[quote]Cgunz wrote:
Apparently I’m a lazy assole just for asking.[/quote]
Not at all.
Your goals are great, and we wish you the best of luck.
This just isn’t the forum for those goals.
Progress is ALL THAT MATTERS. In all aspects of life. And I’m happy you have a well rounded life and great goals outside the gym. Just so happens this site is about having training as a priority, not an after thought.
people train 4-5 days a week and work 70+ hrs, people train a full 7-8 day split and complete a PhD + MD.
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRAIN DO.
I hate most of these fucking threads and i bet the guys giving BS cheerful advice have no pics to show for their hard training.
Jesus would want you to train more and worship less, also Jesus found the time, so can you. wait Jesus was a buck fifty w/ hot abz huh?
[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:
You have to set priorities. No one cares what you do with your time. Do what makes you happy BUT don’t expect to put minimum effort into anything and get GREAT results, that makes no sense what so ever.[/quote]
I envisiond my once a week session as a balls out workout that would be at least 80 percent of the total volume I do over 3 or 4 workouts. But it seems my current workouts are pretty low volume to everyone here, which may be the disconnect. Plus, the hope was just to maintian.
people train 4-5 days a week and work 70+ hrs, people train a full 7-8 day split and complete a PhD + MD.
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRAIN DO.
I hate most of these fucking threads and i bet the guys giving BS cheerful advice have no pics to show for their hard training.
Jesus would want you to train more and worship less, also Jesus found the time, so can you. wait Jesus was a buck fifty w/ hot abz huh?
Even though this thread is bullshit…I really wish people would just go and try stuff for themselves.
[quote]Cgunz wrote:
[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:
You have to set priorities. No one cares what you do with your time. Do what makes you happy BUT don’t expect to put minimum effort into anything and get GREAT results, that makes no sense what so ever.[/quote]
I envisiond my once a week session as a balls out workout that would be at least 80 percent of the total volume I do over 3 or 4 workouts. But it seems my current workouts are pretty low volume to everyone here, which may be the disconnect. Plus, the hope was just to maintian.[/quote]
No point in discussing what you are going to do. No one here really agrees with what you are planning to do and no one has to agree in the end, you are just going to end up doing what you want to do.
If your mind is set, which apparently it is then try it and see what happens. It is definitely something I hope I never have to do, forced or by choice.
and with that I’m out! good luck.
[quote]Shontayne wrote:
Even though this thread is bullshit…I really wish people would just go and try stuff for themselves. [/quote]
lol, I agree.
But the irony of it all is you never hear about it. Those type of people just go out and fucking do it.
[quote]cyruseven75 wrote:
people train 4-5 days a week and work 70+ hrs, people train a full 7-8 day split and complete a PhD + MD.
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRAIN DO.
I hate most of these fucking threads and i bet the guys giving BS cheerful advice have no pics to show for their hard training.
Jesus would want you to train more and worship less, also Jesus found the time, so can you. wait Jesus was a buck fifty w/ hot abz huh?[/quote]
wtf are you talking about? Did he say he wants or expects to make progress training one day a week? Did you miss the part where he said he just wants to maintain? I agree that this is the wrong forum for his question, but that doesn’t excuse lack of reading comprehension. If the man already earned a law degree while training consistently, I don’t think he needs anyone’s advice on hard work. We don’t know what he’s achieved physique-wise and frankly it doesn’t matter as long as he’s happy with it.
To the OP: try it for yourself and make adjustments as needed. If you’re not happy with the results, I’m sure you’re smart enough to realize that you’ll need to train more frequently. You’re not going to find the answer to your question here because the truth is that training once a week will have different effects for different people. I’ve already posted that I’ve been seeing progress (albeit rather slowly) training between 2-3 times a week. That’s fine for me because I have other priorities right now. You may very well be able to maintain on once a week, but you’ll have to try it for yourself. The only advice I’ll offer with regards to the actual workouts is that you may want to rotate between 2-3 workouts. Personally, I would get bored doing the same exact thing every week.
I am the Son of the God. I decree that you stop whining and work out near daily.
It is my will , let it be done.
How could Samson break his chains without frequent workouts strengthened by my will?
How could I part the seven seas? How could I endure crucifixation without a steady dose of iron crosses.
Get thee to the squat rack . You , my eartly subject are the embodient of my spirit on earth.
A puritan work ethic is a necessity for a Christian, in life and in the gym.
[quote]riddle22 wrote:
[quote]cyruseven75 wrote:
people train 4-5 days a week and work 70+ hrs, people train a full 7-8 day split and complete a PhD + MD.
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRAIN DO.
I hate most of these fucking threads and i bet the guys giving BS cheerful advice have no pics to show for their hard training.
Jesus would want you to train more and worship less, also Jesus found the time, so can you. wait Jesus was a buck fifty w/ hot abz huh?[/quote]
wtf are you talking about? Did he say he wants or expects to make progress training one day a week? Did you miss the part where he said he just wants to maintain? I agree that this is the wrong forum for his question, but that doesn’t excuse lack of reading comprehension. If the man already earned a law degree while training consistently, I don’t think he needs anyone’s advice on hard work. We don’t know what he’s achieved physique-wise and frankly it doesn’t matter as long as he’s happy with it.
