I Made My Workout Harder On Purpose (Here’s How)

Last night I had yet another late workout and got my push day started at 10:15pm, but felt inspired to try something a little bit different.

I’ve been doing chest flys superset with diamond pushups, then dumbbell shoulder press, curls, overhead tricep extensions, and lateral raises.

And it’s been working just fine.

But I’ve found the 25lbs shoulder press and tricep extensions to be mostly a waste of time for my strength level, and the diamond pushups don’t hit the chest enough.

So I decided to switch things up for the next couple months at least, which results in this new workout:

Chest flys + Regular pushups
Pike pushups
Tricep extension pushups
Lateral raises

At this point, I’m one step away from my push day being a completely calisthenics based workout.

But it’s tough, and I enjoyed it.

The pike pushups were a whole lot more challenging than dumbbell shoulder press.

I was only doing sets of 5–6 vs sets of 15–20.

And it won’t be long before I can progress to a harder variation, and be on the path to handstand pushups at this rate.