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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Roger Bacon on March 02, 2011, 11:48:10 PM
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has anyone ever done this way?
It seems like i'm growing more lately, going one week on hard, one week off.
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Horrible idea. forget it.
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just off yourself instead
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One week on 3 days off would be a better plan of attack
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just off yourself instead
;D
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has anyone ever done this way?
It seems like i'm growing more lately, going one week on hard, one week off.
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what? seven days in a row on and then seven off?
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just train 3 days a week, more than enough, some people just train too much
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has anyone ever done this way?
It seems like i'm growing more lately, going one week on hard, one week off.
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When I crack one off I do the one hand on, one hand off technique.
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I usually take a week off, or just to maintenance work that week + cardio every 10-12 weeks.
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why not try 1 week on, 1 month off bro
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You should take a week off for your nervous system to recover but not 1 on 1 off. More like 6 on 1.5 off or something.
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tight schedule than 3on/4off.
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4 days on, 6 days off, 9 days on, 2 days off, 1 day on, 18 days off, repeat
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here's my average yearly schedule:
Jan 1st - January 8th : balls out, 7 days a week, running every day.
January 9th - April: 2 days a week, no running, usually massive weight gain.
April - June: 3 days a week sporadically, starve myself to lose weight for the summer.
June - July: go balls out, trying to get ripped for the summer.
August - September: 1 day a week, in maintenance / giving up mode.
October - January: no working out, "fuck it, only homos have muscles" mode.
Pretty consistent with the above schedule last 10 years or so.
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has anyone ever done this way?
It seems like i'm growing more lately, going one week on hard, one week off.
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i would stick with a traditional 3 days on..... 1 day off.......just my 2 cents.
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has anyone ever done this way?
It seems like i'm growing more lately, going one week on hard, one week off.
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No, this is one of those 1/2 step foward,1 step back things. Much like Mentzer's 1 set thingy, it will stop working quicky. Instead, I'd go something like 1st week- medium intenisity, 2nd-medium intensity, 3rd-high, 4th- light deloading week.
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One of Mike Mentzer's best gaining clients started out training once every 7 days, and then he eventually worked his way down to once every 10 days, and he went from a starting bodyweight of 125 at 5'6" and after 3 years he ended up at 255.
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One of Mike Mentzer's best gaining clients started out training once every 7 days, and then he eventually worked his way down to once every 10 days, and he went from a starting bodyweight of 125 at 5'6" and after 3 years he ended up at 255.
And you believe that fucking nonsense...
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Well, I don't have the guts to try it, coz it just doesn't seem possible, not to mention that I'm literally obsessed with training, so there is no way in hell that I could ever restrain myself to only train once weekly. I have enough trouble not to train nearly every goddamn day, but that's my problem. The thing is, I comunicate with 3 fellas here who train very infrequently (once every 5 to 7 days) and they all told me that made very decent progress training this infrequently. In fact, one of them told me that for him training once a week worked like magic.
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I believe how frequently you train is related to the routine you use and how long you train each time you do. My workout schedule is six days a week. I train each muscle group once per week with the exception of calves, which I train twice a week. In the routine I currently use I train with weights from :45 to and 1 hour. Then I do about :30 of cardio. Maybe because of my age, my body needs more time to recover, so training each muscle group once a week really works great for me. However, I do sometimes like an extra day off just because I feel like I want to do something different. So, just this week I changed my routine up some. Instead of training a specific muscle group on a specific day of the week, like arms on Monday, I train arms on "day one" regardless of which day of the week this falls on. This allows for a more flexible workout schedule. For example, this week I have out of town business on Sunday and Monday. I won't train on these days but I also won't miss training a muscle group by missing a day at the gym. I'll just do what would previously have been Monday's workout on Tuesday.
My workout time may seem short to some of you, but I don't mess around when I am training. I rest never more than a minute between sets, with the exception of when I do leg presses or squats, when I allow up to two minutes rest before hitting the next set of reps. I avoid conversations other than to be congenial with folks. You've all probably seen fellas who chat it up between sets. This is a huge time consumer, in my opinion. I don't have a training partner, which works well for me. There are always plenty of folks around if I need a spot and I like using Hammer Strength, Smith and other machines where no spot is necessary anyway.
Understand that I am not training to compete in a bodybuilding contest, but rather just to stay fit and healthy as well a maintain muscle. Nevertheless I do still see muscle growth using the workout schedule I do. Since retiring from my job a little less than two years ago, my bodyweight has increased by about 20 lbs. while my waist measurement is actually about two inches less, while my biceps went from 16" to 17 1/2" and my quads from 24" to 26" and I appear more cut. So while I have not measured my fat percentage, I would guess it to be somewhat less than it was two years ago.
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Well, I don't have the guts to try it, coz it just doesn't seem possible, not to mention that I'm literally obsessed with training, so there is no way in hell that I could ever restrain myself to only train once weekly. I have enough trouble not to train nearly every goddamn day, but that's my problem. The thing is, I comunicate with 3 fellas here who train very infrequently (once every 5 to 7 days) and they all told me that made very decent progress training this infrequently. In fact, one of them told me that for him training once a week worked like magic.
Please don't attempt to have a serious discussion with me.
I think you're a jerkoff and I don't believe a word you say
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Ive actually done so many calf raises I grew 5 inches taller.
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No, this is one of those 1/2 step foward,1 step back things. Much like Mentzer's 1 set thingy, it will stop working quicky. Instead, I'd go something like 1st week- medium intenisity, 2nd-medium intensity, 3rd-high, 4th- light deloading week.
Thats pretty much what I do....
Wk 1 - high volume, light weight, low rest
Wk 2 - med volume, med weight , medium rest
Wk 3 - low volume, heavy weight, high rest
wk 4 - deload (weights similar to wk #1, just more rest, no supersets, etc)
Even at 42, I am still doing 500# deads (2 reps) - squats....knees are not great.....incline 295x2 last time...
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here's my average yearly schedule:
Jan 1st - January 8th : balls out, 7 days a week, running every day.
January 9th - April: 2 days a week, no running, usually massive weight gain.
April - June: 3 days a week sporadically, starve myself to lose weight for the summer.
June - July: go balls out, trying to get ripped for the summer.
August - September: 1 day a week, in maintenance / giving up mode.
October - January: no working out, "fuck it, only homos have muscles" mode.
Pretty consistent with the above schedule last 10 years or so.
;D I do the same thing.
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wtf ???
very confused as to why no one on getbig automatically assumed he was talking about a ghona or AAS protocol.
getbig normal today. good to see :D
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has anyone ever done this way?
It seems like i'm growing more lately, going one week on hard, one week off.
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No need to do that since the studies shows you only need to train 2 days per week and 1 set per muscle group.