2 hours a day?

[jubei]

Guys like Arnold and Franko worked out longer than this per day. What do you guys think? Currently I'm doing 1.5 hours/day 3 on 1 off. This is an off cycle routine.

 

[jubei]

10 views and nobody has an opinion?

 

[Deleted member 33117]

I used to do 2 hours a day. I didn't make the gains I'm making now doing shorter workouts. I do extemely frequint training, but never go over 45 minutes. Arnold thrived on it. Its probably a combination of genetics, etremely high doses of d-bol, and the fact that he had not other job to deal with. Those things can cetainly allow for greater recovery ability.

 

[RADAR]

like the saying goes...."you can train long" or "you can train intense" but you can't do both!

RADAR

 

[jubei]

Thats true, but it seems that even 1.5 hours isn't enough to do 4 sets of 4 exercises (not including warm ups/dropsets). WTF, I mean I need a couple minutes to recover between sets.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

??? 16 sets takes no time. How long are you taking between sets? I can do 16 sets in 30 minutes.

 

[jubei]

Really? Holy shit. I take probably 2 or 2.5 minutes between sets. If I don't rest long enough, my reps/weight suffers.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

jubei, condition yourself to rest less between sets, and you'll eventually find that you don't need the longer breaks. I try to keep it under a minute. I train with alot of supersets, trisets and drop sets though.

 

[jubei]

I do alot of dropsets as well. I also start with the highest weight possible for 5-8 reps after a couple warm up sets.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Yeah, I love to do 5-5-5 rep drop sets to failure. That way each rep is near maximal tension, but you get the hormone release and depletion effects of doing a high rep set as well.