Still unsure about the following 3 areas - can anyone help?
1, when i look to cover 2 muscle groups per day - should i do 1 muscle group at a time or do say 2 of one then two of the other? Is it beneficial to work one then the other?
2, was does it mean when the plan i have chosen show a1 a2, b, c, d Etc? SHould i be following my plan and doing the exercises in a certain order?
3, advantages of carbs - i just cant seem to get my head aroung this, surely a high protein diet is more beneficial to me. I need to ensure i am not putting on any body fat - but increase muscle mass…i seem to doubt that i can acheive this whilst sticking to a high carb/protein - low fat diet.
[quote]Fordy wrote:
Still unsure about the following 3 areas - can anyone help?
1, when i look to cover 2 muscle groups per day - should i do 1 muscle group at a time or do say 2 of one then two of the other? Is it beneficial to work one then the other?
2, was does it mean when the plan i have chosen show a1 a2, b, c, d Etc? SHould i be following my plan and doing the exercises in a certain order? [/quote]
You need to decide whether you are going to follow a program or not, if you are following a program do what the program tells you to do. If you are not following a program then try both and stick with the one that works/feels better.
The letters signify a group of exercises to be performed one after the other and the numbers indicate the order of the exercises within that group , so a tri-set would be a1, a2, a3 (that would be 1 round of 1 tri-set)
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3, advantages of carbs - i just cant seem to get my head aroung this, surely a high protein diet is more beneficial to me. I need to ensure i am not putting on any body fat - but increase muscle mass…i seem to doubt that i can acheive this whilst sticking to a high carb/protein - low fat diet.
Once again thanks for the help.
Fordy [/quote]
You were doing so well until you said…
I thought I told you that you DON’T have to make the mistakes so many others are making.
Unless you have the type of body that will literally fight against any attempt to put on fat, some fat gain is inevitable if you actually want to make any noticeable improvements. Just make the best nutritional choices you can while eating enough to grow (the latter is more important than the former).
your first two questions are pretty much the same thing you just haven’t realized it yet. a1 and a2 are done as a superset…so say a1 is bench then a2 would be something along the line of chin-ups. SOOO this means that you are doing the two different muscle groups at the same time.
This will get your heart rate up a lot higher to keep you burning fat a bit better, plus make your workouts more efficient(just remember to keep the intensity up instead of taking your time to talk to some hotty inbetween a1 and a2).
Also just a side note ryan reynolds had no problem with putting on fat as he said he has a crazy high metabolism…so just be prepared to put a bit on at first if you wanna get big. As you are a soccer player i assume you do a lot of cardio anyway so you may not have too much of a problem in that area:)
wish you all the best!
[quote]legend wrote:
Any ideas what Ryan’s stats actually are? looks around 180 and 7-8% to me
anyone know for sure?[/quote]
He’s 6’3(confirmed), probably 160-170(unconfirmed) at the time of Blade. He said he lost most of the weight shortly after the film, but began putting it back for A-Horror.
I think you are looking for too much validation. Their is no magic routine. Hard work will take care of you. At this point in time you should pick a routine and follow it. You don’t know enough to create your own routine and most people who are in the gyms are only slightly less clueless.
I think your your desires you should choose something from Waterbury or from Cosgrove. Either will do you well. Stop worrying about details. Hell you don’t even need to waste your money on supplements yet. And for most of the questions you ask you could get 100 different answers.
You are confusing yourself, you need to just pick a program, stop asking questions and train your ass off. I don’t mean to not ask how to do an exercise, but stop asking about the details of supplements, and how to train etc. You will learn a lot just by working hard and following someone else’s programs.
Hard work can not be replaced it is the most important element in the equation. I promise. I don’t think anyone would disagree. I’m not trying to make you feel bad nor am I trying to be a jerk, but I think it needs to be said. Don’t get caught up in the details yet.
Relax and train! Bust your ass! Don’t change programs every 2 or 3 weeks. Find something and stick with it, learn from it, make it your bitch!
Has anyone been sad enough (like me) to watch the extras to Blade 3. There was a bit on there about getting in shape for the film. From what I gather they started training 3 months before the film started shooting and Reynolds claims to have put on 40lbs for the role.
I think someone was juicing!!!
good advert for 'roids though!! lol
The goal is very obtainable but not at that rate naturally unless he is some sort of genetic freak!!!
[quote]Large Dave wrote:
Has anyone been sad enough (like me) to watch the extras to Blade 3. There was a bit on there about getting in shape for the film. From what I gather they started training 3 months before the film started shooting and Reynolds claims to have put on 40lbs for the role.
I think someone was juicing!!!
good advert for 'roids though!! lol
The goal is very obtainable but not at that rate naturally unless he is some sort of genetic freak!!!
Dave [/quote]
Ryan started training a whole year before the role was taped. For 3 hours a day, but then lowered the training volume when taping began.
The video is wrong.
Also, he claimed to have gained 20lbs not 40, that’s just a pushing it for newbie gains.
Easily attainable with time. Well I shouldn’t exactly say easy cause it’s pounding a lot of weights and eating right. Look at my pics and you’ll see what can be attained in 14 months. I could have done it sooner but I wanted to pack on a little muscle before I started cutting the fat. I started when I was 39.