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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Training Q&A => Topic started by: The Coach on December 12, 2008, 11:00:25 AM
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I see alot of questions on here regarding training (duh, it's the training Q&A). But you before you ask the question, tell us what your goals are ex; Hypertrophy, power, strength, is for a sport? If you want better of more informative answers it's always best to state your goals.
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strength and size
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I train for the sport of bodybuilding Joe.
Did I just call it a sport? LOL ;D
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world peace
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hypertrophy and strength
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Overall, just to be in the gym. Obviously I would like to improve or at least maintain what I have already. My goals tend to change every other month or so.
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beat my last training for the same muscle groups.....
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Sorry guys, I guess I should have clairified. I meant when you ask a training question it might be best to state your goals within your question.
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Size.
Then strength.
Then cuts.
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I am going for hypertrophy I am about 6' 163 lbs 10 % bodyfat. How many sets reps should I do in order to increase size ?
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To to exceed 1 pound of lean body mass gain per month, confirmed by monthly body composition analysis tests.
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I do not want to advance to any more bwt, muscular or other wise. I do want to see increases in power in my PB. So far, there have been. Steady progress is the prime goal. At this point in training, the less time spent working out, in a training session, the more I gain in muscular and strength gains. Less really is more.
Work with athletes who gain an average of 8 to 15 lbs of prime lean muscular mass within a month to 6 weeks.They have too, with regards to their sports. All gains confirmed by a Cal state university sports lab. Becomes more of the norm than the unusual for those types of muscle mass gains with the men (and a few women). This is part of my job to see to it that their goals are meant. In a way, so are mine. Good Luck.
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To to exceed 1 pound of lean body mass gain per month, confirmed by monthly body composition analysis tests.
Waste of time. ::)
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Waste of time. ::)
chaos, please explain to me the importance of goals...(?)
Thanks. ;)
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chaos, please explain to me the importance of goals...(?)
Thanks. ;)
Goals are great, everyone should have them!!!!!! :D
Set your sites HIGH!!!
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Goals are great, everyone should have them!!!!!! :D
Set your sites HIGH!!!
Setting goals instills the power of belief, belief that you WILL achieve something. What this does is drives you psychologically and prepares you neurologically to achieve, and believe it or not achieving goals has much to do with your thinking. Expectation goes a long ways and if you set your goal even higher than you'd normally expect to achieve, you will achieve even more than you would had you been more "realistic." "Realistic" is often synonymous with "pessimistic" because it is belief that is the driving force behind achievement. ;)
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Size. I could care less if I could lift anything heavier than a fork as long as I look big.
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Size. I could care less if I could lift anything heavier than a fork as long as I look big.
I used to have this attitude for a long time and trained with hypertrophy in mind. I did manage to put on quite a bit of size this way but eventually stalled. Over the past year I have been focusing on compound movements, going heavy (4-7 reps) with low volume and working out 2-3 times per week maximum. My goal is to get stronger and I monitor my progress with a training log. As you might expect, I have never been bigger or stronger in my life.
Hypertrophy training is fine but I think you should have a quite a bit of strength in the big lifts first..
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I used to have this attitude for a long time and trained with hypertrophy in mind. I did manage to put on quite a bit of size this way but eventually stalled. Over the past year I have been focusing on compound movements, going heavy (4-7 reps) with low volume and working out 2-3 times per week maximum. My goal is to get stronger and I monitor my progress with a training log. As you might expect, I have never been bigger or stronger in my life.
Hypertrophy training is fine but I think you should have a quite a bit of strength in the big lifts first..
Good post, SPOT ON.
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I used to have this attitude for a long time and trained with hypertrophy in mind. I did manage to put on quite a bit of size this way but eventually stalled. Over the past year I have been focusing on compound movements, going heavy (4-7 reps) with low volume and working out 2-3 times per week maximum. My goal is to get stronger and I monitor my progress with a training log. As you might expect, I have never been bigger or stronger in my life.
Hypertrophy training is fine but I think you should have a quite a bit of strength in the big lifts first..
Well said. While I may not care much about strength I do realize that in order to get bigger one must also get stronger.
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My goal is to get stronger than R-C Money
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Size. I could care less if I could lift anything heavier than a fork as long as I look big.
Same here.
But i have recentlt changed my training style from typical hypertrophy training to more of a "power-building" style of training.
Pretty much just a reduction in volume and keeping the reps between 6-8, rather than 10-12 or whatever. Focus on compounds and just do a bit of isolation work. I like it. Strength is going up, size too and training is more fun now.
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4 plate bench
5 plate squat
6 plate pull
as long as i don't have a 40+ inch waist when it happens, i'll be damn satisfied.
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1500 pound bench, 2300 pound squat, 2500 pound deadlift by 2072, and with a 27 inch waist.
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To be strong strong strong
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goals are pointless, we could all be dead tomorrow. haha no but seriously in bodybuilding i like setting goals. goals to be stronger, bigger, more lean, etc. but life in general, i tend to think getting fixated on the future takes my focus off of the present and then time swoops by me cause im not concerned with the here and the now. i do not think it's healthy to live life based on future expectations. we live in a goal obsessed society, i dont like it.
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at the moment 20 inch arms would be cool
4 and a half plate bench in the distant future
six and a half plate pull would be cool
better strenth on incline.... barbell my best is 3 plates for 3 - 4 reps
better military and dumbell press
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To be the best built 44yr old man in the world ;D or at least the best I can be by May.
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Get to 185lbs
3 plate bench
5 plate dead
Bring my squat poundages up closer to my dead
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goal...
I want to dress up as the hulk for halloween and the only prop needed will be green body/face paint and old clothes that became too small.