UP Manchester Continues to Fill Me With Enthusiasm!

VIVA Ems | 1st October 2015

Trap bar 2

Trap Bar Deadlifts supersetted with 45 degree incline dumbbell chest press

Incline Press 1

Trap Bar Deadlifts supersetted with 45 degree incline dumbbell chest press

I’m now into my third week at UP Manchester and we have very much a love hate relationship. I do secretly absolutely love it and look forward to my sessions, but there are those few seconds when my body is telling me i hate this place. Usually this takes place while running on the dead tread and then straight into plank at the end of a session! The feeling afterwards is worth every ounce of pain, the buzz of achievement having pushed my body as far as i can with the support and expertise of the PT’s is fantastic. All the PT’s i have trained with so far are excellent, they know exactly how far to push me (occasionally to the point where i think i’m not going to finish this set alive) but nevertheless their understanding and knowledge shines thorough. Today my workout was termed a German Body Composition session. Working with Mark one of the PT’s today in the semi-private class he explained to me that the reason for this was to increase blood lactate levels, which has been showing to be great for fat loss! Perfect i thought! Most of the exercises we did were multi joint exercises, which worked more than one muscle at a time, we worked for 3 sets of 12 reps of each of the exercises and they were supersetted from a lower body exercises to a upper body exercise.

The equipment at UP includes bespoke grips and machines which have been designed in conjunction with the UP team to obtain the best results for their clients.

Hip Thrust 5

Barbell Hip Thrusts supersetted with Diversion Row

Hip Thrust 4

Barbell Hip Thrusts supersetted with Diversion Row

Pendulum 2

Pendulum Squat supersetted with dual rope pushdowns

Pendulum Squat supersetted with dual rope pushdowns

Pendulum Squat supersetted with dual rope pushdowns

Deadtread supersetted with plank

Deadtread supersetted with plank

Deadtread supersetted with plank

Deadtread supersetted with plank

Seated Row

Seated Row

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