Full body vs splits

[Orange24]

Anyone do full bodies? Been doing it for about 3 weeks now and am enjoying the change. Strength is up for sure.

[Ironguruera]

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Always seemed like more of a powerlifting vs BB type of routine to me. It was a common training style of some guys from the golden era like Marvin Eder.
U peaked my interest and my training has been stale lately. Maybe like 5 compound moves is just what I need to shake things up if nothing else for some damn variety! My oldest is sleeping and my BB books are up in her closet. I'll dig up marvins routine for everyone

[Orange24]

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I really haven't lost any size at all and only doing it three days a week to give my CNS a break.


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[Ironguruera]

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I really haven't lost any size at all and only doing it three days a week to give my CNS a break.


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My daughter slept in late today. I'll grab that book tonight if I can.

So what's your routine looking like?

[Ironguruera]

Full body vs splits

Here u go bro. When u consider the shit Eder was lifting was in the 50's this was pre juice days. If I recall d bol was invented in 1953 so didn't really hit the scene until later.
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[Orange24]

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To be honest it's basically all those lifts. Finish with some supersets. I got the routine off t-nation.

https://www.t-nation.com/workouts/lift-3-days-a-week-and-grow

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[Orange24]

Full body vs splits

It's hard to wonder whether or not blasting on this routine with be aesthetically beneficial.

[Orange24]

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1 month in. Not down a single lb on scale but definitely leaner. There is a larger expenditure of calories to these workouts I think.


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[Ironguruera]

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Yeah your program looks more advanced. My gym is pretty busy right now with year years douches and another location shut down so not much chances of doing some of those super sets on yours. I'm going to give the simpler one I posted and add some hypertophy tweaks at the end

[Ironguruera]

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Are u doing the deadlifts? I thought u swore off them after u tweaked yourself doing dreads a while back? Everyone I know that does dreads gets fucked up doing them at some point😂 they are a great move for power just risky

[Orange24]

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Are u doing the deadlifts? I thought u swore off them after u tweaked yourself doing dreads a while back? Everyone I know that does dreads gets fucked up doing them at some point😂 they are a great move for power just risky

Remember that Limber 11 routine? That fixed me. I dead lift a lot now.

[Ironguruera]

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Remember that Limber 11 routine? That fixed me. I dead lift a lot now.

Of course I do. I still do some of it but not nearly often enough. Thanks for the reminder! I use it before bed to help me relax.

Ok orange u inspired me dusting off the almost 70 yr old program I posted up. I tried it tonight. Fuck it kicked my ass! Granted last few months I haven't been on my gym a game but it's a great simple program. I added some DB pull overs and a variation of a savend press superset for more chest and ribcage expansion.
I'm going to stick with it s few months

[Orange24]

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Of course I do. I still do some of it but not nearly often enough. Thanks for the reminder! I use it before bed to help me relax.

Ok orange u inspired me dusting off the almost 70 yr old program I posted up. I tried it tonight. Fuck it kicked my ass! Granted last few months I haven't been on my gym a game but it's a great simple program. I added some DB pull overs and a variation of a savend press superset for more chest and ribcage expansion.
I'm going to stick with it s few months

Glad you seem to enjoy it, as I do too. Really had my doubts when starting but keeping fullness no doubt. What I like is the taxation on the body and being that it's only 3 days a week this schedule permits enough time off to heal. My job is extremely physical so I break a crazy sweat almost daily so my cardio isn't lacking in the least.

Keep a journal and log the strength increases every week, makes it a lot more fun to beat previous lifts.

One thing I've noticed that's interesting is, when I performed arm days in the past I absolutely blasted my arms from every angle both bi and tri and had minor soreness the next day. Now that I'm working on strength I'm doing less sets but certainly higher weight and I notice I'm significantly more sore the following day with just a few sets. Food for thought!

I think my body and CNS are enjoying this routine more.

[Ironguruera]

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I'm not sore today but I'm mega pumped. My arms are super full and I only did the 4 sets of Seated DB curls but they were 4 solid sets. Had a good pump off them for sure. I love the useful overall daily power I get from these types of moves.

[Orange24]

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I'm not sore today but I'm mega pumped. My arms are super full and I only did the 4 sets of Seated DB curls but they were 4 solid sets. Had a good pump off them for sure. I love the useful overall daily power I get from these types of moves.

Exactly!! 4 sets had me pumped as well.