Thanks for you reply. It doesn’t seem like there is much progressive overload in the way that you train as you say you get a feel for the weight each time you go in the gym and after only 2 exervises you just do whatever. I track all my lifts so that each time I go to lift I know exactly what I need to lift and what I need to beat in order to progress
I hear you, but, honestly, it’s pretty hard to consistently lift weights and not get stronger. So long as I push myself, I’ll get more reps or more weight over time.
And to be fair to your point, I don’t even try to progress the machine stuff. It just doesn’t matter that much so long as the barbell work is getting better. I don’t have any specific strength goals, though, so that’s a factor.
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I think you’d be interested in 5/3/1, as @isdatnutty suggested.
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I’m looking for more of a hypertrophy designed programmed designed to add size and not just a strength program
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5/3/1 isn’t a single program, it’s a base template for a whole HOST of programs. It’s extremely flexible and if you were to stick with it for a while, and choose the correct parameters, I guarantee you’d get bigger.
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I meant the whole idea of the low rep ranges and strength based parameters. I have done a lot of strength programs that did work well for me to build strength but not much else.
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I think you’ve found your own path mi amigo. Plenty of bodybuilding routines on this site.
Don’t be discouraged if nobody likes your routine. Everyone has their own style, and when you see something different it looks weird.
Some lab coat science guys designed a special routine for Hypertrophy and it looks a lot like what you’ve come up with.
Progression and overload are important, but lifting the same weights/sets/reps on a linear plan can be tough. 5/3/1 is cool because it gives you a variety of weights and reps and allows you to 3-4 effective workouts before you progress, month by month slowly instead of week by week, quickly.
If you’re interested I that kind of idea here’s an article about rotating set/rep schemes in a full body routine to prevent burning out.
If you’re into full body stuff Chad Waterbury is a good guy to check out. He’s been messing around with the style to a long time and has lots of info and tweaks.
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531 BBB is probably the GOAT minimalist program. Nearly impossible to mess up.
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I didn’t understand this acronym. I googled it. Greatest of All Time. Hopefully I saved someone a google.
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