[quote]Proteinpowda wrote:
Where are the vets?
Meltdown training![/quote]
I’ll vouch for Meltdown. F–'in brutal. Works, big time. Got me lean as hell for the summer.
Squats 20 reps
Incline or flat BB bench 10 reps and 8 reps
Chins or Reverse pull down 15 reps
BB OHP 10 reps and 8 reps
BB Shrugs 15 reps
Dips 10 reps and 8 reps
BB Curls 10 reps, and 8 reps
Side bends or weighted crunches 12 reps and 12 reps
Rest between sets is about 45 sec to a minute, between exercises is about 1 -2 minutes (that is the goal, you may take longer in the beginning). I take 2-3 minutes rest after the squats irregardless.
This is done in one workout, you are using enough weight to barely make the reps (all in good form), in other words if you achieve the posted reps for single sets then you are not lifting heavy enough, try to surpass the reps by at least 2 reps (or more) and you are ready to add weight on the next workout. If doing 2 sets, this applies to the 2nd set. Do this every 4th day, giving you 2 full days to rest.
I do some light cardio on my off days. I have gained over 12 lbs of LBM in 3 months doing this and it was because my rest and nutrition was bang on and quite frankly it was the first time I had pushed myself this hard in a long time so I would say it would be difficult to do again, not impossible.
Three months may seem long for a particular program so let me say this, when I did this program it was recommended to rest 2 full days in between workouts, if you push hard enough you may find yourself working out every 5 days to recover, in the final month I was working out every 7 days because I needed the recovery, however every workout I progressed either in reps or adding weight.
I had to switch to something else after 3 months since I just stayed with it too long. If I changed some selection of exercises I may have gone further, however too much on a particular program is not the best IMO.
Meltdown is the king of pain. Deceivingly brutal regardless the amount of weight you use.
100 rep breathing squats is bar-none the hardest toughest workout there is!
Roller blading at the park for an hour and then going to the club that night with my part…oh I think this is the wrong forum!!
[quote]Bulldawgcountry wrote:
German Volume Training is a bitch, especially on the squat.[/quote]
i agree, what did you super set it with? i did dumbell lunges with it and thought it was very hard
The hardest workout is the one I do after a lay off from the weight room. It’s back into conditioning. Strength and wind has to be reconditioned all over again. That’s just to handle other helpful programs/ideas I would regularly go through. Of course though, if my nutrition was better or just plain good it wouldn’t be so hard.
So if I had to put a name on it, it would be called Fat to Fire (both 1 and 2). I do this to get me up and “running”. I also add Tabata interval work during the suscribed morning GPP. Extra punishment for inconsistent training habits.
The classic communist-enforced O-lifting programs the Bulgarians suffered through during the eighties. Abadjiev had these guys max-out in the lifts and squats twice a day. And that was for the luckier guys, the lifters who went out partying after the second training session had their programs re-worked so they were lifting seven times a day. Each workout consisted of one lift, performed to a max with a set or two sub-max work, a forty-five minute break, then repeated again with another lift.
This was spread out over the course of the day to exhaust the athlete so as to eliminate any extra-curricular activities, as well as satisfy coach Abadjiev’s curiosity to the programs effectiveness. I can only imagine the insane tendonitis some of these guys must have suffered through, and I have heard of some bizarre ways they treated it.
[quote]Vegita wrote:
Training in 100 times gravity was also brutal.
V [/quote]
What the fuck? I’m pretty sure laying on a soft mattress in 100 times gravity would be brutal.
The 12-hour 12-oz curl marathon
Training to true failure on bodyweight chins left me on the floor for a few minutes.
For the sake of argumenting: If the goal of a routine was to do something really hard, I doubt it would have anything to do with in-gym weight training. Breathing squats and GVT was pretty hard, but endurance tests are what offers the real will killers. Just for kicks, I’ll write a sample routine (-:
- Walk up to some mountain with a 20-30kg package, sleep at 00.00 (Make sure the mountain is snowy)
- Get up at 4am, get dressed within 5 minutes.
