i was reading “Beyond Brawn” and he suggests fullbody workouts twice a week, and that is pushing it. he believes the only way to gain size is to be FULLY rested for the next workout in order to lift heavier weights. a lot of you guys suggest full body 3X/wk. can some-one give me insight to these differences?
drm7,
I think you’ll find that much of it depends upon how intense and long those workouts are… and whether they are inducing muscle microtrauma and soreness.
Maybe try a search for the “Muscle Masochism” article here on the site… but also see what some of these awesome coaches around here are doing in their programs.
Just my .02, don’t mean to hijack this Forum [quote](I’ll return to the Nutrition section now…)[/quote]
[quote]drm17 wrote:
i was reading “Beyond Brawn” and he suggests fullbody workouts twice a week, and that is pushing it. he believes the only way to gain size is to be FULLY rested for the next workout in order to lift heavier weights. a lot of you guys suggest full body 3X/wk. can some-one give me insight to these differences?[/quote]
It really depends on how hard you go. McRobert recommended that you go to failure (as in couldn’t do another good rep) on all the exercises. If you follow this then yep you’re legs/etc will be sore for days and not ready to go again.
Instead if you work within yourself while pushing hard (sounds stupid I know) you can avoid the soreness. This means stearing clear of failure, while continuing to add weight on and training more regularly.
It depends on what you want to do, if you’re busy with other stuff McRobert’s advice is good. If you want to spend more time in the gym then revise his thinking a bit. Alot of people bag the Hardgainer idea and McRobert, but most don’t seem to have read/interpreted his training ideas correctly.
Hi there - i’ve used Brawns method for the last couple of years (when i actually train that is lol). My ability to recover from exercise is really bad so 2 x weekly sessions suited me really well. I never went to failurebut always was close to it. My rep ranges stayed the same and when i felt truely comfortable doing for eg 3 sets of 5 in the bench i’d up the weight and spend the next few weeks 1)achieving the rep range and 2) making the reps smooth, powerful and confident. Its basis is still what i use today - compound exercises,steady weight increases when appropriate and fairly lowish volume.
This suits ME but i look at all the other programs here and look forward to trying them when its appropriate.
Good luck
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It really depends on your fiber type and your training experiance.I have had it work well for a couple of clients but it didnt do shit for me.