Volume Training

[ceo]

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.

A lot of guys have gotten big from volume training...of course their common thread was maintaining a training intensity. There are more guys who do volume training who don't get big. 5x5 works great for my legs. Upper body didn't seem to respond to 5x5...it prefers a different range...something like 6-10 reps for back, 8-10 for chest, 12-15 for arms, all at about 4 sets.

 

[SpyWizard]

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. never injured in the past 6 months with this workout, but did tear a rotor cuff doing power training..

You can just as easily get injured lifting a lighter weight for 10 reps as lifting heavy for 3 reps. never have, and i power lifted for years

in bold..

 

[ZGzaZ]

in bold..

Great reply....you show your lack of knowledge with every post.

 

[Protobuilder]

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..

Wow. I'd say that's a pretty big CON right there. No offense but throwing around weights like this probably won't do much, period.

 

[ZGzaZ]

Wow. I'd say that's a pretty big CON right there. No offense but throwing around weights like this probably won't do much, period.

LoL....

 

[Neo22]

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.

dude seriously STFU. Don't bag on things you know nothing about.

 

[Kabeetz]

Don't tell him to STFU he can give his opinion to his training partner all he wants. Especially when he's right.

Regardless... Rican - this board is pretty biased against volume training, with good reason, but at the very least there is nothing wrong with trying different stuff in order to find what works and doesn't work for you and your body and what you enjoy.

 

[ZGzaZ]

Don't tell him to STFU he can give his opinion to his training partner all he wants. Especially when he's right.
Regardless... Rican - this board is pretty biased against volume training, with good reason, but at the very least there is nothing wrong with trying different stuff in order to find what works and doesn't work for you and your body and what you enjoy.

Thank you.

 

[ricanx99]

Don't tell him to STFU he can give his opinion to his training partner all he wants. Especially when he's right.

Regardless... Rican - this board is pretty biased against volume training, with good reason, but at the very least there is nothing wrong with trying different stuff in order to find what works and doesn't work for you and your body and what you enjoy.

Yea, I figured so. We'll see what happens.

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

You ever run a HST cycle?