Sorry to post this here, but i remember reading that waterbury had recommended a split like monday-tuesday, wend. off, thursday & saturday, fri-sunday off. On his actual program though it states one day on one day off. I KNOW that i saw waterbury have a split like this written in a post somewhere, but i cannot find it using the search engine again. Does anyone know if this is right, or where i could find it?? Thanks in advance
Reggie
G, I don’t have the answer to your question, but check out my post in the Tips & Tech Support forum, “Enhanced/Advanced Searches on T-Mag.” If you go to Google, you can get a list of all Chad Waterbury’s articles.
Nick Puente, from the “Project Evolution” article a few weeks ago, is doing something like this. He needed weekends off on the Waterbury program so here’s what he’s doing for the big weight workouts:
Monday: Chest/Back - bench and row
Tuesday: Legs - Squat day
Wednesday: Off (GPP)
Thursday: Chest/Back - Dip and chin
Friday: Legs - Deadlift day
Weekend: off with some GPP
Hope that helps!
There are many different splits that can be utilized. For the ABBH, I like trainees to skip a day between workouts. But if this isn’t possible, no big deal. Just stick to a breakdown that allows for the most rest between workouts throughout the week, even if two workouts are performed on consecutive days. The difference between results for various splits I recommend will be minimal for most trainees. I recommended skipping a day since it’s probably the best option for those with subpar recovery abilities. Other than that, any other 4x/week breakdown will yield benefits.
I am just trying my first cycle now. This week I trained Sunday/Monday, and now I’m doing Wednesday/Thursday. I can see how every other day would be ideal, but realistically we obviously have to schedule everything into the “big picture” of our lives.
The third workout sure blew by fast, 5 supersets of chin/dip took hardly any time at all – approximately the same amount of time it took me to walk to the gym!
The first day (bench/row) really snuck some DOMS on me that didn’t kick in until 2 days later.
JohnK, I looked at the program and thought the same thing, “only 10 sets?!?” But after you get into the program, you’ll find yourself grateful for the days off in between, the fact that you alternate upper and lower body workouts and for what looks like an easy workout following something like squats or DLs.
I am THOROUGHLY enjoying this program, not that it isn’t kicking my butt!!! (grin)