Fall 2014 Test E 300 log by Musclesmuscles

[musclesmuscles]

Baxter35
Thanks for your .02, I really appreciate all the input I can get my hands on. Its one of the reasons I decided to make my log public along with the educational benefits for others just starting. As far as the compound exercises ill throw some more into my logs and workouts. Could you elaborate on some of the more tried and true compound lifts your talking about for me/others?

[rjs725]

Baxter35
Thanks for your .02, I really appreciate all the input I can get my hands on. Its one of the reasons I decided to make my log public along with the educational benefits for others just starting. As far as the compound exercises ill throw some more into my logs and workouts. Could you elaborate on some of the more tried and true compound lifts your talking about for me/others?

I also agree with Baxter. You will become a lot stronger basing all your workouts around compound movements rather than isolations. You can still do isolations, but throw them in at the end of your workouts after doing the compounds.

[Baxter35]

Baxter35
Thanks for your .02, I really appreciate all the input I can get my hands on. Its one of the reasons I decided to make my log public along with the educational benefits for others just starting. As far as the compound exercises ill throw some more into my logs and workouts. Could you elaborate on some of the more tried and true compound lifts your talking about for me/others?

No need to reinvent the wheel,base each workout around a core compound exercise for that muscle group then follow up with isolation exercises afterward. For example.
Legs: Squats
Chest: Flat barbell bench
Shoulders: Overhead press(dumbell or barbell)
Back: Deadlifts and pull ups (wide and narrow grip)
Work with a weight that puts you at failure around 7-8 reps, and shoot for 4-6 working sets in that rep range. If you need to drop the weight a little between sets that's fine, but keep it as heavy as you can manage with good form and make sure you work to failure to really stress the muscle. Once you've done the bulk of your workout on the compound lift, you can do some isolation work to force in a good pump/burn. All of the above applies to all lifts except deadlifts. Personally, I like to work in the 2-3 rep range on deadlifts and keep the weight close to my 1 rep max. Start training heavy on deadlifts and I guarantee you will gain strength and mass throughout your whole body. And, with heavy deadlift training you wont need to do isolated forearm work anymore. Just holding heavy weights like that is all the work your forearms need. At least that's what works for me.