Re: Cutting back on Arm Exercises

Dnia 2006-10-05 Shute napisa³(a):
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> I do serious work Andzej. I just push myself harder than most people.

Oh, I believe you. I've seen what you plan on doing. ;-)

> I haven't tried the workout I posted but I have been doing a variation
> of it for quite a while now.

So, it looks like you had something which was working and now you plan
to screw it up? Sounds familiar. ;-)

> And in the past few weeks I have been
> doing 50 minutes of cardio on top. The initial workout had me doing
> each body part two days a week. Each of the two days was a different
> exercise. Now as I began to add in more all around exercises like
> rows, squats, and deadlifts it just doesn't look as practical. That
> is why I wanted to cut the armwork back because they where already
> getting hit pretty hard. The plan may sound "insane" to you but it
> actually works pretty good. Much better than the all body workouts
> "normal" people do.

Maybe. I'm not sure to what kind of workout you are referring to.

It's not insane to do full body but with different exercises. What
looked overly optimistic for me was the number of exercises you planned
on doing during a single session.

I say, that if you give what you can to the first couple of them, the
rest should be some sort of a joke at best.

> The guy I was friends most with at the gym hadn't
> made any gains in a year. He was a little made at how quickly I moved
> up. I came up with the plan after finding most of the so called
> experts suggesting routines my body would be dead trying to do. This
> one splits it up so I don't kill one body on a single day.
>
> I will try doing more sets like you suggested. The issue may just be
> I need more practice. I only started squatting and deadlifitng maybe
> a month ago. And the prior leg presses I had done did not prepare me
> for them. Today I jumped up about 20 pounds on my deadlift. It seems
> it takes me about 2 months at an exercise to really get into the
> groove with it. Maybe more sets will shorten the time it takes for me
> to the master the lift.
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> I will also try to come with a new plan which splits up the body more.
> I think the A/B plan is too simple for me since I won't be able get
> all I want into it. I need to think it over a lot more though.

Simple is good. A/B is good. If you want to improve your squat and DL,
do squat and DL. Do not complicate things above necessity (Ockham's
razor ;-)).

Why is it that everybody has to make his own mistakes?

Do you know what's going to happen if you will persist on pushing yourself
so much for a long time? I know.

Have a look at Pete's workout he posted recently. It's all simplicity
and I bet it works.

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Andrzej Rosa