Switching routines

[Johnny Smiles]

To me bodybuilding is an art-form it take SKILL to manipulate weights so that they transform your physique into something bigger, stronger, shapelier than mother nature intended. 25yrs trng and I'm still learning the dynamics of some exercises....if you are changing routines every 3/4 mos or even 3/4 yrs your slowing your progress. All exercises are not equal..... compound lifts should be the staple of all workouts until you're an advanced bodybuilder. Touche Mr. Hernon on point as usual

there are more things to manipulate than just weights
less of an art more of a science
-JS

 

[Darb77]

I pretty much do the same exercises all the time in my routine but change the order in which I do them sometimes. My goal is to constantly add weight or reps to everything I do. I like doing incline presses first for chest but If I stall out a bit for a while I might go to doing declines bb presses or flat db presses for a while first and do inclines second. I dont know if this is wrong or right but thats how I do it.

 

[ROCKEDUP]

I follow the same principle's as Phil discussed. I write down each exercise and weights and reps. It changes with each workout as to what I do, but everytime I do an exercise I use more weight or do more reps. It's that simple. Also as mentioned if I fail I know it's a diet or hormone issue, but training is simple. Ive gone from a top of 218 at 5'9 to nearly as lean, but a tight 271.

impressive! what was the time frame?

 

[The Dude]

impressive! what was the time frame?

Only about 2 1/2 years. I was topped out at 218 for years. I also started using other drugs I've never used before such as IGF and peptides. During that time I went from a max dose of 1g of test to 10 weeks at 3g, but I'll never go that high again. As Phil mentioned my strength now really isn't even comparable to what it was at 218.