Combat athlete workout hitting incline dumbbell presses, heavy shoulder presses, plyometric dips, bent-over rows, and explosive pull-ups. Four sets of eight reps each, focused on explosiveness and progressive overload for functional upper-body power.
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What's good, y'all? We got an athletic upper body split today. I did lower body last, uh, 2 days ago, so I'm gonna just go over this real quick with y'all, you feel me? Started off with incline, semi-heavy dumbbells, you feel me? Not too crazy. 4 sets, 8 repetitions. That's really all you need, you feel me? Or 7 to 8 heavy shoulder press next. 4 sets of 8 repetitions, the same thing. Moved on to dips. You can do plyo dips as well. Plyo dips are when you kind of jump up, you feel me? It's very explosive and athletic. You know what I'm talking about? It is upper body after all. Then I move on to bent-over barbell rows, you feel me? Back is strength, yeah, like I said. So, you know, up that weight up, you feel me? Progressive overload with it. Then I move on to box squats. Yes, this is a core exercise. Your core is foundation, like I always state. You need a strong core. So I would advise you add these to, you know, your upper body athletic workouts, you feel me? Obviously, you know, I had to add explosive pull-ups, man. 4 sets of 8 repetitions is all you need. Zercher squats, man. Trust me, combat athletes need this. If you want to throw grown men around, you need that thing, man. You feel me? Explosive