High Rep Workouts
Update: 03/01/2025 Well, this experiment certainly didn’t help me lose weight. I did get sick during this month, so I didn’t work out a few days, and my Thursdays got really busy, so I missed those workout days too. OK, back to the grindstone.
For this experiment I am going to do my weight training based on time to failure rather than max weights lifted.
I’m not sure how many reps I’m doing of each, but the goal is to fatigue my muscles enough that they eventually fail, and that’s when I move on.
I’ve struggled with pushing to failure because I know I have more reps to do. When I get to failure, I’m done.
A former NFL player that goes to my gym suggested this to me as a way to build muscle, get my heart rate up, and shed weight. We will see how it goes.
I can take a break between exercises, but not during an exercise. If I stop for more than a second, I need to call that failure.
Monday: Leg Day
| Date | exercise | weight | time to failure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/03/2025 | squats | 45 | 2:21 | |
| 02/03/2025 | leg extension (machine) | 60 | 1:25 | |
| 02/03/2025 | jump squats | body | 0:46 | |
| 02/03/2025 | leg curl | 60 | 1:01 | |
| 02/03/2025 | lunge | 10 | 2:55 | |
| 02/03/2025 | bike | level 10 | 3:00 | |
| 02/4/2025 | Bench press | 45 | 2:10 | |
| Incline bench press | 45 | 1:10 | ||
| Incline chest fly | 10 | 3:19 | Too light | |
| Tricep extension (dumbbell) | 20 | :55 | Gave up too early. This exercise is awkward for me. | |
| Tricep push down (cable) | 25 | 3:36 | Recently been doing 100 reps of this so | |
| 2/5/25 | Bent over row | 40 | 1:00 | |
| Right arm bent over row | 25 | 0:42 | Elbow started hurting before muscle fatigue on each of these exercises | |
| Left arm bent over row | 25 | 0:49 | ||
| Cable pull down | 55 | 2:09 | ||
| Back fly | 30 | 1:19 | ||
| Dumbbell shrug | 100 | 1:00 | ||
| 2/7/25 | Barbell curl | 50 | 0:55 | |
| Hammer curl | 40 | 1:30 | ||
| Tricep extension bable | 30 | 2:00 | ||
| Curl cable | 30 | 0:45 | ||
| Barbell skullcrusher | 30 | 1:15 | ||
| Tricep extension | 30 | 0:49 | ||
| 2/10/2025 | Squats | 45 | 2:00 | |
| Jump squats | Body | 0:45 | ||
| Lunge | 20 | 3:30 | ||
| Leg extension | ||||
| Leg curl | ||||
| 2/11/25 | Bench press | 45 | 1:55 | |
| Incline bench press | 45 | 1:15 | ||
| Incline chest fly | 20 | 1:32 | ||
| Tricep extension | 22.5 | 1:15 | ||
| Tricep push down cable | 30 | 2:52 | ||
| 2/17/25 | Squat | 45 | 3:00 | |
| Leg extension | 60 | 1:30 | ||
| Leg curl | 60 | 1:30 | ||
| Jump squat | Body | 1:00 | ||
| Lunge | 30 | 3:00 | ||
| 2/18/25 | Bench press | 45 | 2:30 | |
| Incline bench press | 45 | 1:30 | ||
| Incline chest fly | 20 | 2:00 | ||
| Tricep push down cable | 30 | 2:00 | ||
| 2/19/2025 | Bent over row | 40 | 1:30 | |
| Right arm bent over row | ||||
| Left arm bent over row | ||||
| Cable pull down | 70 | 2:00 | ||
| Back fly | 30 | 1:30 | ||
| Shrug | 50 | 1:30 | ||
| 2/20/2025 | Barbell curl | 50 | 1:00 | |
| Hammer curl | 40 | 2:00 | ||
| Tricep extension cable | 30 | 2:30 | ||
| Curl cable | 30 | 1:00 | ||
| Barbell skullcrusher | 30 | 1:30 | ||
| Tricep extension | 30 | 1:00 | ||
| 2/26/25 | Bent over row | 40 | 2:00 | |
| Cable pull down | 70 | 2:20 | ||
| Back fly | 30 | 2:00 | ||
| Shrug | 50 | 2:00 | ||
| 2/28/25 | Barbell curl | 50 | 1:10 | |
| Hammer curl | 40 | 2:20 | ||
| Tricep extension | 30 | 1:10 | ||
| Tricep extension cable | 30 | 3:00 | ||
| Curl cable | 30 | 1:30 | ||
| Skullcrusher barbell | 30 | 2:00 |