Alright, fair points, guys.
I’m not here to insult anyone. And I’ve stated, OVER AND OVER AND OVER, that I have nothing but respect for bodybuilding; after all, I spent the last 12 years training mostly like a bodybuilder; I still attend shows, read the mags, and just keep up on the scene. I once wanted to compete and got my bodyweight up to 250#. My goals simply changed this past year.
I’m not intolerant to either crowd at all, the guys that want to get huge and the guys who just want to be healthy and fit.
The guys who want to get healthy and fit - many of them, like me, ARE dedicated to their fitness regimen. So the word undedicated doesn’t apply! I actually get fucking pissed if I miss a workout or meal, which is rare. Can I logically be classified as undedicated? I think not. I’m dedicated to general fitness, not bodybuilding; the same goes for most men.
TBT did work for some old-timers, but bodybuilders have evolved quite a bit since then with better training and nutrition protocols.
So TBT is NOT the way to go for advanced development for what’s considered advanced and elite for this day and age. There is NOT ONE top ranking or advanced enhanced or natural bodybuilder who follows a TBT program.
And Trextacy, while your points make sense to a degree, they are still flawed being that you don’t take into the account the drawbacks of TBT for getting big.
And yeah, people can say shit like, “Well, you can do the same volume for bis; you know, still do 9 sets total for the week, but just divide it into three workouts; do 3 sets at 3 sessions per week”.
Well, folks, that line of thinking is flawed for getting huge. By the time your’e done performing squats and/or deadlifts, bench presses, lat pulldowns or chinups or pullups, and rows, you WILL NOT be able to perform in the isolation exercises like curls and triceps extensions they way you can had you trained them in the beginning of a session, which is what split routines allow for.
Likewise, if you trained arms or isolation exercises at the beginning of a TBT program, you won’t be able to give it your all to the more taxing muscle groups and exercises; perhaps not to the same degree as my former example, but it still holds true.
And like CT said, if you apply a large amount of damage to a muscle at one shot, you WILL NEED 5 to 7 days of recovery for that muscle. So that do-a-little-for-a-muscle-often argument against splits doesn’t pan out.
And I don’t see the point of arguing with men who are successful in what they do! Wake up and look the fuck around! Look at who’s successful in getting fucking huge: they ALL use split routines. So ANY argument against it is flawed.
This is the same sort of shit that one can pull if he criticized the methods of ANY GREATS in ANY field.
Your legs looks huge but can’t see much else hah