Volume Training

[ricanx99]

Pros/Cons?? Criticism/appraisal?? Just wondering what some opinions and thoughts you all have on this style of training... I have done 5x5 and was great for strength.... did a modified 5x5 and was another solid routine... Now I'm doing some volume training and was just wondering what you all thought... Not sure how long I'll run it, but just wanted to get a different feel. I tend to get bored on the same routine for so long. Thanks fellas.

 

[ZGzaZ]

Pros - Nothing.

Cons - Gay, easy to destroy your CNS, tiring, a good way to not progress in any lifts, burns too many calories, not focused around progression, etc etc.

Bout sums it up.

 

[ricanx99]

Pros - Nothing.

Cons - Gay, easy to destroy your CNS, tiring, a good way to not progress in any lifts, burns too many calories, not focused around progression, etc etc.

Bout sums it up.

I knew what you were gonna say already... LoL... I expected this post from ya.

 

[ZGzaZ]

I knew what you were gonna say already... LoL... I expected this post from ya.

prove me wrong.

 

[SpyWizard]

pro's

strengthen your ligaments,
improve endurance
makes the muscle groups more stripped and ripped
burns fat in area's worked, or that is the end result
prevents injury

cons.. it will wear you out..

what i have found works... is every 3 weeks i do a low rep/high weight routine

then back to the high reps..

love it to death..

depends on the type of body you are going for, and the results you are seeking..

 

[Tweakle]

if you eat enough and take cell volumisers for the 4 weeks or so you run it, and if it's done right you should get some 'swole' off it.

which will vanish rather fast when you go back to regular training I suspect.. ask jkurz how effective it is as a long term training strategy

 

[ricanx99]

pro's

strengthen your ligaments,
improve endurance
makes the muscle groups more stripped and ripped
burns fat in area's worked, or that is the end result
prevents injury

cons.. it will wear you out..

what i have found works... is every 3 weeks i do a low rep/high weight routine

then back to the high reps..

love it to death..

depends on the type of body you are going for, and the results you are seeking..

Thanks for the reply Wiz... I was only planning on doing this for 2-4 weeks.. depending on how the 1st two weeks go. I used to lift like this all the time and then went to the 5x5. I like how they both work you differently and I "felt" like switching back for a few weeks. I plan on doing a 4day split each week... Chest/tri... Back/bi... day off... Delts/abs... Legs... 2 days off. I still incorporate high intensity with each training session so I'm still not taking it light. Of course my warmup sets are higher reps, but I'll still go heavy as I can on top sets for 3-5 reps. I.e.... Did deads today for 355x5 after doing a few warmup sets. Yesterday got 275x3 for flats after doing 4 sets prior. I'll just see how it goes for a week or two... if I like it, then 4 weeks total. Then restart 5x5 to pass what I was at before.

 

[ricanx99]

if you eat enough and take cell volumisers for the 4 weeks or so you run it, and if it's done right you should get some 'swole' off it.

which will vanish rather fast when you go back to regular training I suspect.. ask jkurz how effective it is as a long term training strategy

All I'll be using is an NO product and Deramcrine Sustain because I'm coming off of Halodrol within the next week or so. It won't be long term, about 2-4 weeks like you said. But thanks for your input Tweakle... Your videos are sick..... Definitely an inspiration to be strong as fuck.

 

[SpyWizard]

That's a good point too.. i did run dermacrine for 4 weeks, and am not on dermacrine sustain..

i was running 20's for 3 months,... that is 3-5 sets with 20 reps each..

didn't seem to be making a lot of progress, so i switched up to low reps/high reps for 2 weeks 3 sets 4-6 reps.. with the last set being a drop set..

my pre max on incline was 55lbs for 20..

i'm doing 85 lbs for 20, then i drop to 35lbs and do 20 more..

if i were not on the dermicrine, i don't know if i could do this much and still recover enough to workout the next day, or day after..

 

[ZGzaZ]

pro's

strengthen your ligaments,
improve endurance
makes the muscle groups more stripped and ripped
burns fat in area's worked, or that is the end result
prevents injury

cons.. it will wear you out..

what i have found works... is every 3 weeks i do a low rep/high weight routine

then back to the high reps..

love it to death..

depends on the type of body you are going for, and the results you are seeking..

Strengthen ligaments, improve endurance, okay...
-make the muscle groups more "stripped and ripped" ... WRONG!
- Burn Fat in area's worked.... WRONG!
- Prevents injury - WRONG!

First off, making muscle "stripped and ripped" is the same as burning fat...and losing fat is done almost solely through diet, not vise versa.
Injurys can happen at any rep level, it has to do with form, not your rep scheme or exercise selection. You can just as easily get injured lifting a lighter weight for 10 reps as lifting heavy for 3 reps.