How often do you train?

[tom joad]

Anyone ever go from using heavy weight and low sets to moderate weight with more volume? 

I do.  Lifted heavier in my 20s & 30s.  My PR days are behind me.  Just want to keep hangin 'n bangin for as long as possible while staying injury-free.

[robcguns]

Anyone ever go from using heavy weight and low sets to moderate weight with more volume? 

Lifted extremely heavy with reps 3-8 for 22 years now I do reps usually no lower than 15 and as high as a 100.Joints feel better and pumps are ridiculous.nothing lost except strength and couldn’t care less.

[oldtimer1]

I do.  Lifted heavier in my 20s & 30s.  My PR days are behind me.  Just want to keep hangin 'n bangin for as long as possible while staying injury-free.

Naturally my strength is going down as I age and also include more cardio. I just feel like I'm not training hard unless I take every set to failure with what is heavy weight for me. On the other hand my brain is telling me I'm one rep away for really messing up my body.  I've seen many outstanding trainers that use moderate weight for lack of a better term muscular endurance training.

In the running world a 400 meter  sprinter certainly trains more intense than a 10K runner but you will never in the history of track hear a 400 meter guy say a 10K runner doesn't train brutally hard. In bodybuilding you hear that all the time. A guy that uses 6 sets to failure a body part will often say the 20 set guy isn't training hard when nothing could be future from the truth.

Maybe I will come to my senses soon and use lighter weight, less rest between sets and let the last set of 4 to 6 sets be the failure set on an exercise.

[kyomu]

Squat 90kg
Incline bench 70kg
Barbell curl 30kg
Lying tríceps extensión 30kg

You can grow with this weight if your muscle controle is enough

[oldtimer1]

Squat 90kg
Incline bench 70kg
Barbell curl 30kg
Lying tríceps extensión 30kg

You can grow with this weight if your muscle controle is enough

I just changed the way I squat. I realized as I age the shallower the squats were getting. Now instead of putting 275lbs for sets I went down to 170lbs and buried it with control. I was more sore the next day than with the heavier weight.

[kyomu]

I just changed the way I squat. I realized as I age the shallower the squats were getting. Now instead of putting 275lbs for sets I went down to 170lbs and buried it with control. I was more sore the next day than with the heavier weight.

Controling It with the continuos tentión is the killer squat and build big legs without running Risk of ruining our knees. I should hace noticed It when i was young.

[Agnostic007]

6 days a week, machines,, hitting all body parts not looking to gain, just keep what I have a 55

[IRON CROSS]

Physically active all day long: surfing, bodyweight  on outdoor gym sometimes 4 hours,2-3 x standard gym training ,riding mountain & fat bike. Don't have predictable training routine & specific time training .....

Clean eating is the numero uno 4 me 

[Agnostic007]

Physically active all day long: surfing, bodyweight  on outdoor gym sometimes 4 hours,2-3 x standard gym training ,riding mountain & fat bike. Don't have predictable training routine & specific time training .....

Clean eating is the numero uno 4 me 

Mind my asking what you do for 4 hours?

[BEEFYHEAVYWEIGHT]

5 days per week. Monday thru Friday.

Full body workouts each of the 5 days.

1 Exercise per bodypart

Monday - 3 sets per bodypart (to failure)
Tuesday - 2 sets per bodypart ( pump sets )
Wednesday - 1 set per bodypart (pump set )
Thursday - 2 sets per bodypart (pump sets)
Friday - 3 sets per bodypart (to failure )
Saturday - OFF
Sunday - OFF

[Simple Simon]

Mind my asking what you do for 4 hours?

sits at the desk chatting shit with the receptionist...

[Primemuscle]

Anyone ever go from using heavy weight and low sets to moderate weight with more volume? 

Yes. Moderate weight with more sets and reps actually provides me a better pump. It doesn't do much for strength though, but it does lessen the need for as much cardio. If you maintain good form, you are less likely to injure yourself with this method. In my entire bodybuilding experience, I have not sustained a significant injury while lifting.

[Primemuscle]

Naturally my strength is going down as I age and also include more cardio. I just feel like I'm not training hard unless I take every set to failure with what is heavy weight for me. On the other hand my brain is telling me I'm one rep away for really messing up my body.  I've seen many outstanding trainers that use moderate weight for lack of a better term muscular endurance training.

