3XWeek Full Body

[Cleanest Natural]

What would a typical week look like? Hitting the whole body in 20 minutes seems amazing to me, I'm imagining your conditioning must be off the chain to accomplish this effectively. I'm assuming low volume?

Look .. it's really not rocket science and definetly it is not about "conditioning"

After a light warm up, I do 3 circuits. Each one looks like this: 1 set abs, 1 set flyes(chest), dips, chin ups (machine assisted), biceps, side delts, rear delts and finish with calves.

10 sec between sets, 15 reps each. Very light to moderate weight.

Between circuits, 2 min breaks.. maybe 3. During break, I do a vacuum for 3 sec followed immediately by tensing the abs for another 3. I do this 3 times in succession. Then the rest of the break.

Then 30 min cardio and 10 min streching.

That's it.

[Ursus]

I did a rountine benching 5x week DLing 5x week squatting 2x week shoulder pressing 3x week and chinning 4-5x week

Possible as long as it is submaximal.

I also made great gains.

[Straw Man]

I would add 1 more day and do

Mon/Thur - upper body

Tues/Fri - lower body

you could also do Mon,Wed, Fri, Sat

[the trainer]

Just like the pros used to do it before this steroid nonsense.

 this gives me memories the first time that i set foot in a gym i worked my full body 3x week ate like a horse and gained 30 pounds in 3 months.

[IrishMuscle84]

I did that a while back after coming back from a layoff. Right now im training twice a day, 3 days a week........

Example......

Mon: Legs, arms

Wed: Shoulders/traps

Fri: Back and chest

Cardio/abs i usually do on my off days.......Tues, Thurs, Saturday and sunday.

[Raymondo]

I'm doing 3x week full body workouts, mostly compounds, isolation for calves and triceps and one assistance (abs)

I'm taking a week's break after not missing a single workout for the last three months (that's right training on christmas eve and boxing day

It's definitely not kind on the CNS and I find that not getting enough sleep (which for me is about 9 hours) will mess things further

[Nirvana]

Chest every monday at 5pm (bench press), then curls in the squat rack for the rest of the week.

[Cleanest Natural]

Not judging, genuinely curious - do you do a lot of biking or soccer for legs apart from your workouts? Also how long have you been working out like this?

I do not train legs at all .. just calves. I do 1.5 hours of moderate cardio every day. I consider this my "leg workout". I have very good wheels genetically and I want them slim while having well developed calves. Like the old school symetry. I just think it looks better this way. I am doing this routine since september.

[wes]

I did 14 sets for chest + back this AM which took me around 17 minutes.

Forced to train lighter and faster due to my car being repaired right now...............fuckin g peice of shit!!

[dj181]

dips, chins, and squats are all that's needed

[Hulkotron]

[local hero]

as if arnie didnt want bigger thighs... they were as big as he could get them!

[Hulkotron]

Maybe he didn't like training legs.

[Nirvana]

as if arnie didnt want bigger thighs... they were as big as he could get them!

x2

arnold didn't want his thighs to be to big.  that's why he continued squating heavy and training legs. 

[Krankenstein]

I have a suspicion that Bodybuilder Lex Reeves and Your Average Gym Rat are managed by the same individual.

Yes, and with posts mysteriously disappearing.  Told the guy to eat a bullet earlier....Hmmm

[wes]

Yes, and with posts mysteriously disappearing.  Told the guy to eat a bullet earlier....Hmmm

Yeah,that`s pretty weird.

[Hulkotron]

Yes, and with posts mysteriously disappearing.  Told the guy to eat a bullet earlier....Hmmm

Yes both also always post their threads from a phone (has that phone icon on the left).

[wes]

Phone Icon?

Never noticed that.

[Hulkotron]

Phone Icon?

Never noticed that.

Yes on the "list-of-threads" page.  I don't actually know what it means but I can't imagine what else a phone icon would mean.

[King Shizzo]

This is probably the best routine if you are natural.  Sprinkle in a day or two of cardio and you are set.

[Figo]

x2

arnold didn't want his thighs to be to big.  that's why he continued squating heavy and training legs. 

[cephissus]

I am starting to take test prop tomorrow and will stay on the same routine. How "hard you hit the gym" is grossly overrated IMO.

I fully agree!

Also lol @ steroid monsters who loaf around for 2+ hours in the gym... epic announcing your lack of social life, responsibilities, ambitions, and heterosexuality

[Rhino]

I fully agree! and why i do a total body 1-3 times per week.

Also lol @ steroid monsters who loaf around for 2+ hours in the gym... epic announcing your lack of social life, responsibilities, ambitions, and heterosexuality

[Cleanest Natural]

I fully agree!

Also lol @ steroid monsters who loaf around for 2+ hours in the gym... epic announcing your lack of social life, responsibilities, ambitions, and heterosexuality

I never understood that. I just use the gym to stimulate the muscle. Life resides outside the gym. Like that dude james28 who instead of going to a nice place with a nice gal he bitched about how expensive is and cancelled instead went to the gym lol

[DK II]

I never understood that. I just use the gym to stimulate the muscle. Life resides outside the gym. Like that dude james28 who instead of going to a nice place with a nice gal he bitched about how expensive is and cancelled instead went to the gym lol

LOL, what a fucking loser.

45mins, max an hour, with cardio 80 mins.