[quote]Chase44 wrote:
My boy Spar4tee, how dare you approve that routine! lol. I agree with the set/rep rotations that Spar. recomended but honestly you need to cut out all the other bull shit isolation exercises for now. Build a base strength; focus on getting stronger and eating 6 times a day. 3 meals and 3 snacks. If you want to really look like a body builder but have some life applicable strength then
prioritze your time in the weight room around the core lifts ; bench over head press squat and dead lift. After reading about your strength levels, it sounds like it might do you some good follow Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 program. Its simple, and produces resualts.
If you guys really wanted to help the guy you’d point him in the direction of power cleans. It’s full body strength. If I were you with your goals, I’d stick to lots of squats and power cleans with a ton of intensive abdominal and grip work. Idc what anybody on this forum tells you, the legs make a man.
Wanna learn how to fight? Find a boxing class. Who cares if you suck at arm wrestling, arm wrestling is a boys test of strength, not a mans. This is T-Nation, where nuts have been dropped and people love to lift heavy shit. Seriously, don’t over complicate this because youre not the only one in the world who is seeking more functional strength. Eat, sleep, train hard, nourish relationships and make the most of your life. Train your mind as hard as your body and you’ll get there it’s that simple. Work on your cardio, live long and prosper dude. When it’s all said and done and your old and gray it won’t really matter that every muscle in your body when visible and that you could lift x amount of weight.
What really matters is that your heart still beats like a champ and you can out last and edure more than most men.
Good luck[/quote]
Thank you so much! Yeah, to tell you the truth, since I used to work so hard on every single lift to the point I was making myself get so damn angry before I lifted because I was literally that driven to give it my all, I really don’t like isolation lifts. My favorite exercises are dumbbell bench press, close grip bench press, and barbell shoulder press. I will always hate training legs though, but I never waver and train them as hard as possible, one time to the point I was in full fatigue(I couldn’t push the bar another 2 inches) I actually did put power cleans in for shoulder day, but it looks like I should train them olympic style(regularly practicing them throughout the week). I just want to put myself on the right road now, because for the first time, my goals are concrete and actually seem reachable, as opposed to getting my chest bigger(which doesn’t seem to respond despite the fact I hit PR’s every two weeks). See here’s the thing. I saw 5/3/1 as very complicated to understand. It’s not as simple to understand as x exercise x sets x repsYep that’s my new philosophy right there. I want to be able to be better than most men, but not brag about it. If I lift 200 lb in the gym, I damn well can lift 100 lb easily outside. I’d love for anyone to tell me a simplified version of 5/3/1. He talks about that we need to understand percentages, but truthfully for me, I always followed the rep system, if you can’t do x reps, lower the weight, and if you can do more than x reps, then increase weight. Thanks for everyone’s time. In an hour, I start the first day of this new plan, and maximum power is on my mind right now. I Don’t think so much about flexing(for me, great if you want to) I want to dominate my weights.