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Originally Posted by Bulldozer  This sort of training wont give you a "pretty" body . If you wanna call it that.
But regardless it is how most strength althletes train. This is fact.
A lot of strongmen/ powerlifters have more muscle on there frame than shawn ray could have ever dreamed of. Just covered with a layer of fat thats all.
If more Bodtbuilders trained like Powerlifters (at least to start with) there would be more big guys around IMO.
Most aspiring BB train with too much volume and too many isolations, thats why the boards are full of threads asking for advice on gaining mass.
Train smarter , not harder. Train twice as hard on half the volume and most would do better imo. |
There's always going to be 2 sides of the coin though.
I recommend once out of the beginners stages going into 'BBers' workouts, isolation exercises etc.....I've done well off it so far (I like to think lol) but then you obviously have great gains with this type of training. Everyones different so its more a case of find what suits you.
At the moment I've gone upto training
5 days a week....I can just see you, nytol and big fainting at your computers
I train each bodypart twice a week except arms and calves which get trained once..Split into 'power' and 'hypertrophy' workouts.
mon = upper body (strength 3-6reps......compounds only and low volume)
tues = lower body (same as above)
weds = off
thurs = chest/back (hypertrophy 8-12)
fri = legs (12-15)
sat = shoulders/arms (8-12)
sun = off
2 things about this, firstly I'm a believer that if your protein intake and water intake is optimum and coupled with proper rest you can recover perfectly well.
Secondly, it may not work - but what have I lost by giving it a go? I seem to be fine at the moment on it.
Quite a few guys say people go on about 4 day splits all the time on message boards etc but IMO, at the moment, more people are preaching about over-training and should do 2 day splits etc much more than those recommending 4 day splits.
I think too much emphasis is focused on overtraining and think many people actually undertrain.