5x5 old school routine from cornholio

[skinnyfromtoptobottom]

Hi.
i got some questions about his routines:
1. this program is mainly for building mass, right?
2. why only 3-4 exercises on munday-thursday? isn't that a bit too few to add mass, when training each body part only once a week? when i was doing each body part once a week, i did about 4-5 exercises per body part...
3. why always 6-12 or 10-12 reps? are you really going to (seriously) add mass with that?

 

[icelandic]

If feel upto the challenge of a super hardcore routine, look here:
http://musclezine.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=580

 

[countzero]

I used that routine and put on about 10-12 lbs in 8 weeks.
So I felt like it was pretty effective.

 

[skinnyfromtoptobottom]

did you ever gain that much in 8 weeks with another program?

 

[countzero]

no I haven't - not in that time span. Even more pleasing was the strength increase.

 

[Cobin]

Is it an excellent routine, and is good if you want to switch up your routine when you stop gaining, do it for 8wks and then switch routines.

 

[skinnyfromtoptobottom]

some more questions:
did you do it EXACTLY how cornholio explained it?
and what kind of training program should i do after the 8 weeks? endurance training for 4 weeks and then do 5x5 mass gaining again for 8 weeks?

one more question: when i was doing a self made 5x5 program (doing 5-8 rep sets), i gained about 8-10 lbs in 1 month. but then i broke my arm and lost almost all of these 8-10 in a few weeks. when i did the program, i was taking creatine. so were those 8-10 lbs that i gained just water which i lost or did i really lose muscle mass? i don't know, but if lost mostly muscle mass, i'd know that this program was very effective for me since i would have then gained 8-10 lbs of MUSCLE MASS and not WATER. i'd do this program again...