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[bigdho]

Hey bro.......
Can you do me a huge favor and remind me of what your new routine is? I know you were runnin 5x5 and then you switched to a new routine which you laid out but I cant seem to find. Id like to take a look at it because from reading your posts and based on your 5x5 routine my body responds in the same manner. If you could lay out what your doin now Id be very greatfull.

Thanks

 

[needsize]

Hey bro.......
Can you do me a huge favor and remind me of what your new routine is? I know you were runnin 5x5 and then you switched to a new routine which you laid out but I cant seem to find. Id like to take a look at it because from reading your posts and based on your 5x5 routine my body responds in the same manner. If you could lay out what your doin now Id be very greatfull.

Thanks

I was doing a variation of what Yates did in his blood and guts video. He did one set to absolute failure of a few different exercises, I did two sets of each, usually about 4 exercises
ie
flat bench 2 sets 6-8 reps
incline dumbell press 2 sets 6-8 reps
incline flyes 2 sets 8-10 reps
hammer strength press 2 sets 8-10 reps with a double or triple drop

This worked well and I made some great mass gains, and brought up some of my weaker areas, but I've switched again. There is a personal trainer that works out of toronto, Laura Binetti, shes a pro bodybuilder and known for bringing people into peak condition for top level shows. Her mass building(structural training) is completely different than anything I've ever seen, but every one I've seen on them, has gotten massive. ie, a local cop that I train with uses her, and was walking around at a lean 290+lbs at 6'1".

Her routines are different every week, the exercises, and amount of sets per exercises, everything changes constantly. I've never trained that way, so after having people bug me for the past year, I decided to give it a try. So I'm doing that now, but with my own spin. For me, some things always work, ie bench for chest, squats for legs, so I'm not going to drop them. But what I'm doing is starting with say bench, but then everything else changes every week. Even the number of sets I do for bench will change, so my body is seeing something different every week. I'm just over 5 weeks in(started a cycle with it at the same time), and I'm growing like mad. Up 12lbs in 5 weeks(and I had a brutal fever for a week of it), so I'm pretty damn happy. It looks like I'll hit 265lbs or so on this one, which isnt too shaby for a guy who is 5'8" and has a tiny frame. The constant changes do keep me motivated, and I'm really getting strong on the core stuff too

 

[bigdho]

Thats awasome bro! Thanks for the info, Im about ready to change up and I wanted to see what you were runnin, thanks agian. 265 @ 5'8.............DAMN thats crazy, Im 8 inches taller and only 20 lbs more! your a giant. Good luck with the new trainer, sounds like she knows her shit, its always good to switch it up. 12 lb in 5 weeks is great for someone with the amount of mass already on your frame. Good luck on your next comp.

 

[needsize]

thanks, it is going well so I cant complain, especially in the weak areas
cool thing is I still havent hired a trainer, I'm using a hybrid of hers and my routines, but I havent had to dish out the heavy cash yet

 

[seizer]

12 pounds in 5 weeks, damn! Im not trying to hijack bigdho, but needsize (or bigdho)...is that weight attained with AAS or can that be done naturally too?

 

[halfaclue]

I was doing a variation of what Yates did in his blood and guts video. He did one set to absolute failure of a few different exercises, I did two sets of each, usually about 4 exercises
ie
flat bench 2 sets 6-8 reps
incline dumbell press 2 sets 6-8 reps
incline flyes 2 sets 8-10 reps
hammer strength press 2 sets 8-10 reps with a double or triple drop

When you did the above...do you just train each muscle group once a week? That lookis like a workout I would want to try after the show so I'm in the gym less but still hitting things hard. Just curious.

 

[needsize]

12 pounds in 5 weeks, damn! Im not trying to hijack bigdho, but needsize (or bigdho)...is that weight attained with AAS or can that be done naturally too?

in my case, definitely not naturally. But I trained for over 10 years naturally, starting at 120lbs at 5'8", so at this point, nothing comes naturally for me anymore. A decent percentage of that is going to be water, but after all these years of bodybuilding, I've learned to manipulate my body really well, I it can go up or down really fast.

halfaclue, it was all once a week, except things like rear delts and traps, which I really needed to bring up. The nice thing about doing only two sets of each exercise, is it still leaves you strong for the other ones too, so I hit a lot of personal best on other exercises, like 10 reps on 140lbs for incline dumbell press

 

[halfaclue]

halfaclue, it was all once a week, except things like rear delts and traps, which I really needed to bring up. The nice thing about doing only two sets of each exercise, is it still leaves you strong for the other ones too, so I hit a lot of personal best on other exercises, like 10 reps on 140lbs for incline dumbell press

Thanks Bro...definitely going to give that a shot during my summer resting months

 

[wutangnomo]

Needsize do you train in Toronto?

 

[needsize]

Needsize do you train in Toronto?

I'm about an hour south of toronto