Chad Waterbury is a Life-Saver

Bigger Stronger Leaner Competitive Bodybuilding
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Chad,
I just finished ATOW last week and I have to say it was very rewarding. Thank you for such a great piece of reading material. As I’ve written on here before, I had struggled with consistency in the gym the last 1 1/2 years due to my finding excuses not to train (work being a big one here).

I also think years of training “bodybuilding style” did some damage to my CNS and I finally crashed and burned. After doing a lot of reading on T-Nation, I’ve finally realized that doing mainly compound exercises and training each major muscle group 2-4 times a week (directly or indirectly) is the way to go. Of course my father had been preaching that to me for years, but in my great stubborness, I ignored his wisdom even though he continued to put on mass despite being twice my age (Maybe because when I did lift with him, he had me running for the bathroom after a few sets of squats).

Well, I’ve now gotten on board with the plan and boy am I feeling great. A few months ago I did your Total Body Training and experienced great results. I then tried Art of Waterbury and again, experienced great results. The other day I maxed out on bench and deadlift to get an idea for what weights to use for your ABBH I program and I’ve gained 30 pounds on my max bench (255) and 40 pounds on my max deadlift (315) since I began using your programs.

It’s funny, I kind of scoffed when I first began reading your articles and noticed that there was little direct arm work (again, the results of reading M&F and training BB style), thinking my arms wouldn’t grow. Well, wouldn’t you know it, my arms are bigger and more vascular, and in ATOW I think there are two direct arm exercises (skull crushers and hammer curls).

Chad, I can’t thank you enough for writing “real” programs for “real” people. I’m now looking forward to going to the gym each day and am excited by the continued progress I’m making. I wake up early in the morning, get my workout in, head to work, take a nap (when applicable), go back to work (as a reporter I have to work some split shifts, office work in A.M. covering games in P.M.) and eat everything (healthy of course) in sight.

I’ll keep you updated on my progress as I make my way through your other programs.

Thanks again,
Djwlfpack

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Very well put, djw. Literally everything you posted is exactly what I have thought since getting aboard the “CW Express.”

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Where is this Waterbury article anyway? What does the routine consist of?

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Djwlfpack,
Get out of my head and stop stealing my thoughts!
I totally agree with what you wrote in your post.

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[quote]bo0pid wrote:
Where is this Waterbury article anyway? What does the routine consist of?[/quote]

Here’s the link to Chad’s The Art of Waterbury.

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=693794

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Thanks for the compliment. I like that, the “CW Express.”

Oh and silly of me but in my original post I forgot to thank the good folks at T-Nation for posting Chad’s articles and training routines over the last few years. As always, you guys rock!

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[quote]Djwlfpack wrote:
Chad,
I just finished ATOW last week and I have to say it was very rewarding. Thank you for such a great piece of reading material. As I’ve written on here before, I had struggled with consistency in the gym the last 1 1/2 years due to my finding excuses not to train (work being a big one here).

I also think years of training “bodybuilding style” did some damage to my CNS and I finally crashed and burned. After doing a lot of reading on T-Nation, I’ve finally realized that doing mainly compound exercises and training each major muscle group 2-4 times a week (directly or indirectly) is the way to go. Of course my father had been preaching that to me for years, but in my great stubborness, I ignored his wisdom even though he continued to put on mass despite being twice my age (Maybe because when I did lift with him, he had me running for the bathroom after a few sets of squats).

Well, I’ve now gotten on board with the plan and boy am I feeling great. A few months ago I did your Total Body Training and experienced great results. I then tried Art of Waterbury and again, experienced great results. The other day I maxed out on bench and deadlift to get an idea for what weights to use for your ABBH I program and I’ve gained 30 pounds on my max bench (255) and 40 pounds on my max deadlift (315) since I began using your programs.

It’s funny, I kind of scoffed when I first began reading your articles and noticed that there was little direct arm work (again, the results of reading M&F and training BB style), thinking my arms wouldn’t grow. Well, wouldn’t you know it, my arms are bigger and more vascular, and in ATOW I think there are two direct arm exercises (skull crushers and hammer curls).

Chad, I can’t thank you enough for writing “real” programs for “real” people. I’m now looking forward to going to the gym each day and am excited by the continued progress I’m making. I wake up early in the morning, get my workout in, head to work, take a nap (when applicable), go back to work (as a reporter I have to work some split shifts, office work in A.M. covering games in P.M.) and eat everything (healthy of course) in sight.

I’ll keep you updated on my progress as I make my way through your other programs.

Thanks again,
Djwlfpack[/quote]

Thanks, your post is greatly appreciated!

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i finally made the jump to 3 day a week training… this is my second week so i’ll let you know how it goes in a few months.

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Exactly! Salud!