What kind of workouts do you do?

[blaze918]

Hey guys,
just wondering what kind of workouts you do.
Just read Big A's recommended workout and I was kind of shocked that it was only one set per exercise.
Thanks.

 

[SmallTownIron]

Hey guys,
just wondering what kind of workouts you do.
Just read Big A's recommended workout and I was kind of shocked that it was only one set per exercise.
Thanks.

Not questioning his workouts but I think it depends on the person and the amount of the intensity output.

I like high volume, heavy weight (to me at least!, ha).

 

[Gaintrain]

Intense angry sets heavy weight mixd w/ volume w/ DC and static strentching...

 

[Tom]

moderate weights 6-8 sets per bodypart 12-15 reps upper body up to 40 reps for legs

 

[RawStrength]

A combination of WA4SB, 5/3/1, rest-pause and drop sets with a hint of DC

 

[Ataraxia]

been doing Big A's principals combined with intermittent fasting! wow great results!!! i'm loving it!

 

[aussiebulldog]

DC, so its also one working set.

 

[lbg]

Currently West-side. Usually and preferably DC.

 

[tmuscle]

always changes and depends on how i feel

instinctual training

 

[heavydeadlifts]

P/RR/S has been my program as of lately and progression has been nice

 

[Varuzhan]

hardd))

 

[super1500]

Dorian´s Heavy duty. The best for growing.

 

[bigbumpkin2003]

I am a huge believer in switching things up

I might do german volume training for 6 weeks or so then switch to 5-3-1 for the next 6 weeks or so and so on

 

[thatbloke]

i just train the way i have found i respond best to, always HIT and rest days between every workout

chest: moderate volume, low to moderate reps
back: high volume, heavy, reps low some weeks, high others
legs/calves: low volume, high reps, not so heavy
arms low volume, moderate reps (trained with legs)

and shoulders i dont train

pretty simple, and has worked well for me, but ay gear helps hahaha

 

[alfresco]

various training experiences . . .

Using the search engine, I dug up a few things to think about.

Things that do work . . .

http://www.professionalmuscle.com/f...lar-size-what-worked-best-you.html#post617054

And some things that don’t work . . .

http://www.professionalmuscle.com/f.../58122-your-training-mistakes.html#post751112

Hope this helps. Your mileage may vary.

 

[aussiebulldog]

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and shoulders i dont train
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injury ? or just to save them from abuse ?
I can only work them every once in a while myself ,age , but they get plenty from just incline presses with me.

 

[PitbullTank]

kinda switch between DC and BIGA hit program ...but all in all, less volume, hi intensity... and trying to train bodyparts more frequently while finding out whats the fastest recovery time i can make to hit it again...i try to exercise each muscle at least once every 4 days.... i like dc extreme streches too, so i always do that...

 

[Hell]

5/3/1 type training
3-5 sets of 3-5 reps heavy
3 sets of 12 of the same compound lift

3 other assistance/compound lifts

dips and chins usually also

 

[bigphill]

light weight.........high volume sets

1hr cardio + a day

 

[TNH]

I did Arnold style volume during my noob days.
When noob gains stopped (about ten years ago), I always did some sort of HIT variant, back when everything more than few sets was considered overtraining. They worked ok for me, I was able to progress in strength quite a bit, but I don't think the mass gains were optimum for my body using those programs.
I did some very high volume stuff like the programs Serge Nubret did. I don't think it worked very well for my body, I just felt I was getting more conditioned in the weight room as opposed to getting bigger and stronger.

I was doing 5/3/1 for a while, loved that program, great for strength. I never used the boring but big template until recently. It is 5 sets of 10 of the same exercise you just did your maxes on, but with about 50-60% of the max weight.
My body responded well to it, and I felt that maybe I should give a bit more volume a shot. I hadn't realized that my approach to lifting during that ten years was all or nothing.... I had either done HIT type stuff (DC, BigA), or massive volume (Arnold, Serge). I never did anything in between.

So now I just do a few sets of a max weight (sort of like 5/3/1), but my assistance work is anywhere from 3-5 extra exercises, 5 sets of 10, with a decent weight for me and done with a rep or two left in the tank.
This has been working very well for me so far.
Moderate volume and intensity I suppose you would call it. I wish I would have given it a shot a long time ago.
Certain parts like side and rear delts seem to respond very well to it. For legs I still like just a few heavy work sets and maybe 5 sets of 10 @ 60% max.