Ok everyone says search for a workout routine but i have no clue which is the most effective and how can i search when i dont know the name?
People can you post which gave you the most gains and the names of the routines? im looking for fullbody workouts 3 or 4 times a week thanks
Yeah, totally… nah, forget it.
u can try that for now… Just be patient bob and stick to on rotuine for awhile…
Hope this helps.
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slaps own head… uh what? best program for what? what the heck are you talking about? what are “gains”?
well what i say gains i mean muscle of course i already know how to gain fat. i want mass gains, not looking for cuts as of right now just size.
i need something 3x a week full body
Allow me to deconstruct your ambiguous post to clarify my initial response:
“Okay everyone says search for a workout routine…”
What type of “workout”? You’re not specific here nor are you later in your post. Are we supposed to guess what you want to do? Running, lifiting for strength, lifting for muscle, conditioning, dieting, what?
“…but I have no clue what is the most effective.”
Again, what is “effective” to you might be very different to me. For example, you may prefer to add muscle while I may prefer to train solely for explosive strength. That being said, there is NO best program for any goal. One cannot do the exact same program forever and continally progress. He or she must change the program. There are thousands of programs that are good and it’s up to you to customize one to your individual needs & goals.
“People can you post which gave you the most gains and the names of the routines?..”
What are “gains”? Strength? Muscle? Speed? Conditioning? How is anyone supposed to help you when you are so ambiguous and don’t even mention the many factors that influence the type of program that you should use? Impossible.
“…im looking for fullbody workouts 3 or 4 times a week thanks.”
Finally a little hint to what you want. Full body workouts 3 or 4 times a week. So one would assume your goal is either a) fat loss or b) conditioning. Why? Because typically full body workouts done 3 or 4 times are not optimal to building muscle or strength. These are the type of programs beginners like to embark on.
So now you see why I’ve responded the way that I did, as well as other similar responses
F…A…Q!!!
Check out the faq section on the home page and read that. If you don’t have that much patience you well not stick with a program for long enough to have an effect anyway so it doesn’t matter.
Even if people did have great gains off a program doesn’t mean you will, everyone is different.
You’re sitting in the middle of quite possibly the largest fitness resource online. Do attempt to make use of it.
DI
I think you’re gonna get flamed a little for posting that…
But anyway, the first program I did when I found T-mag was Ian Kings 12 weeks to super strength.
These can be found in the FAQ. The link for which is as follows.
There is a lot of information on the FAQ relating to specific goals. That might be a good place to start.
Cheers…Stubob…
I may be in mixed company, but I have had luck when doing full body routines with the Hypertrophy Specific Training approach. My guess is that the change of repetitions is paramount to its success. Are you currently doing a full body routine?
“The best program to follow is the one you aren’t on.”
See if you understand that quote…it’s not a smart remark but there’s some logic behind it.
Okay, I will help you although you really should make use of the search engine, and not knowing program names is not a valid excuse.
Full-body routines are great. Some great examples are Meltdown I and II (II would likely yield better muscle gains unless you are slow-twitch dominant fiber type), Convergent Phase Training (which hardly anyone ever mentions anymore), and there are many good variations of Dinosaur Training that would suit you well as well as Bill Starr’s programs. Some of my best gains came from the Dino/Starr programs and if you love to train heavy and basic then these are the programs for you.
That said…the thing to keep in mind is that ANY program will yield gains or NOT yield gains…it’s your diet that is going to determine which road you travel…and I’m not just talking about eating the right food, but eating ENOUGH of the right food.
I hope this helps you.
Hey Bob, read the FAQ off the main page there are about 10 routines listed there, with links. You aren’t going to find “The Best” training program as there are about 100 factors that go into locating one that works for you. Best advice I can give you, Pick one and start it NOW. Be like Nike, just do it. Modify it as you go along.
Now I got to get out of this thread before the flames start to reach 3 feet or so and burn my ass.
Headline News: Patricia uses revolutionary “Search” feature in T-Mag!
March 25, 2003: Regular T-Forumite, Patricia, in a fit of frustration from yet another newbie, “I don’t wanna search so tell me everything I need to know now” type of question, decided to give that “search” function a go.
Despite a lack of knowledge of the newbie’s background; stats, amount of training, athletic background, etc. She decided the risk was well worth it.
“I got creative and used ‘bulk building program’, ‘muscle building program’, ‘building bulk’, and ‘building program’ as my search phrases.” Did anything come up? “Oh, yeah. Programs did come up in the search as well as some other good articles of value.” She added, “and I also read a bit through the FAQ, to reaquaint and found alot of useful info there for this newbie.”
She certainly took some chances, didn’t she?
i did search actually there is so much stuff on here i have no clue where to begin. dont flame, remember when you were new to something? you didnt know what to do and needed advice? yea you do so if youre going to type and waste your time why not be productive and help someone instead of make them feel stupid? i did search though i no clue where to start.
Easy there cowboy…not everyone who replied flamed you. I thought I gave you a rather nice response all things considered so don’t go putting us all in the same category.
And like Patricia said, there is actually a good full body routine that is appropriately named “Bulk Building Workout” of all things. I forgot about this particular program in my earlier post, but check it out…it’s exactly what you’re looking for although I don’t think it’s a full-body approach but rather a 3 or 4x/week split if I remember correctly.
Aaahhhh - I remember the time nigh upon 3 years ago when I discovered T-mag.
Then I looked in the previous issues section and discovered that I had 2 years of issues to catch up on. Oh the nirvana! I think I read two issues a day until I was caught up. Granted I wasn’t a newbie then, and haven’t been a newbie to weight training for many a year now, but I was so excited to have found such a deep, deep well of information, FOR FREE! My point bobopunxs is not to flame you because I understand your concern. But since you are a newbie, almost ANY program will work well for you. So find one in the previous issues, or faq section, and not only do it for a month, but COMMIT to it for a month. In that month, read as many old issues as you can as well as the current ones. Then in a month try a new program. Stop the search for the best program because that will always depend on where you have been and where you want to go. Educate yourself before asking broad, sweeping questions and replace these queries with specific questions that you will be able to articulate after you read, read, read. Think for yourself.