A ladder is a rep scheme in which the number of reps changes by a set number. In this case I was increasing by one rep on each arm. So I did one rep on each arm, then 2, then 3. I was doing a ladder up to 3 so that was the end of the round.
I was recently asked why I chose the name Starting Line Fitness. I realized that I've only told a couple of people how I picked the name Starting Line Fitness. So here goes... It was a dark stormy night...just kidding. One day my wife and I were hanging out in our living room and she asked if I could write her a workout program. She had recently joined a new gym and wanted to do more than just group fitness classes and cardio machines.
I was up to the challenge. I wrote the best damn program that was ever written. She looked at it for all two seconds and said "what are those?" She pointed to the words "Barbell Back Squats 45lbs 3x10".
