I started lifting as a bodybuilder and I recently(less than a year ago) started training for powerlifting and strongman. So know I keep my reps very low(1-5) and sets high(4-5 not counting warmup) and do just the big three exercises with 2-3 assistance exercises.
Well I have noticed that know that even though I am eating more carbs and fats in my diet and having 1 full cheat day a week to eat what ever I am actually making really good bodybuilding gains. Like my strength in the big three exercises are increasing every week but, I am noticing that I am making even better bodybuilding gains.
Like my waist has decreased in size, my body fat is going down, my abs and veins are becoming much more noticable, and my shoulders and lats are are spreading out now… why am I making body building type advances now that I am not even training for that.
Yes but thats the thing I am training for strength with low reps and eating loads and now I am actually decreasing my body fat levels and increasing muscle which I am not complaining I just dont understand why that when I was training for size ans shape I was not getting these kinds of gains.
[quote]im_the_truth_ wrote:
Yes but thats the thing I am training for strength with low reps and eating loads and now I am actually decreasing my body fat levels and increasing muscle which I am not complaining I just dont understand why that when I was training for size ans shape I was not getting these kinds of gains.[/quote]
Maybe your diet and training back then simply weren’t adequate.
Ok I was just confused at my results considering now that I am not bodybuilding I look more like a bodybuilder lol you can understand my frustration I guess.
Well why is that now that I dont do single joint exercises much at all that my smaller more finesse muscles are beginning to shape and grow now. Like for example I have not done a curl or tricep extension in a few months and my arms are gaining size and definition.
Such as ever since I started doing Close Grip Pulldowns my biceps have become much stronger and actually began to get some what of a peak on them. Don’t you have to do the little single joint exercises to really hit the arms, delts and legs to their fullest and to shapen the muscles the best they can be.
[quote]im_the_truth_ wrote:
Well why is that now that I dont do single joint exercises much at all that my smaller more finesse muscles are beginning to shape and grow now. Like for example I have not done a curl or tricep extension in a few months and my arms are gaining size and definition.
Such as ever since I started doing Close Grip Pulldowns my biceps have become much stronger and actually began to get some what of a peak on them. Don’t you have to do the little single joint exercises to really hit the arms, delts and legs to their fullest and to shapen the muscles the best they can be.[/quote]
You answer your own question here man, you do realize that, right?
[quote]im_the_truth_ wrote:
Well why is that now that I dont do single joint exercises much at all that my smaller more finesse muscles are beginning to shape and grow now. Like for example I have not done a curl or tricep extension in a few months and my arms are gaining size and definition.
Such as ever since I started doing Close Grip Pulldowns my biceps have become much stronger and actually began to get some what of a peak on them. Don’t you have to do the little single joint exercises to really hit the arms, delts and legs to their fullest and to shapen the muscles the best they can be.[/quote]
Dude, you can’t carve detail into a piece of paper. You need a big fucking block of marble. Stick with the compounds until you have amassed the size you need to do the isolations (if you want to).
This isn’t the same advice that I would give to anyone, but it seems to be working for you if the information you have relayed to us is accurate.