Hello guys, just recently started reading this site and it’s definately the best bodybuilding site I’ve been to.
I’m a skinny bastard and I’ve been working out for about 6 months. The first 3 months I had no idea what I was doing, then I started reading sites like this and started getting the hang of it.
I have gained about 3kg in the last few months, overall I went from about 130 to 140 in the 6 months so I am still very skinny.
I tried 5x5 for a while and it was OK when I was busy with other things like uni. I felt that the workout load was a little low though.
I just finished university exams and I have a month before the next session of uni starts. I have no commitments at all and I love lifting weights. I have been following a 5x5 3 day a week style program but right now I am hungry to work out more. I believe I could be making progress with a higher volume workout because the day after a workout I feel like I could workout again, in fact I feel like I could workout 6 days a week. I have set up a gym at home with a bench press, barbell and dumbells.
I want to go all out for the next month and build a lot of mass. I guess what I want to know is would it be beneficial for me to start working out 5/6 days a week and doing high volume. Would I just be overtraining and hindering my progress? I feel like I am upto it. Or should I just stay with 3/4 days a week and spend the rest of my break bored on my computer?
well, that is something which is fairly individual. I tried it that early and it didn’t work too well (mostly because I was not eating nearly enough). Have you been training full body or a split? If your program has you training a certain body part 1x week (i.e. chest and triceps day, back and biceps day, legs day) try picking out a program like ABBH 1, which will get you accustomed to using heavier loads more often. I managed to gain 10-12 lbs off those few weeks alone.
Well after I did 5x5 for a bit I changed to a push/pull/legs 3 day program. In that it does seem to target each bodypart once a week.
The thing about these 3 day programs is that while in theory they sound good, in practise it feels like I’m not doing as much as I could. At the moment the only thing I look forward to is lifting weights so I don’t like being limited to 3 day, 45 minute workout programs.
I will search for that ABBH thing you mentioned, thanks.
Wow, both the ABBH and German Volume Training programs are excellent. I think I’ll definately be choosing one of them, not sure which one yet. Thanks guys :).
If you will be training 6 days/week, make sure you eat like a bull to nourish your body. I’d recommend taking a multi-vitamin as your immune system will be compromised with such high volume.
with a month of doing nothing i would weight train 2X a day for atleast 4 days a week. I would also try to make it to the track for some sprint training and high intensity interval training. i would do fasted state walking every morning for one hour. I would make sure that I am consuming an awesome diet with no excuses. For big body parts i would use 5x5 or 8x3 with antagonist movements for the upper body and straight movements for the lower body. for the smaller muscle groups i would use 4x6 and 3x8. laters pk
[quote]pkradgreek wrote:
with a month of doing nothing i would weight train 2X a day for atleast 4 days a week. I would also try to make it to the track for some sprint training and high intensity interval training. i would do fasted state walking every morning for one hour. I would make sure that I am consuming an awesome diet with no excuses. For big body parts i would use 5x5 or 8x3 with antagonist movements for the upper body and straight movements for the lower body. for the smaller muscle groups i would use 4x6 and 3x8. laters pk[/quote]
Wow, that sounds pretty intense. I didn’t really want to do any cardio because I figured that would just use up calories… I’m only about 140lbs so of course I am trying to bulk.
Twice a day workout is a good idea, but I feel like doing a GVT type program out of interest. I read the original article and I’ll be doing something like that but also applying the stuff in the GVT 2000 and OVT on this site.