Re: Principles of Weightlifting/Bodybuilding Book?

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On 17 Mar 2007 21:19:31 -0700, "Ken" <Omaha8_Beach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mar 17, 8:14 pm, "Richard" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Curt" <curtja...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
I've been doing that, sort of. I'm doing chest, shoulders, legs, back
one
day, and everything else (biceps, triceps, abs, etc.) the other day - 7
days
a week.

in fact if you have a minute, I'm doing this:

If you're trying to build mass, I'd say you are overtraining. Working
out 7 days a week is too much for the majority of weight trainers.
For many 2 or three days a week of training is more than enough.
Maybe you've already built a lot of mass and don't want to increase it
anymore.

But if you're trying to increase your muscle mass it seems like you
are overtraining. Even if you're not you are overtraining. And the
way you have it split up, you are really training what you describe as
"everything else" (bicepts, triceps) 7 days a week (not 3 or 4),
assuming you are training your chest, shoulders, and back correctly,
since your triceps and biceps would be stimulated by the chest,
shoulders, and back workouts.

If you consider yourself a hardgainer and are a beginner or
intermediate, I'd suggest getting "Beyond Brawn" by Stuart McRobert.

That's about 40 minutes so far. Then I use a pec machine (whatever you
call
it) - I do 8 reps (all I can do) for about 5 sets.

If you're referring to the Pec Deck, then in my opinion 5 sets is a
complete waste of time, based on the work you've already completed
before beginning that exercise, if you're trying to build mass. More
is not always better.

Many of the all time greats worked out 6 days a week. I feel guilty
if I only get in 1-2 days in a week. I think 2 is a bare minimum and
3-4 is better. If you split it up right you can get by on 6-7 without
overstraining. I think Richard is getting by on high reps and a
number of light sets. I know when I ramped the weight up I had to cut
my workouts way back.

Maybe I'm overtraining, but still seeing progress. I'm noticing a small
immune system problem and lack of motivation. Signs of overtraining I
suppose. The chest workout is the same one that Ahnold used for 5 years. He
trained 6 days a week with it split up like that. I'm using weights that I
find heavy for me. The db flyes are 70lb dumbbells, pec machine gets loaded
with 210lb, and I use about 50lb for weighted wide-grip chin-ups. That day
is difficult. The next day (biceps, triceps, etc.) is a lot easier, but
still using what I call heavy weights (for my size at 170lb). The db
extensions are 75lb dumbbells, 110lb barbell curls, 70lb dumbbell curls,
etc. etc. The real problem I'm having is getting enough food... cause my
appetite should be much greater, but I'm finding it hard to force feed
myself even 3500 calories a day. Not sure why I don't have a good appetite.
I'm losing a lot of bodyfat and I'm not getting enough food.


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