I know I'm going old school here but why??
I'm going to try to keep my questions as short and sweet as possible. I'm sure many of us here are familiar with "Arnold's Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding". Now I've been browsing this site for some time now to see if anyone else asked these questions and I still haven't found any threads. In Arnold's recommendation, he recommends a beginner to (and I won't go into all the detail b/c like I said, I'm sure some of you guys and girls are most likely familiar with his training plans in the Encyclopedia). In the Encyclopedia, he recommends beginner's train twice each body part twice with most major muscle groups getting in 4 sets of 8-12 reps for upper body and 12-16 reps each set for lower body exercises a week and after 6mo.'s to 2yrs. he advises training each body part the same way except upping it to 3 x's week. So 5 days on, 1 day off for even the novice bodybuilder. I'm not even going to summarize his recommended routine for advanced bodybuilders or competitors. These days most trainers advise me not to train a body part more than once or max twice a week. Still, he was a 7 time Mr. Olympia winner so he must have been doing something right. So, my questions are, was he able to train like that and RECOVER so quickly bc of the type of gear he was on or good genetics of both. Also, does anyone know if that is how everyone trained back then or a very gifted few. Third, I'm 35yrs and just getting back in the gym. Wanna shred pounds and put on lean mass as quick as possible like everybody else in the world. These days is one body part a wk the most effective way to train for the average man or does anyone still follow Arnold's older ways of training. I would think it would lead to overtraining. Any info would be greatly appreciated, especially how was Arnold able to train and recover on those workout plans and would anyone recommend training one body part a wk or multiple times a wk. Just started Test Cyp 400mg/wk. Thanks. All responses welcome.