The Sylvester Stallone Expendables workout has become one of the most popular celebrity fitness plans of the last few years and is now one of the most asked questions in gyms around the world, alongside things such as "Should women use weight?" and "Which whey protein should I use?"
Today you'll get a complete step-by-step guide showing every exercise in the workout. It'll also explain how many sets and reps are required from each exercise. []
Today's workout is split into three phases, each one more punishing than it's predecessor. We'll be hitting biceps, forearms and triceps individually. Up first is biceps.
The workout starts with one of the oldest moves in the book. You'll be performing twelve chin-ups before moving onto EZ-bar bicep curls to failure. Once failure has been reached, switch your grip to a wider stance and then push out a further six lifts. Incline hammer curls is next up on the list, with a further 12 repetitions.
By now your biceps will be starting to burn but the work has only just begun, as we move into two lesser known exercises. First up is the high cable curl, which involves lying on a bench and curling a high pulley down towards your forehead for 12 repetitions. The biceps section is then wrapped up in style with a bout of zottman curls. You'll be performing 10-12 on each arm here, focusing on the flick of the wrist at the top of each move which will bring your forearms into play ahead of the next phase.
Your forearms are about to be tested in round two, as Stallone picks four of the best exercises in the book to hit his lower arms. First up is the oldest move in the book, wrist curls. Aim for 20-25 reps here and then progress to a reverse grip for the same number of lifts immediately afterwards. The third exercise in the forearm workout may stump quite a few people as it is rarely seen in gyms these days. Handshake curls involve taking a hammer curl grip on a dumbbell and holding the weight with your arm at a 90 degree angle, before focusing on flexing your forearm up and down for 30 reps in total. Wrapping up the forearm phase is a timed hang. See if you can hold out for 2 minutes on this.
Each exercise in the triceps phase is sandwiched by a set of dips to failure. Dips are a proven, time-tested bodybuilding favorite which have remained popular in the fitness industry throughout the years. Begin with close-grip bench press for twelve repetitions before the first bout of dips. Then, swiftly move into triceps skull crushers for twelve more repetitions before another bout of dips. The final move is a rope push down.
While you may already be familiar with the majority of the exercises in today's program, the style of the workout will take many by surprise. Sly doesn't perform regular sets, he moves through the entire section as a circuit, going from one exercise to the next without rest. He'll perform four rounds of phase one before moving onto phase two, and so on.
For those who have time, the plank position and a set of close-grip push-ups are usually used as a wrapping up phase after the main body of work has been completed.
If you are relatively new to the gym then you might wish to stay away from the Sylvester Stallone Expendables workout until you have got a few months worth of training under your belt first. It's a tough challenge for most, so scale it down to two or three rounds in each phase if you need to and then gradually step it up when you feel your fitness improving.
Today you'll get a complete step-by-step guide showing every exercise in the workout. It'll also explain how many sets and reps are required from each exercise. []
Today's workout is split into three phases, each one more punishing than it's predecessor. We'll be hitting biceps, forearms and triceps individually. Up first is biceps.
The workout starts with one of the oldest moves in the book. You'll be performing twelve chin-ups before moving onto EZ-bar bicep curls to failure. Once failure has been reached, switch your grip to a wider stance and then push out a further six lifts. Incline hammer curls is next up on the list, with a further 12 repetitions.
By now your biceps will be starting to burn but the work has only just begun, as we move into two lesser known exercises. First up is the high cable curl, which involves lying on a bench and curling a high pulley down towards your forehead for 12 repetitions. The biceps section is then wrapped up in style with a bout of zottman curls. You'll be performing 10-12 on each arm here, focusing on the flick of the wrist at the top of each move which will bring your forearms into play ahead of the next phase.
Your forearms are about to be tested in round two, as Stallone picks four of the best exercises in the book to hit his lower arms. First up is the oldest move in the book, wrist curls. Aim for 20-25 reps here and then progress to a reverse grip for the same number of lifts immediately afterwards. The third exercise in the forearm workout may stump quite a few people as it is rarely seen in gyms these days. Handshake curls involve taking a hammer curl grip on a dumbbell and holding the weight with your arm at a 90 degree angle, before focusing on flexing your forearm up and down for 30 reps in total. Wrapping up the forearm phase is a timed hang. See if you can hold out for 2 minutes on this.
Each exercise in the triceps phase is sandwiched by a set of dips to failure. Dips are a proven, time-tested bodybuilding favorite which have remained popular in the fitness industry throughout the years. Begin with close-grip bench press for twelve repetitions before the first bout of dips. Then, swiftly move into triceps skull crushers for twelve more repetitions before another bout of dips. The final move is a rope push down.
While you may already be familiar with the majority of the exercises in today's program, the style of the workout will take many by surprise. Sly doesn't perform regular sets, he moves through the entire section as a circuit, going from one exercise to the next without rest. He'll perform four rounds of phase one before moving onto phase two, and so on.
For those who have time, the plank position and a set of close-grip push-ups are usually used as a wrapping up phase after the main body of work has been completed.
If you are relatively new to the gym then you might wish to stay away from the Sylvester Stallone Expendables workout until you have got a few months worth of training under your belt first. It's a tough challenge for most, so scale it down to two or three rounds in each phase if you need to and then gradually step it up when you feel your fitness improving.
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