wow, i was really hoping you would release an article like this!
i love the idea of frequent, total body sessions but it’s never been feasible for me to to built for bad…
i was wondering if you could expand on a couple of points when you get time please …
its obviously perfect for busy people, but i was just wondering how you would compare the size and strength gains to your other systems like layer variations etc?
also, recent posts from you suggest staying around the 75-85% mark for muscle growth.. how would you compare the 15-20 rep set @60% in terms of hypertrophy?
similar to this, you said you believe ramping to 2-3rm to be more efficient than 1rm. could we do sets 2 and 3 with this rep range rather than singles? -would this affect gains?
lastly, i happily commit 45-60minutes a day to working out, would it be beneficial to extend this to maybe a 30minute muscle builder, utilising 3 exercises for example? -thinking a push, a pull and a lower body movement. i don’t want to detract from the whole point of keeping it brief, just wondering if we could apply this to those like me who could spare more time each day but still want to train this way?
I’ve been doing a slightly modified version of this for a little over three weeks now, and I’ve made more progress than I have on any other program in that short of a timeframe. I’ve gotten a lot of unsolicited comments on my size, particularly in the past week. I’ve been doing just 2 exercises, incline bench and trap-bar deadlift, 5-6 days/week with this scheme. If I have time at the end of the workout, I’ll do some arms and neck, or some loaded carries.
[quote]BJack wrote:
I’ve been doing a slightly modified version of this for a little over three weeks now, and I’ve made more progress than I have on any other program in that short of a timeframe. I’ve gotten a lot of unsolicited comments on my size, particularly in the past week. I’ve been doing just 2 exercises, incline bench and trap-bar deadlift, 5-6 days/week with this scheme. If I have time at the end of the workout, I’ll do some arms and neck, or some loaded carries.[/quote]
Wow, pretty impressive. Sometimes something that looks good on paper is even better in real life!
I’m with BJack. I’ve had quicker/better progress in the last three weeks with this program than I’ve had in 2 months on other programs. For the past 6 months or so, I’ve been trying to find a way to combine high frequency, high load percentage and rep work effectively, and then this article came out and cleared it all up. The only thing I added was some front squats at the end because I usually have a little more than 20 minutes.
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