A couple weeks back I started a full body routine 3x a week. Similar to old 50's type shit, but without the light/medium/heavy days. Every day is medium-heavy in the 8-12 range for upper body & 12-20 range for legs. Figured I would do it as a "maintenance-mode" for the winter bcoz being off cycle, cold weather is here & hell on my joints/injuries, and lastly, needed something different after the same ol same ol. Well this has turned into quite more than maintenance mode - all my lifts are soaring! I do 1 exercise for each bdpt, and after warm ups, do 2 grind sets. That's it. Each of the 3 workouts are completely different exercises. My lifts have climbed back to damn near what I was using when on - that's just crazy for me, especially being one who typically loses a shitload of strength when off. I think there's something to this much higher frequency but low volume gig. Then again, could just be the gainz from making such a dramatic routine switch. I'm gonna ride this out and see what happens. Another thing is I don't feel completely burnt out and always sore as hell as I always was when wrecking each bdpt once ew. I'll keep y'all posted. Kidding about a magic secret haha, but this is pretty freaking crazy regarding steady gainz at this stage.
I found the magic secret...
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The only thing I superset is when I get to bi's & tri's simply bcoz I enjoy the fuller arm pump. Everything else is straight sets. I'm in the gym about 80 mins to complete around 40 (warm-up + worksets) sets. Might seem like a long time only for that, but I like to get enough rest in to use max weights for said reps. Sure if I wanted to use baby weights & just go go go it would be quick, but baby weights don't build muscle haha.Comment
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Honestly.. I think if you cycle gear, you should also cycle your workout to shock the muscle.Comment
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I've been doing something very similar to this for the past year roughly. Mainly because I'm so old and hurt very badly when I go over 405 on anything. So I'm staying under 405 on everything and warming up then three sets of 15 reps or more. I have not only maintained but have become more vascular and leaner.
Good stuff Dog!
And I've always supersetted arms since reading Larry Scott's philosophy in M&F back in the '80's when I was in the joint.Last edited by Roughrydr; 12-09-2017, 09:56 AM.OFFO
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The only thing I superset is when I get to bi's & tri's simply bcoz I enjoy the fuller arm pump. Everything else is straight sets. I'm in the gym about 80 mins to complete around 40 (warm-up + worksets) sets. Might seem like a long time only for that, but I like to get enough rest in to use max weights for said reps. Sure if I wanted to use baby weights & just go go go it would be quick, but baby weights don't build muscle haha.Comment
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The only thing I superset is when I get to bi's & tri's simply bcoz I enjoy the fuller arm pump. Everything else is straight sets. I'm in the gym about 80 mins to complete around 40 (warm-up + worksets) sets. Might seem like a long time only for that, but I like to get enough rest in to use max weights for said reps. Sure if I wanted to use baby weights & just go go go it would be quick, but baby weights don't build muscle haha.Comment
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