- Without breakfast, team up with a friend, pick up a lumber and carry it around for 1-3 hours.
- Let go of the lumber (and friend), and have 10mins of rest.
- Now march 50km with the package, then set up a tent that needs naked fingers to set up, then go to sleep.
- Make somebody wake you up 1,5 hours later in a very unpleasant way.
- Sit on your knees with your hands on your head. Maintain this position for 6 hours. Tell the one who woke you up to kill you if you should fail, to motivate you from slacking.
- Go down some nearby freezy basement, strip naked and “rest” for 6 hours.
- Pick a place about 500km away from you (make sure there is no civilization in between) and go (with original clothes and package).
- Make some trained hunters follow your tracks with bloodhounds. For motivation, tell allso these to kill you on failure.
- Take a week off, then repeat for 9 more sets (-:
[quote]Imbrondir wrote:
For the sake of argumenting: If the goal of a routine was to do something really hard, I doubt it would have anything to do with in-gym weight training. Breathing squats and GVT was pretty hard, but endurance tests are what offers the real will killers. Just for kicks, I’ll write a sample routine (-:
- Walk up to some mountain with a 20-30kg package, sleep at 00.00 (Make sure the mountain is snowy)
- Get up at 4am, get dressed within 5 minutes.
- Without breakfast, team up with a friend, pick up a lumber and carry it around for 1-3 hours.
- Let go of the lumber (and friend), and have 10mins of rest.
- Now march 50km with the package, then set up a tent that needs naked fingers to set up, then go to sleep.
- Make somebody wake you up 1,5 hours later in a very unpleasant way.
- Sit on your knees with your hands on your head. Maintain this position for 6 hours. Tell the one who woke you up to kill you if you should fail, to motivate you from slacking.
- Go down some nearby freezy basement, strip naked and “rest” for 6 hours.
- Pick a place about 500km away from you (make sure there is no civilization in between) and go (with original clothes and package).
- Make some trained hunters follow your tracks with bloodhounds. For motivation, tell allso these to kill you on failure.
- Take a week off, then repeat for 9 more sets (-:[/quote]
lol
I’m sure Charles Staley would be rolling in his grave if he were dead. 
How about Tabata squats 24 hours a day for the rest of your life. I think that’s the HARDEST workout I can think of.
Although getting hit with a sledgehammer repeatedly would sure cause a lot of pain and next day DOMS as well.
someone go down to a gym, get on an erg and row 5 x 2k. each one at avout 32 spm, and so hard that at 500m you think you will never make 1k, but don’t slow down at all. 10 mins rest a piece. (get someone to wake you up after you pass out after the 2nd one)… oh yeah, and bring your own bucket.
What was hard for me (not that it’s a super tough workout or anything) was the 20 rep squat as metioned by another poster. Taking your 10 rep maximum and squat 20 reps instead. Every time I get to the 16th rep I always tell myself I’m never ever gonna squat again, just 4 more reps and forget squats for the rest of my life. But after seeing a video of somebody squatted 218lbs (his own bodyweight) for 98 reps, I know 20 rep squat is nothing and I’m just a little punk.
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
Vegita wrote:
Training in 100 times gravity was also brutal.
V
What the fuck? I’m pretty sure laying on a soft mattress in 100 times gravity would be brutal.[/quote]
Yeah, usually most people pass out around 11g +/-. 100G would kill you fast…no blood flow in your body. Great workout though.
I think I found the hardest routine.
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[quote]Lunchmeataphobia wrote:
someone go down to a gym, get on an erg and row 5 x 2k. each one at avout 32 spm, and so hard that at 500m you think you will never make 1k, but don’t slow down at all. 10 mins rest a piece. (get someone to wake you up after you pass out after the 2nd one)… oh yeah, and bring your own bucket.[/quote]
um, if you’re passing out after the 2nd 5x2k you’re going too hard. Pace yourself, brother!! (think around 2K+3-4 at least) Save your juice for the last piece!
seriously, 5x2k’s are brutal - but Meltdown is worse, trust me.
(sorry for the rower lingo) as you were…