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I have been training the conventional bodybuilding style now for about 20 years and really feel excited after reading over your posts about your workout. I am going to give it a try, but have a couple of questions, if you have time to answer I would greatly appreciate.
Before starting your routine, should I take a week or two and deload? I have just finished doing a week of crazy rest-pause training and a few weeks of heavy training at higher volume. Perhaps follow your routine during that time but use weights that allow a fairly easy 5x5, and use the time to recupe and get used to the movements? The standing military presses will be new to me, as I am used to doing them seated.
Have you any experience with the rest-pause style of training? I just started that this week,using a modified version I found on the net. Here you use a weight you can complete 3 reps with and the rest 1 minute and repeat for as many reps as you can get. Once you hit 10 reps youre done. If you can do it in 3 sets you then decrease resting time to 45 seconds, and then 30 seconds, and then 15 seconds the following weeks. My feeling after the initial week is that it is too much strain on my joints,tendons, and ligaments. Your routine looks much better. Can you say much about this type of routine?
One last question, would it be ok to throw in some ab work and calf work in your program? Do you feel like these muscles get enough work in those basic movements? I am especially concerned about calves, from a bodybuilding standpoint. Thanks for your time.
Before starting your routine, should I take a week or two and deload? I have just finished doing a week of crazy rest-pause training and a few weeks of heavy training at higher volume. Perhaps follow your routine during that time but use weights that allow a fairly easy 5x5, and use the time to recupe and get used to the movements? The standing military presses will be new to me, as I am used to doing them seated.
Have you any experience with the rest-pause style of training? I just started that this week,using a modified version I found on the net. Here you use a weight you can complete 3 reps with and the rest 1 minute and repeat for as many reps as you can get. Once you hit 10 reps youre done. If you can do it in 3 sets you then decrease resting time to 45 seconds, and then 30 seconds, and then 15 seconds the following weeks. My feeling after the initial week is that it is too much strain on my joints,tendons, and ligaments. Your routine looks much better. Can you say much about this type of routine?
One last question, would it be ok to throw in some ab work and calf work in your program? Do you feel like these muscles get enough work in those basic movements? I am especially concerned about calves, from a bodybuilding standpoint. Thanks for your time.
