MESO-Rx
Anabolic Steroids
I hate yours!!! Lol.... Your back spread looks like The grill of a Mac Truck!!@ebkallday I hate your new avi
This is true. I can't tell you how many times I've reached high fatigue levels taken a week off and add 25 lb back on the same movement I was stalled at. So thank you for the suggestion. I typically go by instinct.I suspect this is the case. With such few working sets being performed and depending on percentage of 1rm being used then by not going to failure the lifter probably isn't recruiting very many motor units so the lifter likely isn't going to see any adaptations. I can certainly see how not failing on such a routine would essentially make it ineffective. In that case it's the lifters fault for not following the routine as it is written.
As far as recovery goes, taking a different approach to the recovery problem might be worthwhile for a high volume routine, most won't bother and it might not even be necessary for bodybuilding purposes or with AAS in the mix, but for the sake of adding to the discussion.....
At a certain point the amount of work you have to do to make optimal progress becomes too high to recover from before you train that session gain. Being fully recovered before your next session no longer becomes a viable option. Linear progression gains generally taps out pretty quickly for most dedicated lifters but AAS can make it work again so most guys generally don't bother giving any real structure to their training or tailoring it to where they are in their development.
I always advocate a dual factor approach to recovery for advanced lifters, even with AAS involved.
An example would be training with moderate frequency and intensity and high volume for maybe 3 weeks and then reducing volume significantly for 1 week or even taking some time off to allow fatigue to dissipate and then coming back. Weekly volume has to be high for this to be worthwhile.
The deload will allow the lifter to drop the fatigue that was masking his fitness and ideally the lifter should come back stronger after this assuming he did enough work.
This is a very simple and crude way to handle it and just an example but for a bodybuilding routine it really doesn't have to be more complicated then that. You can have a scheduled deload or you can do it instinctively. I would suggest scheduling them because most will probably neglect it if they choose to handle it instinctively.
It would look a whole lot better with 20's hanging off it.
11/13/15 Back
GOOD MORNING FREAKS AND JUICERS!!!!
Feeling better coming to my 2nd week of pinning. Workouts improving. I got that wild look in my eye. Maybe another week I'll have the boost I usually get from the test
Seated rows
145x12, 145x12, 145x12, 145x12, 160x12 = 48 reps
♧rapid pace very little rest. Used as a substitute for less weight. Full exaggerated stretch followed by deep pinch with elbows in rear most position
Palms up pulldown
145x8, 145x10, 145x10, 145x10 = 38 reps
♧again not much weight but very little rest between sets. Love this exercise. Gives nice thickness to lats and upper back
Smith machine bent rows
90x20, 100x20, 110x20 = 60 reps
♧ palms up version. Great pump. Again not as much weight as you'd expect
TOTAL REPS FOR BACK = 146
■HIT my intended rep count. Now I got a baseline I can up weight next week and easy get same reps with more poundage.
Also hit up dem calves a little. Nice and light
Standing calf raise
190x4 sets = 69 REPS total
Just enough to get em primed
Shake, shower, gatorade, work
Those 20s are like bowling balls
11/13/15 Back
GOOD MORNING FREAKS AND JUICERS!!!!
Feeling better coming to my 2nd week of pinning. Workouts improving. I got that wild look in my eye. Maybe another week I'll have the boost I usually get from the test
Seated rows
145x12, 145x12, 145x12, 145x12, 160x12 = 48 reps
♧rapid pace very little rest. Used as a substitute for less weight. Full exaggerated stretch followed by deep pinch with elbows in rear most position
Palms up pulldown
145x8, 145x10, 145x10, 145x10 = 38 reps
♧again not much weight but very little rest between sets. Love this exercise. Gives nice thickness to lats and upper back
Smith machine bent rows
90x20, 100x20, 110x20 = 60 reps
♧ palms up version. Great pump. Again not as much weight as you'd expect
TOTAL REPS FOR BACK = 146
■HIT my intended rep count. Now I got a baseline I can up weight next week and easy get same reps with more poundage.
Also hit up dem calves a little. Nice and light
Standing calf raise
190x4 sets = 69 REPS total
Just enough to get em primed
Shake, shower, gatorade, work
It's one of those things. If I told you I never work calves by never I mean maybe 2x a month would you believe me? It's purely a genetic thing. Most wouldn't learn anything from my calf training program cuz honestly it's not much of one. I would like 20" calves tho
so maybe I'll work them 3x a month instead
Ok, so i find that working each muscle group just once per week, "and i mean i work them hard enough that i couldn't work them a second time without running myself into the ground" i feel pretty much recovered. But by recovered i mean my muscle is ready for another WO in which progress can be made.
Yes they call it fst7 now days or "dorian" training. Mentzer was the one who taught dorian and Arthur Jones was the one who taught mentzer. They have tried to reinvent the wheel with fst7 but it's just a revisited amended HD training style.
The fundamentals of HD training are that you be fully recovered. If your not up weights or reps then it would be considered a mistake to have worked out. That's how you gain on that style. I was in the gym everyday 3rd or 4th day. I'm speaking of my natty days of course. I actually have never done a mentzer program on AAS. That is the game changer. I mean a true mentzer program. But hey it worked for dorian.
Yep hes deff lettin lose of that big mack daddy diesel truck from within
Now hes going to the store in order to refuel that massive frame
