Old school training

[envier]

Just wanted to get some opinons on the way guys like steve reves, reg park, and even arnold in his early days, about the way they trained. 3 days a week full body workouts. Thoughts and opinons about why they way we train today is better than the way they did?

[BB]

Thoughts and opinons about why they way we train today is better than the way they did?

Old School training/New School training, it doesn't make a difference in the real world. As long as one follows a few rules(putting large compound exercises before small ones, eating enough, resting enough, etc....). You'll get bigger, lean out, etc.....

The biggest difference between the different eras in bodybuilding is the use of of steroids and other ancillary drugs.

The biggest differences between the different eras in powerlifting is a) drugs b) the use of suits and c) tweaks in technique.

In Weightlifting, it is a) drugs b) a better understanding of technique.

You read enough magazines through the years, and you'll see that all these programs get recycled from one person to another, and that any half way decent program will get the same results as any other.
 

[powerpack]

When I am on business trips I do whole body work outs, but split routines are better.
Where you have to becarefull is that most modern day routines posted in BB mags are chemical assisted, which is why they will not work for the man in the street.
Do what works for you and then change it when it stops working.
1) I do whole body routines.
2) upper lower body split
3) 5 day split
4) Pyramiding up to 2 working sets
5) Warm up then 4 working sets.

And in fact when I travel a lot, I do what I am doing now!
3 work outs in one day (Sunday) with lots of stimulants and food during the day to keep me going, then 5-6 days on site (usually a mine or harbour) doing no work outs at all, living in a hotel room working 12-14 hour days.

The point I am making is there is no right or wrong, adapt or die, keep things fresh.

[osakachero]

I did that old school routine for about six weeks a couple months ago.  I gained some serious size doing so.  It's great because it focuses on compound exercises.  But your body will get used to it after about six to eight weeks.  So use it as a six week routine sometime during the year than change up and come back to it later in the year. 

[Bluto]

3 times full body vs 1 time full body (which a normal split would lead up to) i take the 3 times fully body as i get to work the body three times as much. but without the genetics or arnold etc i would have to train less intense and not going to failure too often

[Get Rowdy]

3 times full body vs 1 time full body (which a normal split would lead up to) i take the 3 times fully body as i get to work the body three times as much. but without the genetics or arnold etc i would have to train less intense and not going to failure too often

When you say not going to failure too often, do you mean like maybe only 1 set to failure per bodypart, per workout?  Or some workouts not going to failure at all?

[Bluto]

well how often should go to failure if at all is debatable, but let's say someone trains full body twice or even three times a week asuming he's going pretty intense and doing demanding exercises say squats rather than leg extentions then it would be a good idea to keep a close eye on how often he would go to failure and of course to leave out all kinds of intensity methods (forced reps etc)
otherwise his CNS would be toast pretty quickly.

[Get Rowdy]

well how often should go to failure if at all is debatable, but let's say someone trains full body twice or even three times a week asuming he's going pretty intense and doing demanding exercises say squats rather than leg extentions then it would be a good idea to keep a close eye on how often he would go to failure and of course to leave out all kinds of intensity methods (forced reps etc)
otherwise his CNS would be toast pretty quickly.

Yeah that's true, I train most bodyparts twice a week and go to failure on the last 2-3 sets per bodypart but I'm wanting to train each 3 times per week so yeah I think I'll just decrease the amount of sets to failure. Thanks.

[buffbong]

anyone have a sample of a steves routine i heard that they would train 3 sets per bodypart each time they trained.