I remember LATS writing about a friend who was training each bodypart 2 or 3 times a week...He wasnt going to failure on each set...I think it was just one exercise for each bodypart but doing 3 sets, and changing the reps around set 1 would be 6-8 reps, set 2 would be 10-12 sets and set 3 would be 15-20 reps ??? I could be wrong, I need to find that thread...So it would look something like this on the split...
Mon and Thurs
chest, delts and tri's
tues and fri
all legs - quads, hams, and calf
wend and sat
back and biceps
Is this right or am I totally off base here...
I would just like some feed back on this type of routine...and I would like to know how this type of program would work...
chris
I am in no way as qualified to answer this as some on this site. But, I can share my experience. I do see similarities with the concept of less volume more frequency, kind of like an element of DC.
I started doing some Westside stuff about a year ago. I do ME upperbody work on Mondays and do RE upperbody on Thursdays, I do RE lowerbody on Wed b/c I am much more developed down their. The neat thing is if I want to I can hit ME lower on Sat.
So I program around this, I try to push what I pull to avoid injuries, and also try to kind of instinct train. This also allows me the ability to adjust accessory work to get stronger around lifts where I fail. Like on ME Bench if I fail on the lower portion I adjust accessory work on Monday and Thursdays to get stronger in the hole, which seems to get me past my sticking point fairly fast. Then I re-evaluate and adjust where I need to or where I failed in the movement.
I follow a basic template, but will rep something out if I feel good about it, or hit a single or double or neg or pause...but Im not just chasing pumps all the time so there are kind of fixed efforts.
I had started all of this b/c I never really could not get my body to respond and grow. Plus my bench was weak so I was looking to blow that up. Training upperbody twice a weak has me growing and getting stronger.
I can lay out my programming if you would like. But, I can tell you, though this sounds good, and seems to be working for me. I am growing but I am by no means looking good or all that strong yet. But, it seems to be a point in the right direciton...for me. But, kind of makes sense to