full body

[gethugeagain]

hey everyone, i am wondering if there is any advantage to switching my program up for a few weeks and doing a full body workout. i actually tried it the other day and it was OK, i loved how fast i got done for sure! I'm just wondering would i be able to get the size i want doing this type of workout or would it be over training, or even not enough work per muscle per workout!?! anyway here's what i am thinking, let me know what you guys think! full body M/W/F doing like one exercise per muscle group, switching up the movements each workout and going heavy for the most part.

here's what i did the other day, i did five sets per exercise and was done in like a half hour!

flat bench
close grip pull downs
shoulder press
lateral raise
straight bar curl
tricep push downs

[gethugeagain]

THANKS FOR ALL THE #$%@##%%# HELP!, NA I AM JUST JOKING YOU GUYS ARE GREAT AND I LOVE THE BOARD! anyway i changed my mind on the full body thing, just felt like i was not doing enough each workout! the whole point was to shock my muscles into new growth during my cycle. so i came up with a new plan that i will run for like six week, tell me what you think!

Monday; chest/back 30min heavy bag
Tuesday; shoulders/arms 30min heavy bag
Wednesday; legs
Thursday; chest/back 30min heavy bag
Friday; shoulders/arms 30min heavy bag
Saturday; off
Sunday; off

now i know this is an "old school" routine and would be over training if done too long or ever without some "help". i am running 1000mg test, 600mg EQ, and 60mg dbol m-f, and will be adding tren soon, eating like a monster but keeping carbs only around workout. do you pros think this is a good way to shock my muscles into some new growth or will i be over training even for six weeks? thanks for all the help in this and all other post!

[gethugeagain]

Anybody?!?

[bronx_HARDSTYLE]

THANKS FOR ALL THE #$%@##%%# HELP!, NA I AM JUST JOKING YOU GUYS ARE GREAT AND I LOVE THE BOARD! anyway i changed my mind on the full body thing, just felt like i was not doing enough each workout! the whole point was to shock my muscles into new growth during my cycle. so i came up with a new plan that i will run for like six week, tell me what you think!

Monday; chest/back 30min heavy bag
Tuesday; shoulders/arms 30min heavy bag
Wednesday; legs
Thursday; chest/back 30min heavy bag
Friday; shoulders/arms 30min heavy bag
Saturday; off
Sunday; off

now i know this is an "old school" routine and would be over training if done too long or ever without some "help". i am running 1000mg test, 600mg EQ, and 60mg dbol m-f, and will be adding tren soon, eating like a monster but keeping carbs only around workout. do you pros think this is a good way to shock my muscles into some new growth or will i be over training even for six weeks? thanks for all the help in this and all other post!

Hmm...well im not a pro..but i will give you my opinion. Good thing you changed your mind on the full body workout. A freind of mine does it...and i think its pointless. Your muscles never get a chance to heal, thus taking forever to repair itself and get bigger. But anyway...
I would keep it simple...and put yourself on a "push 'n' pull" routine.

Mon: Chest and Tris
Tues: Back and Bis
Wed: OFF DAY or Cardio
Thurs: Shoulders
Fri: Legs
Sat: OFF DAY or Cardio
Sun: OFF DAY or Cardio

Good luck with your training.

[gethugeagain]

yeah i think your right i am diffenitly not going to do the full body thing, i do think i am going to hit each muscle a little more then once per week, should repair a lot faster anyway while on cycle. do you think the routine i listed above would be over training, if only done for six weeks! if so i guess it seams like i should just stick with my three on, one off split and maybe just start doing super sets or find other ways to change it up a bit. thanks for all the help!

[unknownkonrtist]

Personally if i were trying the same split i'd change to:
Chest/Arms
Back/Shoulder
Chest and Back are two huge muscle groups that i'd hit on two seperate days that way your fairly fresh for each. As long as you watch how long and hard you workout eachday you should beable to avoid over-training, especially if your on a cycle. Try it out, see what happens. Your going to be the best judge of your body.

[Drako]

Have you ever considered training your upper body one session the lower another so it would cycle every other week you would hit upper body twice per week and vicer verser,

WEEK 1
MON: Chest, shoulders, back, arms.
TUE: Cardio (optional)
WED: Quads, hams, glutes, calves.
THU: Cardio (optional)
FRI: Chest, shoulders, back, arms.
SAT: Cardio (optional)
SUN: rest

WEEK 2
MON: Quads, hams, glutes, calves.
TUE: Cardio (optional)
WED: Chest, shoulders, back, arms.
THU: Cardio (optional)
FRI: Quads, hams, glutes, calves.
SAT: Cardio (optional)
SUN: rest.

Or you could even do one day push workout and the other one a pull workout?

WORKOUT 1: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, Quads, Calves.
WORKOUT 2: Back, Traps, Biceps, Hams.

Just a few ideas there.

[estray]

Full body workouts are great. Ever hear of the 5x5?

[gethugeagain]

i see it on here a lot but never seen a program for it, i just thought it meant do 5x5 with whatever movements your doing.

[Drako]

Same here I was under the impression that you train specific body parts in a split with 5 x 5
i.e.
Day 1
chest/shoulders.

Bench Press. 5 x 5
Inc press. 3 x 8
flyes. 3 x 8

Arnold Press 5 x 5
Lat raises various angles 3 x 8

I cant imagine working the whole body to the stucture of 5x5 in one session surley once you've hit heavy deads your gonna stuggle to have the same intensity when you hit squats, imagine the pressure on the lower back?

Correct me if im wrong here.

[estray]

Same here I was under the impression that you train specific body parts in a split with 5 x 5
i.e.
Day 1
chest/shoulders.

Bench Press. 5 x 5
Inc press. 3 x 8
flyes. 3 x 8

Arnold Press 5 x 5
Lat raises various angles 3 x 8

I cant imagine working the whole body to the stucture of 5x5 in one session surley once you've hit heavy deads your gonna stuggle to have the same intensity when you hit squats, imagine the pressure on the lower back?

Correct me if im wrong here.

You only do deads 1x per week and on the day you do them, you just do some light squatting.







Most people have no idea what 5x5 is or how to do it as is indicated by your guys responses. Bill Star 5x5 is one of the true 5x5 programs and youd be hard pressed to find a better strength/maxss building program out there. It consists of full body workouts and it is very structured.


Bill Starr 5x5 - Madcow Intermediate or Linear Version

[Drako]

Seems Ive had more of a misundertanding of the 5x5 than first thought, even tho ive been experiencing gains on the 5x5 programme originally posted by needsize. I guess its back to the drawing board, there seems to be so many different outlooks on 5x5 which one s right??

Cheers for the link.