My focus is on physique not strength is what I meant to say. I never said strength was bad, I would just rather have a good physique and be weaker than a bad one and stronger.
doesnt mean im not trying to get stronger, just focusing on hypertrophy.
well said! Bodybuilding for life!
[quote]Octane wrote:
My focus is on physique not strength is what I meant to say. I never said strength was bad, I would just rather have a good physique and be weaker than a bad one and stronger.
doesnt mean im not trying to get stronger, just focusing on hypertrophy.[/quote]
But wouldn’t you need strength to gain a good physique? The more strength the better. Strength wont make your physique look bad.
“doesnt mean im not trying to get stronger…”
im just not focusing on it, i have nothing against strength or strength-athletes,
yes I intend to get stronger but more as a side-effect of hypertrophy than vice-versa
and while strength wont make my physique look bad, if my emphasis was purely on strength I would be eating a lot of carbs and not worrying about bodyfat % or size etc…
[quote]Octane wrote:
“doesnt mean im not trying to get stronger…”
im just not focusing on it, i have nothing against strength or strength-athletes,
yes I intend to get stronger but more as a side-effect of hypertrophy than vice-versa
and while strength wont make my physique look bad, if my emphasis was purely on strength I would be eating a lot of carbs and not worrying about bodyfat % or size etc…[/quote]
Octane,
I agree with you. I am not doing a strongman contest or anything. I do like the Functional strength though. So I am doing mostly compounds. On one day I do low rep hrz push pulls and high rep vert push pulls. On the next day I do high rep hrz push pulls and low rep vert push pulls. I Stay with compounds to maximize my time in the gym. I’m not sure if it will work as planned. But, we are all kinda experimenting with our bodies when we are moving weights, right? Good luck.
[quote]mudpro69 wrote:
Octane wrote:
honestly I think the program is flawed in that it has you do so many exercises that you cant possibly do it in <1hr unless you dont rest, and if you dont rest you get CNS burnout which is what he says to avoid…
Octane,
I am doing a variation of this routine. However, I am doing them 3x per week. I do squats and deadlifts (they dont recommend it). The exercises I chose are as follows:
GROUP A:
Squat 5x5
Overhead Press 5x5
Pull Ups 5x5
Dips 3x10
Dumbbell Rows 3x10
GROUP B:
Deadlift 5x3
Bench Press 5x5
Bent-Over Rows 5x5
High Pulls 3x10
Chin-ups 3x10
Get you a timer and rest 75sec between 5x5 and 35sec between 3x10 so you can stay on track and finish in 45min. It�??s working out well for me, good luck.
Look at this link someone from T-Nation Found us. It will give you an idea where you should be right now.
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Like this setup! so do you just do Mon Wed Frid? A B A?
[quote]Carlitosway wrote:
mudpro69 wrote:
Octane wrote:
honestly I think the program is flawed in that it has you do so many exercises that you cant possibly do it in <1hr unless you dont rest, and if you dont rest you get CNS burnout which is what he says to avoid…
Octane,
I am doing a variation of this routine. However, I am doing them 3x per week. I do squats and deadlifts (they dont recommend it). The exercises I chose are as follows:
GROUP A:
Squat 5x5
Overhead Press 5x5
Pull Ups 5x5
Dips 3x10
Dumbbell Rows 3x10
GROUP B:
Deadlift 5x3
Bench Press 5x5
Bent-Over Rows 5x5
High Pulls 3x10
Chin-ups 3x10
Get you a timer and rest 75sec between 5x5 and 35sec between 3x10 so you can stay on track and finish in 45min. It�??s working out well for me, good luck.
Look at this link someone from T-Nation Found us. It will give you an idea where you should be right now.
Like this setup! so do you just do Mon Wed Frid? A B A? [/quote]
CW,
That is correct
Week-1
A-B-A
Week-2
B-A-B
So on and so forth.
yea except you dont rotate every exercise 4x10 or 5x5 (or whatever set/rep ratio you’re using)
i’m going to continue on the hypertrophy plan for another week or two as one week isnt really enough to get a good feel for anything and I think Joel Marion knows more about setting up workout routines than I do
[quote]Octane wrote:
yea except you dont rotate every exercise 4x10 or 5x5 (or whatever set/rep ratio you’re using)
i’m going to continue on the hypertrophy plan for another week or two as one week isnt really enough to get a good feel for anything and I think Joel Marion knows more about setting up workout routines than I do[/quote]
Remember, have fun with it. We are all merely scientists in an unorthodox lab. Good luck
not to resurrect a dead post but I thought i’d post some “progress” pictures more for my own records than anything else.
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you don’t look half bad. YOu’re leaner then me. YOu need bigger traps forarms and shoulders, and lats. Pics of the legs?
eat more food.
my legs suck, i think my lats are pretty ok right now (not that I’m not working them) but i’m still on a full body program so theres no point in targeting specific areas yet
[quote]Octane wrote:
my legs suck, i think my lats are pretty ok right now (not that I’m not working them) but i’m still on a full body program so theres no point in targeting specific areas yet[/quote]
well yeah, but are you doing any cleans/shrugs? it would be a simple add and it’d give you traps (back, and legs if cleans) some stimulation.
get your legs bigger.
yea I should toss in cleans, but i dont have the energy or time right now (finals) to learn how to do it properly. I’ll be sure to add them later, and I think of shrugs as pretty much isolation but I’ll add them in somewhere.
Get your deadlift up and your legs and traps should improve.
yea, although honestly once i get as big as I want overall i’ll probably just toss in some isolation to fix any imbalances