The Simple Guide To The Sylvester Stallone Expendables Workout

By Russ Howe


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's article will take you by the hand and walk you through the entire thing. Be warned, however, it's not for the faint of heart! []

Today's workout is going to work your arms. It will cover the three main areas and will be split into sections designed specifically to hit the front of your arm, the back of your arm and your lower arm. Your biceps are the first phase.

We start here with 12 chin ups. Then we go for 20 repetitions of biceps curls using an EZ-Bar, once that is done you immediately transition to a wide grip on the same bar and force out an addition 6-8 reps. From here, we move into hammer curls with an incline bench for 12 reps in total.

At this stage most people start wondering what they have let themselves in for. The session moves on to the final two exercises in the biceps phase, which involve 12 reps of a high cable curl followed by 10 zottman curls.

Given Sly's forearm vascularity, you shouldn't expect the forearm phase to be an easy ride. You'll begin by forcing out 25 wrist curls immediately followed by the same exercise with a reverse grip. Then, you'll move onto an exercise rarely seen these days. Handshake curls are a devastating move which bring out great definition in the lower arm region. Shoot for 30 reps on each arm before attempting a the timed hang from pull-up station.

The final phase focuses entirely on your triceps. The back of your arm has yet to be tested, so you'll be pushed quite hard here. Begin with 12 close-grip bench presses and then immediately switch to triceps dips until failure. Once here, transition into a lying triceps extension for 12 more reps before once again hitting failure on dips. By this stage you'll be feeling the burn considerably and the final exercise of the round, rope pushdowns, will finish you off entirely.

Most of the exercises in this plan will seem familiar to anybody who exercises regularly, with the possible exception of handshake curls. What may shock you, however, is the circuit style nature of the plan itself. This isn't performed in straight sets, it's performed as a circuit. Each phase is done 4 times over.

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 want to try the Sylvester Stallone Expendables workout be sure to prepare yourself for a tough session. The minimal rest stipulation tends to catch many gym users off guard so be sure to warm up fully before trying something as intense as this workout.




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