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The ultimate muscle building bible
« on: October 15, 2017, 11:17:59 PM »
What's worked best for you to actually build Muscle (drugs and food aside)

Sets per body part a week

XX

Repetitions per set

XX

Tempo (slow, medium, fast, fast conc/slow eccentric)

XX

Form (perfect form, bit of cheating, a lot of cheating/momentum

XX

Tally up the results at the end and see some anecdotal evidence


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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2017, 11:34:26 PM »
Upright rows.

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2017, 11:44:36 PM »
Multiple sets of 5 with the same weight

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2017, 12:03:35 AM »
Fairly heavy (80%+ 1RM) triples and 5's done in sets of 10 did more for me but was less sustainable than say a typical 4x8 @70%1RM - so.......
In short bursts 10x3's , 10x5's
For longer cycles 4-6 sets x 8-12 reps.

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2017, 12:48:10 AM »
Lord of the Syringe


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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2017, 09:34:18 AM »
I thought this thread was about gh15's  Tren Bible
http://gh15biblebodybuild.blogspot.com/2011/11/tren-ace-facts.html

Neverymind...carry on

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2017, 09:35:52 AM »
Bench Dips

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2017, 07:44:35 PM »
Never did over 8 sets a body part and usually it was 6 sets. Talking over 4 decades. In retrospect I wonder if I would have looked better if I used lighter weight and more sets with less rest time between.

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2017, 09:25:25 PM »
This book and or ANY course written by Vince Gironda. Laugh all you want...but Vince's shit is legit. He was ahead of his time.

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2017, 12:58:24 AM »
Never did over 8 sets a body part and usually it was 6 sets. Talking over 4 decades. In retrospect I wonder if I would have looked better if I used lighter weight and more sets with less rest time between.

very likely, and your joints would thank you as well.

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2017, 06:41:29 PM »
Don't run or focus on cardio, even if caloric surplus

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2017, 06:42:29 PM »
The Ultimate Muscle Building Machine

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2017, 06:52:03 PM »
Strengthwise, low reps and volume. 10 - 12 sets of 3.

Sizewise, volume again. Moderate intensity(70 - 80% of 1rm), 10-12 sets divided by 2-3 exercises per body part. 8 - 10 reps per set.

Getting better at a lift? Volume again. Like Schemansky used to say, if you want to press more, press more.

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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2017, 06:53:48 PM »
What's worked best for you to actually build Muscle (drugs and food aside)

Sets per body part a week

XX

Repetitions per set

XX

Tempo (slow, medium, fast, fast conc/slow eccentric)

XX

Form (perfect form, bit of cheating, a lot of cheating/momentum

XX

Tally up the results at the end and see some anecdotal evidence


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Re: The ultimate muscle building bible
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2017, 12:23:07 PM »
This book and or ANY course written by Vince Gironda. Laugh all you want...but Vince's shit is legit. He was ahead of his time.

hmm