With the pullups, I assume you want palms facing AWAY…? Medium-width grip?
Joel, I am comming off a large bulking cycle, aka nearly 6,000 cals a day, 8 workouts roughly 45 minutes a week. Its been halfway through the week of recovery, my calories are about 500 less, and my workouts have been reduced to 5, although they are almost around 60 minutes. My question is that wouldn’t a program like your prescribing be a bad choice at this point, considering the less calories that will be burned. I am trying to maintain as much of the muscle ive gained. For this new program of yours, what do you think is the best prior program schedule to be coming off of to making this one a success?
D- I prefer a supine grip; maintain a tight arch in your back- you’ll maximize the load this way.
Glass- why would you want to burn more calories if your goal was to maintain your muscle mass? Dont worry about losing fat right now. I’d recommend setting up everything the same way, except do 7x5 instead of 5x5.
Joel
I just did day one today. MAN my chest is sore from doing 10 sets of bench presses.
Because bulking, I doubled the amount of sets. I did 10 sets of barbell bench press (incline db press would not allow me to increase the load as often, since 1) I use a lighter load, and the numbers wouldn’t climb as quickly, and 2) I’d have to jump by 10lb increments each time I did) supersetted with incline dumbell curls. It was a little odd to use the same amount of work on my biceps and chest, considering one is a major muscle group and one isn’t. But hey, I’m definitely feeling it. And the workout was quite short.