carb diet.

    Stretch lots at the end of your program.

    ENDURANCE PROGRAM

    Warm-up Treadmill 10 mins
    Plank 1 min rest x3

    Arms,Legs Day

    Tricep Extension overhead 3x20
    Bicep curls 3x20

    Shoulder Press 3x20

    Leg Press 3x20

    Tricep Extension flat bar 3x20
    Bicep Curl flat bar 3x20

    Lateral + frontal raises 3x20

    Squat Rack on Smith Machine 3x20

    Tricep Kickback 3x20
    Band Bicep Curls Burnout

    Ball Squats until failure

    Roman Ball Twists to failure

    Chest, Back, Abs

    Bench press 3x20

    Cable Row 3x20

    Vertical Bench 3x20

    Push ups with hands gripped on 20 lb weights 15 push-ups
    15 push ups then put knees on the ground and one arm row the 20 15 times
    both sides

    x3 sets

    Chest Fly 3x20 on machine

    Close grip pulldown (palms facing in) 3x20

    Lower abs, knee raises on roman chair 3 sets failure each time

    crunches 2 sets to failure. FAILURE= SUCCESS. FOR THE FIRST TIME.

    Stretches:: 
    Day 1: Chest Tricep Shoulders Abs Day 2: Hamstrings Quads Calfs Hip Flexors Rohmboids Lats
    Average: 5 (4 votes)
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Dylan, a question about

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Dylan, a question about supersets. I didn't know what they were but guessed based on what you said. I searched internet and found this on a bodybuilding site: "Supersets are excellent for developing muscularity, but are not, however, overly effective for building strength. They are not effective for building strength due to a reduction in the amount of weight you can handle. This reduction in weight is caused by fatigue due to lack of recuperation between sets." (written by a bodybuilder named Bryan Locke)

My question, Dylan, since you have muscularity (if understand 'muscularity' rightly): What does it mean the supersets are great for muscularity but not so much for strengh?

I always associated muscularity with strength. What is muscularity apart from strength? Or, more to the point, how can you develop great muscularity without not really having the strength by supersetting?

Signed,
Confused in Fresno
(aka Cameron) lol

I'll try the abdominals

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I'll try the abdominals supersetting though I've been working abs nightly and lifting weights mid afternoon. Might be fun to shake it up.

Peter Van Straaten, how do

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Peter Van Straaten, how do you like this workout? Sounds intense.

Cameron

hey, Yea I finished doing

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hey,
Yea I finished doing this workout awhile ago but it was pretty intense. Definitely a good program...the endurance program was the one i noticed the most difference with but that could also be due me changing my diet while doing it.

Pete

Glad it worked. Dylan's a

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Glad it worked. Dylan's a genius--I like a bright brain in a great body. LOL

Seriously you want to eat and workout for life and not just for a specific goal (well, for the most of us).

I started working out at age 15 with friends in high school and was fairly ripped and muscular (upper body) by 16 but not really intense about. The muscles came. I thought I was cool. Then I was doing so well in school that they wanted me to be in a better academic environment and my parents moved so I could go to a brainiac high school. It was fucking demanding and I had to study and work every waking moment. I didn't see any guys working out and in fact they mocked jocks and guys with muscles. I grew tall and did't workout. I used to ski and climb rocks too. Then nothing but studying and being an brain on steroids (metaphorically speaking).

I got tall and skinny and my muscles atrophied.

I went off to a great university--Go Golden Bears--as a math and physics major. The first day of class--and we're all nerds in this advanced math class (I'm one of 8 freshmen in this class)--in walks in a guy 6'4" and very lean muscular tanned bodybuilder (turns out he hates bodybuilding as a sport). And it turns out his amazingly brilliant. I had my stereotype shattered. LOL He might read this. I told him all this already. Later that week I saw him shirtless on his bicycle then get off and damn--I wanted to get back into great fucking awesome shape.

I asked him for workout advice and he's been great. Recently he got on this site and encouraged all his best friends to got on it.

Dylan's been a great role model is amazing. I learn by reading his stuff and watching his demonstration videos.

Oh, I learned a new term for Dylan--he's an exercise entrepreneur (or fitness entrepreneur).

I'm glad to hear your workout plan is going great.

I've been lifting the last 2.5 months or so working on form (ingrain good habits) and working my abs hard daily. I'm making progress and hope to be increasing poundage on the bars.

Cameron

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