Enjoyed reading through this. Forgive me if I drift a little off topic but I hope this will help and encourage someone.

I read the muscle mags in the 1980s but today they are the last thing I would read.
I started training in 1982 I was 19 years old I trained my whole body for an hour 3 times per week Monday, Wednesday and Friday and I entered the Mr Ireland contest two years later I had a good proportioned natural physique and I beat guys bigger than me coming third in my class and i got a nice trophy. Let me state I never took steroids of any type and I never will I have always been 100% clean.
I thought to myself I can do better than this next year so I decided to go on a split routine involving high intensity training as advocated in the Mags by Pros After six months killing myself in the gym I started getting severe pains in my head I ended up in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast getting a brain scan. Thankfully I was clear but they kept me in for a few days and advised me to rest for a few weeks and to cut back on my training. Ill return to training for the normal guy later.

I became totally disillusioned trained less and less up until 1988 when I ceased training completely. To me Bodybuilding was about health and fitness I became sickened that my association NABBA tollerated steroid use. In my time I have met Mr Universe and Mr Olympia contestants when they visited Belfast I could name who won what back then but for the past 20 years I switched off completely I had no idea who was Mr Olympia and only heard of Ronnie Coleman for the first time last month as I searched for information on the net I watched this very clip on utube my jaw hit the floor.


This guy has probably many fans on here but to me he looks like a freak. In my opinion the most perfect male Bodybuilder was Steve Reeves He was perfectly proportioned . Coleman just looks like a carton character from a marvel comic to me. You can check what size you should be here

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/calbs.htm

Im now back in training and making very rapid progress here is my routine one easy warm up before each set.


All exercises for one set only using High intensity to absolute failure

Lateral Raises 6-10 reps
Dumbbell Shrugs 6-10 reps

Incline Machine Bench Press 6-10 reps
Dips 6-10 reps
Pec Dec Flye 6-10 reps

Lat Pulldowns (Front) 6-10 reps
Lat Pulldown (Back) 6-10 reps
Rowing 6-10 reps

Squats 8-10 reps
Leg Extensions 8-12 reps
Calf Raises 15-20 reps

Leg Raises Max

Triceps Pulldowns 6-10 reps
Incline Dumbbell Curls 6-10 reps
Seated Dumbbell Concentration curls 6-10 reps

Running on treadmill for 2 kilometres within 15 minutes

That it and its working for me big time id add overhead presses but they hurt my shoulder.

Training Total body is the way to go your body needs time to recover and dont put crap into your body. Stay Natural.