How is this workout routine?
I'm just getting back into the gym. I have what I would call a medium physique, (as compared to the average guy, not bodybuilders). and, unfortunately carrying a little too much around the middle.
I'm doing a three-way split twice a week: Sat: Tri-Shoulders Sun: Bi-Back Mon: Chest-Legs Tue: Shoulders-Tri Wed: Back-Bi Thu: Legs-Chest Fri: Off My goal right now is to get more muscle and stronger. |
Six days on and one day off is rough. Chances are you'll hit a major plateau, then due to not taking time off you'll start loosing strength. You need at least 48-72 hours to recover the muscles worked. Personally there is no way I could hit my shoulders the day after chest. The only way I could see this work is if you have a very low volume. Legs deserve their own day, and working them with another bodypart you'll neglect them. Try and remember that your muscles grow out of the gym, not the other way around.
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I totally agree.... with the above. Muscles grow out of the gym and not inside. Go back to the days of old. The days of Mike Mentzer, Casey Viator, Sergio Olivia. Those were the days of high intensity total body training, somewhat simiular to a power lifting routine. Train hard and balance your life outside of the gym. Nothing is more pathetic than the person you always see in the gym from morning till night and they aren't any bigger than they where a year ago. People always asked me how I remained or got so big...truth be told I was lazy. I would train hard my entire body, skip two or three days and do it again. At that time 15 years ago I had no knowledge of what I was doing as far as power lifting or bodybuilding. I just did what I had time for. Little did I know this was the preferred method of training by Mike Mentzer, Casey Viator, and other heavy duty guys. This is by no means an easy routine..far from it. It will likely kill you. The routine will allow you to get as big as your genitics will allow. Did I do this for years on end? No I did not. I frequently changed to the 6 days on 1 off. After a period of time I realized that my body performed better with longer rest. At may best I could perform 315lbs inclines, and 425 benches both with 6 reps performed one after the other. Alas that has been many years ago. I will be entering training once again after my hernia surgery and at the ripe old age of 36, ......and this time I know what I'm doing.
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The reason that I'm doing so much is twofold...
First is that I like to be in the gym. I could work out my entire body each day over five or six hours. There's something about cranking the tunes and throwing around the iron...but, alas, I know I can't do that. Second, is that I'm returning to lifing after a while off, and I want to retrain my muscles to utilize as much of the fibres as I can. In another two or three weeks, I'm planning on doing this routine (or something similar): 1: Bi's/Back 2: Tri's 3: Chest 4: Off 5: Back 6: Legs 7: Off |
Also, abs will be every other work day, and I will figure out when and where to put the cardio (I'll start another thread to get opinions on that...)
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thats what i use school for lol i figure i cant workout while in class so i might as well be productive in other ways :D
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