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FlexMachine
Amateur Bodybuilder
(Total posts: 5)
posted May 21, 2000 05:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FlexMachine   Click Here to Email FlexMachine     Edit/Delete Message
Alright, Im 17 years old and i like to think i know a little bit about BB. But let me know what you think of the routine. I do sets of 4 with 8 reps for everything. (going for mass at the moment)

Day 1

Legs:
Squats( feet pointed foward; shoulder width apart)
Squats( feet pointed out; wider stance)
Hamstring curls
Leg extensions
Calves: dumbell calve extensions

Abs: (i have pretty good definition so i'm going for massive abs)
heavy cable pulldowns
hanging knee raises
Heavy cable pulldown variation

Day 2

Chest:
decline and incline dumbell presses
peck deck
flat bench flyz variation

Back:
Wide and narrow grip pulldowns
barbell bent over rowing
one arm dumbell rows

Day 3:

Shoulders:
front, side and rear lateral raises

Biceps:
narrow grips preacher curls
wide grip preacher curls

triceps:
dumbell skullcrushers
tri pulldowns
narrow grip bench press

Forearms:

wrist curls
reverse wrist curls

Day 4: Rest

Then i do the cyle over again. Thanks for your time.

[This message has been edited by FlexMachine (edited May 21, 2000).]

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StevieD
Pro Bodybuilder
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posted May 22, 2000 07:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for StevieD     Edit/Delete Message
Not bad - just a few things wrong in my opinion.

Try doing 2 days on 1 off.
Only a man full of juice can train each body part twice a week. Just do each part once.
Try doing a big muscle with a small muscle.
Allow more days between shoulders and chest because you hit the front delts doing both.

Try this split.

Mon- shoulders/bi/f/arms/abs
Tue - quads/hams/calves
Wed - rest
Thurs - Chest/traps/abs
Fri - back/tri/calves

Remember - the key to getting big is to eat 7-8 meals a day (1gram of protein per llb of body weight).

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Vovan
Amateur Bodybuilder
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posted May 22, 2000 08:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Vovan   Click Here to Email Vovan     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 57540929
If you will follow your program, you will overtrain soon. Remember: day - work, next day (at least) - rest. Forget about that stupid splits. If you wanna get BIG do something like this:

mon

1.squat
2.bench press
3.pulldowns
4.crunches

wed

1.overhead press
2.biceps curls
3.calves
4.crunches

fri

1.squat (80% of mon weight)
2.narrow grip bench press
3.deadlift

(c)McRobert

Do 5 sets * 5 reps of each exercise except crunches. First 2 sets of each exercise are warming-up and other 3 - hard work. By the way you must increase weight of your barbells and dumbbells week to week so, that first week of your 12 weeks training cycle would be "light" and from 6th week your drills would be hard.

[This message has been edited by Vovan (edited May 22, 2000).]

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MrMuscle
Pro Bodybuilder
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posted May 22, 2000 12:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
If you are looking for build and strenght i wouldnt go that way man.
The routine ive posted below is the one i use. now im 21 years old, 6'2 and 233pounds. Its a great kick ass program, but i dont know for how long you have been training. i also have a couple of beginner programs if you wanna hear em..

I also would advice you to pick up some books and starte reading, the best way to building a powerfull body is to get information.


Day1:
Chest:
Benchpress
Incline dumbell presses
Flat flyes
shoulders:
Seated dumbell presses
Seated side raises
Shrugs

day2:
Back/rear deltoid/calves:
seated reverse grip pulldowns
barbell rows
dumbell rows
rear deltoid machine
hyperextensions
standing calf raise
leg press calf raise

day3:
cardio + abs

day4:
biceps/tricep (armageddon-program)
frenchpress
barbell curls
pressdowns
consentration curls
overhead barbell extensions
hammercurls
wrist curls/rev. wrist curls

day5:
Legs:
Legpress
leg extension
front squat
stifflegged deadlifts
seated leg curl
abd./abb

dag6:
cardio + abs

Right now im dieting down, that means half an hour cardo at 05.00 AM every morning

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"Pain is only weakness leaving your body!"

http://home.sol.no/~mrmuscle/

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cackerot
Amateur Bodybuilder
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posted May 22, 2000 02:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cackerot   Click Here to Email cackerot     Edit/Delete Message
mr.muscle how many sets and reps do yo do?

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MrMuscle
Pro Bodybuilder
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posted May 22, 2000 05:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
i do 4 sets on the first exercise on a muscle group, then 3 sets on the rest.
reps are 20-12-8-6...go to failure on at least the 2 last sets.

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FlexMachine
Amateur Bodybuilder
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posted May 24, 2000 05:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for FlexMachine   Click Here to Email FlexMachine     Edit/Delete Message
Ok whose advice do i take. Everything i've read said to train each muscle group twice a week. And Mr.Muscle your routine is even more hardcore than mine, and you don't have any trouble with overtraining? So is my routine that i'm doing now too extreme or not?

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MrMuscle
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posted May 24, 2000 06:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
there is no such thing as overtraining. not if you follow a good diet, sleep when u are supposed to sleep. The guys who claim they are overtrained are ususally the guys who are out all night partying and drinking. your body wont have time to rest then.


And since i do cardio every third day, that becomes a kinda rest day for me. cuz cardio isnt supposed to have high intensity.

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FlexMachine
Amateur Bodybuilder
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posted May 24, 2000 07:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FlexMachine   Click Here to Email FlexMachine     Edit/Delete Message
I'm glad to hear that. I didn't think i was overtraining. Right now i've just been eating a tonne of protien. I'm not too worried about putting on fat because it doesn't seem to matter what i eat i don't seem to lose any definition. So what kind of diet would you recommend? And do you do for cardio? I've never done any because i thought i'd risk losing mass.

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