Whats your trianing style

[marcus300]

What is your training style what you respond best to is it volume, HIT or one of the strength routines


How many have you tried and which one was the worse for development for you?

[Jesusbrah]

What is your training style what you respond best to is it volume, HIT or one of the strength routines:
For me, HIT works best. 4 sets, 8-12 reps, 30-45 sec rest between sets. I train every day, 1-2 bodyparts a day. I change it up every couple of months tho.

How many have you tried and which one was the worse for development for you?
Started working out around 6-7 years ago when i was 13-14. The boss at the gym told me to do full body workouts every day, super high volume. Never felt so shitty my entire life. Did this for 2 years, no gains! Luckily, i learned what works for me, and been gaining like a madman ever since.

[Docd187123]

Right now I'm using the Cube Method to prepare for a meet. In the last I've tried HIT, linear progression, periodization. HIT was the worst for me.

[Flatus78]

Have been using the PHAT training style/program by Layne Norton for a couple of months and actually getting a bit stronger(I modified it a bit though) and I am quite happy with is so far. Always nice to try something new, and I try to be open-minded

[shaunjohn242002]

Been doin the westside template after coming off cycle about 2 months ago. Been treating me well so far. 1rm on squats are going up a little every week. Bench is stuck like chuck. Needs a little tweaking done somewhere.

[Roughneck82]

Been fallowing Yates blood& guts routine to the T! Been working good so far.

[marcus300]

Been fallowing Yates blood& guts routine to the T! Been working good so far.

How long have you been doing this routine?

[marcus300]

Been doin the westside template after coming off cycle about 2 months ago. Been treating me well so far. 1rm on squats are going up a little every week. Bench is stuck like chuck. Needs a little tweaking done somewhere.

Interesting.... what are your stats?

[Khazima]

Hard and heavy, I do my own programming atm more of a bodybuilding style routine since I'm on a cut. Weight is linear for the big 3, slowly increasing intensity decreasing volume.

Then the rest is moderate rep high intensity work, short rest.

[Roughneck82]

How long have you been doing this routine?

Starting 6th week, but last week was off do to having a vasectomy. Even this week has to be some what light.

[zempey]

I have been doing 3-4 sets of 8-12 reps using the same weight throughout. I used to train doing 4 sets increasing weight lowering reps every set, worked well when I was younger. I have been struggling with some injuries for the last while due to trying to increase my weights too quickly from a couple year layoff. It is taking quite some time to get back my strength and endurance, been about a year and a half with a few month break in the middle. Every time I have tried to train heavy I get hurt, heavy weight low reps just doesn't work for me, neither does the all out one set type work, I need volume.

[Lifted1]

balls out HIT with massive amounts of volume has worked best for me so far. just progressively adding reps or weight to get me back in the 8~12 range. first exercise is always a compound movement and i will do around 10 sets (including warm up). then ill move on and do more compound/isolation work hitting different angles of the muscle. i put in around 1.5~2 hours 5~6 days a week.

your diary and some of the shit ive read in it has got me going 51/50...talking shit to myself while pushing though the burn on every fvcking set. thanks for the motivation brotha!

[Buster Brown]

I try to change up my training every 12 weeks or so in order to avoid adaptation. I cycle twice a year and one cycle I will train HIT style and the other I will do 5x5 training allowing for more rest and more in the style of power lifting. To allow for some rest I will train at 80% or so and perform exercises that I don't usually include in my other routines. This of course is always changing but I feel I avoid overtraining. As you have stated that your body grows in spurts and many there are many others that agree (myself included ) this system seems to allow for growth and repair .

[shaunjohn242002]

Stats are: age 36- weigh around 200- guessing 15 percent bodyfat, 6 feet tall

[Buster Brown]

Stats are: age 36- weigh around 200- guessing 15 percent bodyfat, 6 feet tall

That's not really a training style.

[shaunjohn242002]

Lol, no it isn't. Marcus asked for stats a little ways up.

[Buster Brown]

Lol, no it isn't. Marcus asked for stats a little ways up.

Ahhhhhhh, sorry.

[uhit]

Currently enjoying HIT

But previously I did a 5x5 training style and it worked wonders in giving me strength gains.

[zempey]

I really liked the 5x15 I did in the summer, helped cut bf and shape muscle. It is a good way to strengthen connective tissues after a long layoff.

[Joco71]

Please put me in a category. usually 1-2 warm up sets light then 10-12 reps 4 sets at what ever makes me barely get 10-12 reps 1-2 mins between sets for several exercises per body part. I typically do 2 body parts a day. Back/bi's-- Chest/tri's-- shoulders/Traps-- alot of times I do a set of crunches between sets. Legs done alone usually after treadmill. My legs suck big time !! Cardio 30-40 mins 3-5 a week when I'm on point. Thoughts please.

