What sort of workout gives you bigger size?

[deathdroprob]

Maybe with more food on the 5x5 or 3x5 youll gain more than a BBstyle routine, or maybe with a BB style you wont need as much food to get the same results???

 

[SirDingo]

I have been doing the 5x5 program all Summer because everyone here told me that is the only way to bulk up and add weight and more muscle ??

So now after doing it for 3-4months it is time to change to a different routine and try some higher rep exercises ?? Because everything I have been lifting has been with 5reps max nothing more

 

[beerdrinker]

Maybe with more food on the 5x5 or 3x5 youll gain more than a BBstyle routine, or maybe with a BB style you wont need as much food to get the same results???

Food requirements don't change. If you want to put on n lbs of either muscle or fat (and this is where your program makes the difference of what type of weight you put on), you must consume x calories. It really is that simple, and yet so hard for people to understand.

 

[beerdrinker]

I have been doing the 5x5 program all Summer because everyone here told me that is the only way to bulk up and add weight and more muscle ??

So now after doing it for 3-4months it is time to change to a different routine and try some higher rep exercises ?? Because everything I have been lifting has been with 5reps max nothing more

Dingo, stop calling it THE 5x5, it was a 5x5 routine. When most people around here say THE 5x5 they are talking about the Bill Starr, or some variant of, routine. It is much, much different than the program you pointed to that you did all summer.

This is why you can't say what is better or worse just based on a rep scheme. You must look at the entire program.

I really believe, based on logic, experience, and reading, that unless you are relatively advanced, there is no difference between a program that makes a muscle larger or a program that makes a muscle stronger. They will both happen simultaneously as long as you are adding weight to the bar regularly and eating enough.

 

[Powerbuilder333]

A powerbuilding routine like the one I have going.

 

[deathdroprob]

A powerbuilding routine like the one I have going.

give us a brief layout of it then dude, sounds good.

 

[ThrillaBod]

Strength training will probably do the trick... it will make you stronger, reduce your body fat, lessen the chance of injuries, and you''l look great.. check out http://www.findyourdetour.com/.. for some really great tips..

 

[jon1320]

I need to write my routine down somewhere, and I must say, it's been highly beneficial for size and strength gains.

Monday - Chest and bi's
incline/flat/decline - switch up weekly
1 warm up set with 50% 15 reps
3 sets of heavy weight 7-9 reps and last set being a drop set with no rest.
Cable x overs.
3 sets pretty heavy weight last set i do two drop sets 8-12 reps
incline dumbell press
3 sets 8-10 reps i go Heavy, light, heavy - drop set to light
3 sets up widegrip pullups alternating face infront of the bar then behind it. till failure of couse.
then light weight incline curls 3 sets of 10-12 reps
then cable reverse curls doing the 21 method (7 7 7) which is bottom to mid mid to top then full motion.
then concentration curls. 15 reps 3 sets light weight.
takes about an hour and 15 minutes..
then i go hit the cardio for 30 mins, then hot tub steam and shower

supplements : fish oil at 3/6 meals a day. daily vitamins 2, b complex, BCAA's, l-glutamine after workouts with 50g's of whey, taurine, tribulus 30 mins before workout, green tea extract throughout the day not after 3pm, potassium, then at night before bed; valarian root, 5-htp, melatonin.
meals 5-6 a day. hella protein moderate carbs.

 

[coreyb]

big movements (squat,deadlift,row,military, etc) with higher reps.

 

[ProtienFiend]

If you could hit muscles twice a week without going to failure, it would probably be the best. I just cant devote that type of time to a program because it would tough to hit all groups twice in a week (albeit, not to utter fatigue, but just as intense).