[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
Ok thanks for all that.
Are you suggesting I just go on to the regular BBB? I’d have to try and manage a 6th day to lift, which is why I kind of drifted away from it (and I don’t like the 2 ‘marathon’ sessions on the 4x a week split).
When you say I’m doing to much MMC or whatever for arms and stuff right now, are you saying I should be trying to add weight to curls and stuff? The light weight pump probably helps with hypertrophy, but one of the biggest reasons for doing light curls, raises, extensions, ect, is because any time I’ve done a program with out some iso work, I’ve gotten hurt, little shoulder and elbow dings. The light work seems to keep things in balance or healthy or whatever.
What would you suggest I do? I don’t do ‘dropsets’ or any real intensity techniques. Just trying to use what I found worked well on BBB, without the stuff that seemed to not. Any tweaks you have I’m open to.
EDIT: Also, not I forgot to mention, I am playing intramural Basketball 1-2x a week now. Another reason I didn’t go on to regular BBB. I tried to last year, and the Squatting 3x a week plus all the pressing (I have a weird left shoulder that can pop out of place during sports if I’m not careful) just was too much. [/quote]
Not trying to put words in his mouth, but think he’s saying you’re just doing too much. 4 days a week, upper/lower focusing on progression is what you need. Not sure why you’re so adamant about being in the weightroom 5-6 days a week. It’s counterproductive to what you’re trying to do.
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Well he said he liked BBB. There’s a 4x a week split on that program but that looks horrible. I like upper/lower splits fine, but I just prefer hitting things more frequently than that.
Have you seen what Big Beyond Belief is, WF? I think it fits most the principals you’re telling me, seriously. I chose NOT to follow it to the letter because I figured 6x was a week was to much like you told me, and even knocked it down a day. lol
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I did not mean that you can’t train 5 times a week. I still train every day and make progress.
I was just meaning to say that you seem like you’re chasing too many different rabbits when you should be focused on one.
RE doing BBB 5x/week, I’ve never understood why they didn’t have a 5 day program, whereby you just run the first four days exactly like the six day program, have one off day, then have a fifth day that is just like the last day of the 4x/week program. Still hits the same parameters.
Alternatively, you could just have a fifth day that’s either an arms day, an abs/calves/hiit day, or whatever.
My point in the earlier posts was mostly just to say that instead of worrying so much about your routine at this point, you should just pick something simple and build a base of strength. Because regardless of how long you’ve been lifting, you have to be objective with yourself and say “I’m doing work sets with 155 on bench and 225 on squat. There’s no reason for me to be overthinking the ‘lifting heavy’ part.”
Keep all the more advanced stuff or complex programming as things that you know you can incorporate later when you’re taking your training to whatever the next level is. It’s valuable to you now insofar as you know what the next steps will be when you get there. But be patient as you build that base of strength to work off of.
Don’t overanalyze your programming: just eat, rest, and lift hard.