To the OP: try it for yourself and make adjustments as needed. If you’re not happy with the results, I’m sure you’re smart enough to realize that you’ll need to train more frequently. You’re not going to find the answer to your question here because the truth is that training once a week will have different effects for different people. I’ve already posted that I’ve been seeing progress (albeit rather slowly) training between 2-3 times a week. That’s fine for me because I have other priorities right now. You may very well be able to maintain on once a week, but you’ll have to try it for yourself. The only advice I’ll offer with regards to the actual workouts is that you may want to rotate between 2-3 workouts. Personally, I would get bored doing the same exact thing every week.[/quote]
Thank you. You and the others are probably right, I guess I’ll find out if I go this route
[quote]Cgunz wrote:
I’ve been lifting seriously for a number of years, but for various reasons in my professional and personal life, from now on I can only make it to the gym once a week for weights. My goal is pretty much to maintain, maybe with gradual cuts or bulks via diet. What do you think about the following program on that day:
Decline bench (I’m in love with this lift)
Overhead squat
Weighted chinups
Deadlift
Dumbbell shoulder press
If this looks like a decent program, what set/rep ranges should I do, keeping in mind that this is going to be pretty taxing if I have to go max effort on every body part? One thing I’ve considered is each week rotating the order of the lifts so that each week I hit a new one when I’m fresh.
I should note that I pretty much do this program now, but spread out over three days, and each body part is usually sore up until the next week’s lift, so I think the volume is pretty good. The challenge, of course, is that when I deadlift, I pretty much ONLY deadlift, and I’m dead afterwards. So this will be interesting.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.[/quote]
If anyone is still reading… the original post was not to see whether I shbould do this, but what lifts to do. If I lift once or twice per week, how do these look?
[quote]Cgunz wrote:
[quote]Cgunz wrote:
I’ve been lifting seriously for a number of years, but for various reasons in my professional and personal life, from now on I can only make it to the gym once a week for weights. My goal is pretty much to maintain, maybe with gradual cuts or bulks via diet. What do you think about the following program on that day:
Decline bench (I’m in love with this lift)
Overhead squat
Weighted chinups
Deadlift
Dumbbell shoulder press
If this looks like a decent program, what set/rep ranges should I do, keeping in mind that this is going to be pretty taxing if I have to go max effort on every body part? One thing I’ve considered is each week rotating the order of the lifts so that each week I hit a new one when I’m fresh.
I should note that I pretty much do this program now, but spread out over three days, and each body part is usually sore up until the next week’s lift, so I think the volume is pretty good. The challenge, of course, is that when I deadlift, I pretty much ONLY deadlift, and I’m dead afterwards. So this will be interesting.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.[/quote]
If anyone is still reading… the original post was not to see whether I shbould do this, but what lifts to do. If I lift once or twice per week, how do these look?[/quote]
Nah that’s a pretty bitch workout, no offense bro.
If it were me, I would take 2 exercises per bodypart (my two favorite/most effective) and hit 4-5 heavy sets per exercise.
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
[quote]Cgunz wrote:
[quote]Cgunz wrote:
I’ve been lifting seriously for a number of years, but for various reasons in my professional and personal life, from now on I can only make it to the gym once a week for weights. My goal is pretty much to maintain, maybe with gradual cuts or bulks via diet. What do you think about the following program on that day:
Decline bench (I’m in love with this lift)
Overhead squat
Weighted chinups
Deadlift
Dumbbell shoulder press
If this looks like a decent program, what set/rep ranges should I do, keeping in mind that this is going to be pretty taxing if I have to go max effort on every body part? One thing I’ve considered is each week rotating the order of the lifts so that each week I hit a new one when I’m fresh.
I should note that I pretty much do this program now, but spread out over three days, and each body part is usually sore up until the next week’s lift, so I think the volume is pretty good. The challenge, of course, is that when I deadlift, I pretty much ONLY deadlift, and I’m dead afterwards. So this will be interesting.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.[/quote]
If anyone is still reading… the original post was not to see whether I shbould do this, but what lifts to do. If I lift once or twice per week, how do these look?[/quote]
Nah that’s a pretty bitch workout, no offense bro.
If it were me, I would take 2 exercises per bodypart (my two favorite/most effective) and hit 4-5 heavy sets per exercise.[/quote]
Yeah, that’d be pretty much impossible without a split. What ab
Day 1
Decline bench
Overhead squat
Db bench press
Db shoulder press
Day 2
Weighted pullups
Deadlifts
Bent over rows
Barbell calf raises (lik squats but calfs, dunno the right term)
How’s that? A little more volume, and I didn’t forget my calves.
If you bought Wendler’s 5/3/1, he has a passage in there about working out twice a week for those “real busy” guys and gals out there. Two days a week is definitely possibly, but not recommended.
