ANDREW S. ESCAGEDA
Chapter 1.- exercises
CIRCUIT STRENGTH TRAINING
The goal of this program is to get cut, so you’ll train
with full-body workouts in circuit training days, thus
you’ll maximize fat loss.
The order of exercises will be as the following:
FULL BODY
ABDOMINALS
BACK
THIGHS
CHEST
SHOULDERS
BICEPS
FOREARMS
NECK
CALVES
PULLING (LATS)
1.- Bent-over row
2.- One-arm dumbbel row
3.- Any variation on the rows
1.- Pull-ups
2.- Chin-ups
3.- Pull-downs
LOWER BODY
1.- Deadlifts
2.- Romanian deadlift
3.- Lunges
4.- Bulgarian split squat
PLYOMETRIC EXERCISES FOR
EXPLOSIVE POWER
LOWER BODY PLYOMETRICS
UPPER BODY
1.- Handstand
2.- Static chin-up
3.- Static bicep curl
4.- Static shrug
5.- Pull-up
6.- One-arm dumbbell row
7.- T-bar row
8.- Bent-over row
9.- Close-grip chin-up
1.- Burpees
2.- Air burpees
3.- Lateral burpees
4.- Incline burpees
5.- Wall burpees
6.- Squat & pull-up
7.- Lunge & pull-up
UPPER BODY
1.- Push-ups
2.- Close-grip push-ups
3.- Wide-grip push-ups
4.- Elevated feet push-ups
5.- Handstand push-ups
6.- Divebomber push-ups
7.- Spiderman push-ups
8.- Walking push-ups
9.- Pull-ups
10.- Wide-grip pull-ups
11.-Side-to-side pull-ups
13.- One-arm pull-ups
14.- Chin-ups
15.- Close-grip chin-ups
16.- Bench dips
17.- Ring dips (chest version)
LOWER BODY
1.- Squats
2.- Lunges
3.- Bulgarian split squats
4.- Split squat
5.- Swiss-ball wall squat
6.- One-legged squats
7.- Lying hip extension
8.- Swiss-ball leg curls
THE WORKOUT ROUTINES
CIRCUIT TRAINING ROUTINES
EXERCISES SETS REPS MUSCLES EQUIPMENT
WORKED
1.- Burpees 2 10 Full body Bodyweight
2.- Squat & 2 8 Full body Dumbbells
press 2 6 Full body Barbell
3.- Clean & 2 8 Abdominals Swiss ball
press 2 10 Glutes & Hams Dumbbells
4.- SB pass 2 10 Chest & Triceps Bodyweight
5.- Lunges 2 8 Upper back Barbell
6.- Push-ups 2 10 Lower back & Barbell
7.- Bent-over 2 8 hams Bodyweight
row Triceps
8.- Deadlifts 2 8 Dumbbells
9.- Close-grip Biceps
push-ups
10.- Biceps curl
WORKOUT # 1
WORKOUT # 1
WORKOUT # 2
EXERCISE SETS REPS MUSCLES EQUIPMENT
WORKED
A1) Power overs 3 12 Upper body Medicine ball
A2) Jump squats 3 18 Lower body Bodyweight
A3) Leaping push- 3 12 Upper body Medicine ball
up 3 16 Lower body Bodyweight
A4) Split pike
jumps 3 6 Upper body Chin up bar
* Rest briefly and repeat 3 18 Lower body Bodyweight
B1) Chin-ups 3 12 Upper body Bodyweight
B2) Lateral jumps
B3) Divebomber 3 18 Lower body Bodyweight
push-ups
B4) Tuck jumps
* Rest briefly and repeat
WORKOUT #1
EXERCISE SETS REPS ABILITY EQUIPMENT
High-protein foods
-Tuna fish
-Organic chicken
-Organic beef
-Seafood
-Beans
-Fertile eggs
High-fiber foods
-Beans
-Garbanzo
-Squash
-Barley
-Whole-grain rice
Cooked vegetables
-Broccoli
-Cauliflower
-Cabbage
-Zucchini
Dairy foods
-Plain yogurt
-Cheese
-Kefir
-Organic grass-fed cows milk
High-fat foods
-Almonds
-Avocado
-Pecans
-Cashews
-Pistachios
-Pumpkin seed
Raw foods
-Grapefruit
-Strawberries
-Apples
-Oranges
-Pineapple
-Papaya
-Tomato
-Lettuce
-Onion
-Garlic
-Cucumber
-Arugula
-Bell pepper
-Asparagus
Oils
The omega 3 oils such as:
-Fish oil
-Olive oil
-Flaxseed oil
-Hempseed oil
WATER INTAKE
It’s extremely necessary to drink a lot of clean, purified
water during the day, because you must detoxify your
system and clean it, so you have to drink a generous
quantity of water.
