How do you train?

[NoScopeKen]

Just curious. What's YOUR favourite style of training? (for growth) do you go all out to failure, go by a RPE or RIR system, low volume, high volume...?

Personally I like to combine it all. For example if I'm doing back or pull, id start with weighted Pullups and do 3 reverse pyramid sets for 6,8,10 reps leaving a couple reps in the tank. I'd follow that with barbell rows and do a similar sort of thing and track it on my phone for next workout. After that I won't track and will go all out and thrash the muscle with a few different exercises to either to failure or for 4x15, branch warren style. This has always worked fantastic for me. I feel I'm training smart AND hard, and I believe there's benefits to both methods personally.

 

[1tank1]

I haven't got a favourite style of training coz training is awlays hard work and I don't enjoy doing it all. I only enjoy the results and feelings that come "after" I've made the effort.

I've used allsorts of different styles over the years to break through plateaus when gains slow down/stop but if your focus is purely growth/size you can't really go wrong with training in the 4-6 rep range using progressive overload techniques and heavy weights.

 

[Maximus014]

I use 531 it's simple easy to follow, customizable to fit your goals and a ton of variations you can try

Right now I do the original triumvirate with added side lateral work on upper body days as well as bicep work, it's working really well so far on my cut

 

[Jin23]

3 x a week full body, each day an emphasis on either push, pull or legs. I go by RIR which starts at 4/3 and ends at 1/0 and a mesocycle is usually 3 to 5 weeks long + deload. Volume is anywhere from 18 to 35 working sets. Depending on aas dosages, cutting vs bulking, etc.

What's most important is that each meso is designed to grow only a couple of muscles. I don't expect the whole body to grow on each meso. Some parts stay at maintenance volume and some are on growing volume. This has eluded me for some time, when I was training more around the big three and saw everything else as an accessory or fluff work ...

 

[Canknucklehead]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rHZcNjlyEG0

 

[1tank1]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rHZcNjlyEG0

That's a session I wanna get into ROFL.

 

[JesterBOB]

I haven't got a favourite style of training coz training is awlays hard work and I don't enjoy doing it all. I only enjoy the results and feelings that come "after" I've made the effort.

These are very familiar feelings, as if you are reading my mind, the feeling when you could and did it is priceless and you can savor it.

 

[Demondosage]

Instinctive and high rep

 

[JesterBOB]

When I was able to train as a powerlifter, recod attempts at new weights brought more happiness than anything else. Even when I added in muscle mass, I was not as happy as the new numbers on the bar.

 

[malfeasance]

Higher reps, no barbell pressing for chest, hoping and praying that each set with dumb bells will leave by pec tendon attached to my arm bone and chest muscle . . .

Like that is how I train.

Similar stuff for other body parts. You'll get old, too, one day.

 

[JesterBOB]

An excellent option, for chest muscle growth, dumbbell bench press in different angles is the best for the chest. But not like a bench press.

 

[olrak]

531 bbb 5x10 week 1 50% week 2 60% week 3 70% of training max after main strength work is complete

 

[Deadp007]

Surprised nobody is doing Dante Trudels DoggCrapp...or a bastardized version of it

 

[JesterBOB]

531 bbb 5x10 week 1 50% week 2 60% week 3 70% of training max after main strength work is complete

And how do you feel and return from such loads?

 

[olrak]

And how do you feel and return from such loads?

For the most part I feel very good, the fourth week is a deload week to keep you fresh, I don't always take it, sometimes I'll run two cycles of the program before I deload so that's week 8

 

[1tank1]

deload week to keep you fresh

I only learned about these after 10-15 years of training........but yeah they are so good and beneficial.

My deloads now are 4-8 weeks though....not 1 week.

 

[olrak]

I only learned about these after 10-15 years of training........but yeah they are so good and beneficial.

My deloads now are 4-8 weeks though....not 1 week.

Yeah deloads should be part of any intelligently designed program along with waves of various intensity and volume, I'm at the stage where my deloads are very intuitive, as soon as I notice various tell tale signs of accumulative fatigue creep up I deload, it takes discipline though as I generally want to keep going, I think for people who haven't developed the intuition or discipline yet should take the prescribed deload of whichever program they're following

 

[1tank1]

Yeah deloads should be part of any intelligently designed program along with waves of various intensity and volume, I'm at the stage where my deloads are very intuitive, as soon as I notice various tell tale signs of accumulative fatigue creep up I deload, it takes discipline though as I generally want to keep going, I think for people who haven't developed the intuition or discipline yet should take the prescribed deload of whichever program they're following

You seem like an intelligent and experienced lifter bro. Not many guys like us still left on this forum now though.

It's run by kiddies...

 

[Maximus014]

Yeah deloads should be part of any intelligently designed program along with waves of various intensity and volume, I'm at the stage where my deloads are very intuitive, as soon as I notice various tell tale signs of accumulative fatigue creep up I deload, it takes discipline though as I generally want to keep going, I think for people who haven't developed the intuition or discipline yet should take the prescribed deload of whichever program they're following

Have you read forever, he has some interesting approaches to the deaload week in there, nothing ground breaking but definitely interesting with the 7th week protocol

 

[olrak]

You seem like an intelligent and experienced lifter bro. Not many guys like us still left on this forum now though.

It's run by kiddies...

Thanks brother