In the running world a 400 meter  sprinter certainly trains more intense than a 10K runner but you will never in the history of track hear a 400 meter guy say a 10K runner doesn't train brutally hard. In bodybuilding you hear that all the time. A guy that uses 6 sets to failure a body part will often say the 20 set guy isn't training hard when nothing could be future from the truth.

Maybe I will come to my senses soon and use lighter weight, less rest between sets and let the last set of 4 to 6 sets be the failure set on an exercise.

It is fairly easy to reach failure when lifting light. Do enough reps, even with body-weight alone and you will eventually fail to complete the movement.

[Primemuscle]

I just changed the way I squat. I realized as I age the shallower the squats were getting. Now instead of putting 275lbs for sets I went down to 170lbs and buried it with control. I was more sore the next day than with the heavier weight.

I've found that I am able to squat extremely low with lighter weight and do it with no fear of a back or knee injury. No added weight and 100 reps will make you quads fell like overfilled water balloons, not to mention the burn. Try doing 4 sets of these and then let me know how your legs feel when you finish.

[Simple Simon]

I've found that I am able to squat extremely low with lighter weight and do it with no fear of a back or knee injury. No added weight and 100 reps will make you quads fell like overfilled water balloons, not to mention the burn. Try doing 4 sets of these and then let me know how your legs feel when you finish.

I stopped there, I dont want to go any further....

[Primemuscle]

6 days a week, machines,, hitting all body parts not looking to gain, just keep what I have a 55

At this point, I rely heavily on machines because my grip is very weak from osteoarthritis. Only when the weight is fairly light or when dropping the weight is unlikely to cause injury to anything besides the floor (unless I were to drop it on my foot), do I use free weights these days. Dumbbell shrugs are one example of an exercise I am still confident in doing using fairly weight. I particularly like the range of movement when doing dumbbell shrugs.

[Primemuscle]

I stopped there, I dont want to go any further....

  Me thinks you are reading something into this that has nothing to do with exercise. We're talking bodybuilding here and nothing more.

[Simple Simon]

Me thinks you are reading something into this that has nothing to do with exercise. We're talking bodybuilding here and nothing more.

 

[Coach is Back!]

Day 1 - Chest/Bicep/Calves
Day 2 - Back/Rear delt/Triceps/abs

Day 3 - Front/side delt/Traps/Hamstrings/Calves
Day 4 - Quads/Abs

Repeat

*:30 min cardio 3 x per week

I train very fast, rest times usually no more than a :60.

I train very high volume supersetting the same bodyparts

[chaos]

Anyone ever go from using heavy weight and low sets to moderate weight with more volume? 

Focus on reps of 4-6 and still do 4-5 sets. You'll get the feel of heavy weights but a bit more volume than you might otherwise get.

[Coach is Back!]

Anyone ever go from using heavy weight and low sets to moderate weight with more volume? 

Me. I used to train heavy, more for powerlifting/strongman but about a year and half ago went back to more bodybuilding-type training. Now it's mostly back to BB training. You get older, you've got to change. I'm even seeing more powerlifters switch. At some point it takes it's toll.

[Blockhead]

Theses days....
One ON and One Off split. So a body part gets trained once every 8-9 days.
Perfect for recovery, staying strong and maintaining a life outside the gym.

I lift moderately heavy; Why leg press 14 plates a side for 10 when I can do 10
plates a side for a quality 20? Why flat dumbbell press the 140's for 6-8 when I can
use the 120's for sets of 12?

20-30 min of mild cardio post workout depending on time.

Test and Var medically prescribed.
MK677 daily.

I feel great.

- Block!

[Soul Crusher]

7 Days if I can - 6 days mostly.  Feel amazing.  Have to be smart about it.  Can't kill yourself daily.  42 doing more BB type stuff, add in cardio - Will go back to more rucking and heady duty stuff after February - but still - I don't believe in the 3 x a week stuff.   Stay mobile, stay active.   

[dj181]

Every single day 2 or 3 times per day

Have already trainied twice today and it's only 3 pm

[Conker]

3 x week rotating chest/back/shoulders/legs so each major body part once every 9-10 days. biceps/forearms with chest and back and triceps with shoulders. like to keep things simple and not too taxing. not really trying to gain any more muscle. just maintain and stay in shape.