fuck good body, how old are you ? and what is it ? Banded Push-up i heard a lot of time about this exercices, to add in the end or begining of i program
Ah, thanks. I’m 38, but I think I’ll keep getting older.
Here you go on the banded push-up:
I’d say put it in when it fits. I know that is vague, but it’s going to depend. If I have barbell presses in this day, I’d probably put this push-up after - it’s hard. If I’m doing a road kind of workout and I don’t have an option to do something heavier, this will be my heavy thing - I’d probably put it earlier. If I care about growing my bench press, I’m always going to do that first, and then maybe I’d use this push-up and dips or DB presses as my assistance work.
ohh ok, good body really if iam like that when i will get 38 i will be happy, u take a good way of life
u split yes ? in a full body i don’t have so much assistance exercices, just i change between dumbbell/dips for chest but maybe i will add also these exercices if iam tired
Yeah I prefer a split workout.
I typically will do Legs, Chest & Shoulders, Back, Arms.
Right now I’m doing Pull, Push, Legs, and it’s about right for the amount of equipment/ variety I have available.
There is nothing wrong with full body, at all, it’s just not something I’ve done a lot. I think you actually have to be a little smarter to pull it off effectively. Something I have seen that I think is kind of clever is doing full body every day, but switching between higher stress and lower stress exercises. So if you did bench press one day, you might do push-ups the next.
By the way, there is nothing magic about throwing a band over your back for some push-ups (or any exercise) - it just makes the contraction a bit harder.
yes i use resistance band for dips already, yes i think like u, that is good to change if monday u do some dips so wenesday use dumbbell and so on iam completely agree, before i was thinking that make a lot of stress for nerve but i don’t feel that in a bad ways so i do also this routine of variante
Did you try that for your shoulders ?
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First, that darn write up of Meadows’ stuff almost sent me to his site to browse. Luckily I remembered that I’m enjoying my training and resisted the urge to change things.
Second, how long do your sessions last? That’s a long list of exercises.
I used to, and then I kind of let it go. Thanks for dropping it back in here - these are easy to progress and fast to do; I’ll bring them back!
Well done! Resisting the shiny new thing is the most difficult discipline I think!
Yeah, they do look insane on paper. Today’s took me about 65 minutes, I think. I usually fall between 60 and 75 minutes, depending on how slow I move at the beginning. Usually, once you get past about the second exercise, you’re not really having to warm up anymore and nothing is heavy so it’s pretty quick. If I start getting annoyed at how long it’s taking, I’ll superset/ giant set the later things too.
This is another reason I don’t love PPL when I’m actually going to the gym - the days are longer. The base split is pretty much 45 - 60 minutes; maybe 70 on leg days. I just don’t care how long it takes right now because we don’t have anything else to do.
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That’s an amazing write up, many thanks for the time and effort taken in writing all of that! I’ve bookmarked it and will read it several times before starting!
I’ve got a home gym (adjustable bench, rack, bars (oly, ssb, trap bar, football bar and adjustable dB handle), cable crossover machine, GHR, bands) and having looked at reactive hypertrophy fairly sure I can do it close to the original (I’ll have to sub out a couple of things but fairly confident I can keep them close to the intended movement pattern). RHT conveniently has that blessed arm day! (Something I’ve literally never done!) Sure I’ve got a long way to go before I max that out!
I totally get the shoulder comment, I’m fairly happy with current shoulder dev (nothing impressive but I’m naturally wide and narrow waisted and do fair bit of pressing) but always happy for more improvement and rear delts are definitely lacking!
I’ve got a couple more weeks to plot it out (no point starting in deficit). Thanks for the tip regards the sales - I’ll immerse myself in his website and training mindset for the next few weeks, and run RHT and if I get on well with it, purchase another to run afterwards.
Massive thanks again!
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I probably should have told you:
- Memorial Day is the last Monday of May - sales will run that weekend prior (Friday through Monday).
- Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, which is the third Thursday in November - so Black Friday is the third Friday in November; sales typically run that day through Sunday.
Thanks for the translation on those, Black Friday is now a thing over here, but Memorial day wasn’t on my radar, nice to know it’s soon!
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Amazing write up on meadows mate. It was so good it called to the old bodybuilder in me. The PL in me is still too strong right now (actually it’s weal but wants to be strong but you get what I meant) but one day I will come back to this.
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I have some training ideas that are both strength and size focused. Careful, buddy, or I’ll trick you into firing your coach.
@TrainForPain, I probably needed to read this part right now:
I control my eccentric but I’ve been rushing my arm training (skipped it Tuesday). I figure if I’m curling 100 lbs for multiple sets then my arms will bee big enough. It’s probably not a good idea for my joints, though (but it’s a good test of that biceps tendon anchor!).
I’ll try to remember your wise words tomorrow.
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Lucky for me I am only thinking about strength 
Thanks! I’m finally contributing to the site!
You’re very strong - don’t sell yourself short. Tell John to pay me a commission when you jump in. Or he can just work out with me; I’m 2 hours away.
@Frank_C let me know how it goes! I do best on arms when I think about an “arc”. Not everything is awesome, but my arms do well. I’m not sure if that all genetics so I have no credibility or the opposite. Either way - at least your elbows won’t hurt.
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I will be sure to do that. 
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Thanks again for your awesome write up very excited to try the Meadows way now! One thought occurred to me, I generally train 3 or 4 times a week each day being one of the big 4 base movements, the joy of that is when life gets in the way and I end up missing a session it’s fine as a 3 day a week just hit the missed sesh next time and be behind.
How do you deal with that on something like this? Just run the missed day next time you train, or merge two days, or never miss s day?!
Mate, Bros never miss days
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@simo74 is on it!
Nah. So there’s typically three main days no matter the split: legs, chest & shoulders, back OR pull, push legs. Then the rest are “pump” days.
Arms aren’t a problem for me, so I skip them for beers and I’m good. Cardio is a problem for me, and I skip it with no plan, but that’s not our topic.
You can do arms and the pump days and get the idea with anything: bands, milk jugs, body weight, hotel gym, whatever. So as long as you have 3 real days, you can pull off the others.
Some dudes split it out further, so if he calls for 5 lifting days over a week maybe they do 8 over 2 weeks, and just have more rest days. I haven’t gone that route just because it ends up being longer between main lifts and I just feel like doing them. Those guys seem smart though.
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Haha! I’ll play it by ear as I go, hoping that during the lockdown I’ll be able to get every session as written, and when normality resumes I’ll just try to make sure I don’t miss it (if I do I’ll probably just carry it over and stretch the week to 8/9 days)