[RewardingLabor]

Currently I do 1 set as fast as i possibly can, like a piston. Then I do at least one and up to 4 sets where my goal is to get 7 reps and fail during the 8th. I hate it, but I try to rest for 2 minutes between each set so I can really focus on maximal effort. I usually do supersets if the body parts I'm doing are remote enough to cut down on the amount of time I'm just sitting around. Then I finish with a set of light weight with an excruciatingly long negative and iso hold, usually only get about 4 reps.
That program is the result of ALOT of trial and error, and represents an attempt to synthesize a number of ideas (some of which are in almost direct conflict with each other) but I haven't been working it long enough to say if it is the best for me. I do 2 muscle groups a day and I hit the gym 5 days a week. I plan to add in a second day for each muscle group that is only 1 exercise and a bit lighter, especially where I am lagging.

I spend exactly 0 minutes a week doing cardio.

I started in the old 3x10 full body style at 14, gradually becoming more sophisticated in my approach. I have tried body weight programs with little to no rest, sport specific exercises with bands for resistance, played with just about every variable from drop sets to pyramids to tempo changes, high volume low volume, and i've found that I love the burn from doing tons of volume and not resting in between sets, it really makes me feel like i've done something and get sweating and pumps so amazing that i can look down at my forearms after curls and see them double in size, but I don't think it is the best way to grow most efficiently, at least not all the time. I have also gone back and forth between a rigid focus on perfect form and really isolating each muscle and taking momentum out of the picture and the much more fun balls out just make the weight move style… still not sure which is better for me but I know that the second is way more fun to do.

[Roughneck82]

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What is your training style what you respond best to is it volume, HIT or one of the strength routines


How many have you tried and which one was the worse for development for you?

you look like your doing pretty good, so what is your training style and your routine?

[marcus300]

Dyou look like your doing pretty good, so what is your training style and your routine?

very short intense training session to failure and also using beyond failure techniques, ,my own version of HIT, one body part per week.

[Chicagotarsier]

What is your training style what you respond best to is it volume, HIT or one of the strength routines:
GVT works best for me. Currently I am building mass that was lost due to Primary Gonadism. I do not like working to failure, I prefer strict form and hypertrophy. I do like feeling the CNS pain the day after GVT work. It hurts worse than any failure lifting I ever performed. Also like the aspect of 99.999999% injury free workouts from GVT. As far as gains they are documented since the 60s if you do the program right. Special points of my program is I take one body part to task until I meet the predefined goal of strength and reps and then add a second to the GVT format. Just added the Delts and man let me tell you...hell in a bottle. A human's CNS could not handle starting from scratch 3x8 workouts to GVT on all body parts immediately. 6-months in and just added the second muscle.

How many have you tried and which one was the worse for development for you?
In college was Football and Field athlete and worked with GVT guys and dropset guys and both worked just fine. The main difference in then and what I see now is lifters spend 99% in the gym and 1% on cardio or outside. Back then it was Manditory 25% cardio outside. We did circuit training which involved 50-yard sprints followed by a set of Push ups, Leg lifts, etc

In Navy was a combat person and we did gym on our own and PT every morning (500 jumping jacks, 100 x 5 pushups, 100 x 5 sit-ups, 100 x 5 leg lifts) Followed by a 20 KM run and 20 KM swim which made you really NOT want to be in the gym lol so we were doing 3x5 heavy on major muscle groups. Best shape ever bar none. Cardio + heavy weights makes you truly studly and achieving things you never could do in the gym and treadmill alone. The only easy day was yesterday as they say.

[Kozmo]

Jeet kun do

[Fllifter]

I prefer the shake weight, 5x a week for 20 minutes.

[Iceberg]

I crossfit 3x week, run a few miles on Sunday and lift on Saturdays

[BG]

Power Body Building changing over to Marcus' version of HIT for longevity.

[bigrich4]

my go to training is always powerlifting because .. well who doesnt like lifting heavy? But i always mix it with something. Rather it bodybuilding style or whatever.
At the moment im starting crossfit with 531. Going to a real crossfit gym 3 days and hitting the PL stuff at home (i have a full gym in garage) ive done it before with great progress and its fun because crossfit is great for conditioning and its always different.

[papersteroidguy]

I prefer the push up.

[blakegains]

I really liked the 5x15 I did in the summer, helped cut bf and shape muscle. It is a good way to strengthen connective tissues after a long layoff.

What is this 5x15 you speaketh of? Haha

[coyotehunter]

I love supersets. mostly 5 lifts of 5 sets of 10 but i change it up a lot. sometimes ill do 5x4-8 going much heaver than normal but regardless I try to lift weights that put me near failure by my last rep for each set. Started adding in a drop set for my cool down or occasional forced negative depending on what im feeling. As long as I dont get lazy I seem to always be improving. been doing this style getting close to 1.5 years now. Changed up the pairing every now and then for short time but back to normal now