I recommend you to drink at least 1 gallon of water a
day, thus you’ll let your body burn fat and detoxify. And you
most likley won’t experience water retention. So drink at
leat 10 large glasses of water a day (I drink 12 glasses).
FRUIT CONSUMPTION
Fruits are very nourishing raw foods that povide your
body with nutrients, vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and
fiber. But, there’s something wrong with fruits if your goal is
to maximize fat loss. They contain fructose (a sugar that
quickly stores in the liver to produce instant energy) and
the idea is to maximize complex carb intake adn minimize
simple sugars intake. So, if your goal is to maximize fat-
burning, then moderate your fruit consumption to 1-2 low
glycemic fruits a day, and maximize your vegetable
consumptio, since vegetables contain many nutrients as
fruits and they don’t cause insulin spikes.
2- On workout days, you may think that you can eat a little
to lose more fat; but listen, eat enough food and avoid
undereating the whole day when training, because your
muscles won’t recover properly and you may have low
energy levels, so eat enough protein on training days.
4.- AVOID skipping your workouts and think you will train
the next day, because that maybe won’t happen, and you
may end up eating junk food and sabptating your progress.
5.- If it’s weekend, and you go out with your friends to have
lunch in a restaurant, only eat a small protein meal or if
possible, a salad, to maintain the undereating state without
sacrificing your social life.
HIGH-SULFUR FOODS
Proteins Vegetables
-Eggs -Broccoli
-Raw milk -Cauliflower
-Raw cheese -Brussel sprouts
-Whey -Spinash
-Kale
BEANS
Let’s be careful about the consumption of beans, they don´t
make you fat, but they do cause you bloating and gassy
symptoms. So here are my tips:
-Eat beans only 3 times per week.
-Eat only 1 bowl of beans a day
-Don’t combine them with broccoli, cauliflower or cabbage.
-Eat them only as the last component of your meal.
FRUIT CHOICES
GOOD CHOICES NOT SO GOOD CHOICES
-Apples -Mango
-Grapefruits -Guava
-Oranges -Watermelon
-Strawberries -Melon
-Papaya -Grapes
-Pineapple -Bananas
-Plums These fruits are high in fructose.
1.- if you go out with friends to the movie theater, they will
most likely buy popcorn, soda, hotdogs or those delicious
nachos, and you will crave them. So, you are free to join
them and eat some. But, listen to this big time, to maintain
your bodyfat levels low, stick for the smallest serving of one
kind of food. For instance, say you go to AMC Theatre, a
large-sized popcorn bag contains as much as 664 calories
with 75 grams of carbs and 31 of fat; but in the other hand,
a small-sized popcorn bag contains only 225 calories, 11
grams of fat and 26 grams of carbs, so it is a minor sin.
2.- If you go out with friends or to go to their home to have
fun, they will must likely order pizza, tacos, hamburgers,
sodas or sandwiches. So, in case that you eat pizza, eat
only 1 or 2 slices; if you you eat tacos, eat 2 or 3 corn
tortilla tacos; if you eat burritos, eat 2 small bean burritos
or 1 large bean or meat burrito. If you eat hotdogs, only 1
small-sized hot dog without the catsup. If you eat
hamburger, only eat a normal burger without the fries or
the soda. If you drink soda, just drink one small glass.
3.- If you go to a party at night (that’s good, because you
have dinner) just eat normally as every day, but watch what
you eat. For instance, when they slice the cake, go get
some, only eat one piece of that delicious cake at the end of
the meal, and enjy the rest of the party without feeling
guilty.
4.- When you go out with your girlfriend or boyfriend,
maybe you both want some ice cream, so eat a small cone
and keep getting out with him/her.
5.- If you go to a buffet with your family (and you want to
save money so you go in lunchtime) you may want to
compensate the money you paid, so start eating salad, the
eat vegetable soup, and eat normally as every day, but
avoid fried food.
6.- Never start eating bread when you go to an Italian food
restaurant, because that makes you want more and more
bread (starchy carbs), so you end up eating a lot of bread
and little light-fresh food.
7.- Never drink more than 2 glasses of tea, soda or any soft
drink when in a restaurant. Because you will end up
consuming lots of sugar and won´t have space for the
nutrients you really need.