Doing all those exercises in one day? No way, too much stress on the body and you would probably be at the gym for around 4 hours just lifting. I could definitely see the possibility of injuries skyrocket as well.
[quote]riddle22 wrote:
[quote]cyruseven75 wrote:
people train 4-5 days a week and work 70+ hrs, people train a full 7-8 day split and complete a PhD + MD.
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRAIN DO.
I hate most of these fucking threads and i bet the guys giving BS cheerful advice have no pics to show for their hard training.
Jesus would want you to train more and worship less, also Jesus found the time, so can you. wait Jesus was a buck fifty w/ hot abz huh?[/quote]
wtf are you talking about? Did he say he wants or expects to make progress training one day a week? Did you miss the part where he said he just wants to maintain? I agree that this is the wrong forum for his question, but that doesn’t excuse lack of reading comprehension. If the man already earned a law degree while training consistently, I don’t think he needs anyone’s advice on hard work. We don’t know what he’s achieved physique-wise and frankly it doesn’t matter as long as he’s happy with it.
To the OP: try it for yourself and make adjustments as needed. If you’re not happy with the results, I’m sure you’re smart enough to realize that you’ll need to train more frequently. You’re not going to find the answer to your question here because the truth is that training once a week will have different effects for different people. I’ve already posted that I’ve been seeing progress (albeit rather slowly) training between 2-3 times a week. That’s fine for me because I have other priorities right now. You may very well be able to maintain on once a week, but you’ll have to try it for yourself. The only advice I’ll offer with regards to the actual workouts is that you may want to rotate between 2-3 workouts. Personally, I would get bored doing the same exact thing every week.[/quote]
Look i recognize i came across as a bit of a cunt but honestly, if the OP has a law degree he must have the awareness that training once a week isn’t really training.
my frustration came to the forefront more so because many people chime in all the time who literally give, have, or show no evidence that they even train.
Additionally, in a bodybuilding forum to speak of training once a week is kind of backward. My point also meant to highlight the fact that the OP mentioned several other activities which were/are taking up a lot of his time. if maintaining muscle is paramount then figuring out a way to include more than one train day per week is necessary.
3 pages and no one has posted the only way to achieve growth and ‘muscle tone’ maintenance with just minutes a day outside the gym?
I am disappoint.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
3 pages and no one has posted the only way to achieve growth and ‘muscle tone’ maintenance with just minutes a day outside the gym?
I am disappoint.[/quote]
Steely, is that the BigJim model?
[quote]Cgunz wrote:
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
[quote]Cgunz wrote:
[quote]Cgunz wrote:
I’ve been lifting seriously for a number of years, but for various reasons in my professional and personal life, from now on I can only make it to the gym once a week for weights. My goal is pretty much to maintain, maybe with gradual cuts or bulks via diet. What do you think about the following program on that day:
Decline bench (I’m in love with this lift)
Overhead squat
Weighted chinups
Deadlift
Dumbbell shoulder press
If this looks like a decent program, what set/rep ranges should I do, keeping in mind that this is going to be pretty taxing if I have to go max effort on every body part? One thing I’ve considered is each week rotating the order of the lifts so that each week I hit a new one when I’m fresh.
I should note that I pretty much do this program now, but spread out over three days, and each body part is usually sore up until the next week’s lift, so I think the volume is pretty good. The challenge, of course, is that when I deadlift, I pretty much ONLY deadlift, and I’m dead afterwards. So this will be interesting.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.[/quote]
If anyone is still reading… the original post was not to see whether I shbould do this, but what lifts to do. If I lift once or twice per week, how do these look?[/quote]
Nah that’s a pretty bitch workout, no offense bro.
If it were me, I would take 2 exercises per bodypart (my two favorite/most effective) and hit 4-5 heavy sets per exercise.[/quote]
Yeah, that’d be pretty much impossible without a split. What ab
Day 1
Decline bench
Overhead squat
Db bench press
Db shoulder press
Day 2
Weighted pullups
Deadlifts
Bent over rows
Barbell calf raises (lik squats but calfs, dunno the right term)
How’s that? A little more volume, and I didn’t forget my calves.
[/quote]
if I only had 2 days to lift it would look like this.
Day1
Deadlifts
Barbell Rows
Flat Bench
Incline Variation
Barbell Curls
Incline Curls
GHRs
Hamstring Curls
Day 2
Squats
Leg Press
Seated Military Press
Side Laterals
Calve Raises
Another Calve Raise
Tricep Pushdowns
Tricep Dips
Chins
Work up to a 5 rep max on big muscle groups, pump the fuck out of small muscle groups.
Dumbasses, this is a bodybuilding forum, not a “hey, I train every full moon” forum. If you have no goals to make progress or to stand out at all, please go elsewhere…and take the people giving advice like once a week sounds good with you.
I do believe quite a few here now plan on looking quite different by this time next year. The rest of you are just cluttering up the space in here.
1 word to solve all of your problems:
SHAKEWEIGHT