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2004/03/04, 08:35 PM
Hey guys i started my first week of the freetrainers.com schedule today.. my goal is to get leaner and lose that excess fat... in other words im trying to get cut. i put the 3 day a week program and it really seems like its not that much... i mean before i used to work out 3 days a week but 3 days upper body it was monday chest/tris tuesday back/bis and wednesdayshoulders/abs i felt much better last week when i was still doing it.. than this week. I don't know it just seems like it's not that hard of a work out for what i'm trying to achieve thanks for the help
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2004/03/05, 10:12 AM
What about your legs?
the odd thing about training is that sometimes as you advance less is more. Your previous program sounds more like a mass gaining split, but leaves your lower body out of the equation, which will eventually result in a very unbalanced physique and functional weakness.
To get leaner, look to your diet, follow a good total body program and do your cardio in your THR zone. Good luck!
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"To be able to go to the gym and train hard is a joy and a privelege, even though the hard work necessitates driving yourself through considerable discomfort. Savor this privelege and blessing, and revel in it."
Stuart McRobert, Beyond Brawn
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2004/03/05, 03:56 PM
Well for legs i'm doing plyometrics/ 3 days a week.... what's THR??? ad again is only doing upperbody 2 days a week really going to help me get lean? i feel like i should do it at least 3-4 times a week...
p.s. any suggestons on a good whey protein or any good supplements?
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Quoting from asimmer:
What about your legs?
the odd thing about training is that sometimes as you advance less is more. Your previous program sounds more like a mass gaining split, but leaves your lower body out of the equation, which will eventually result in a very unbalanced physique and functional weakness.
To get leaner, look to your diet, follow a good total body program and do your cardio in your THR zone. Good luck!
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2004/03/05, 04:05 PM
legs are your foundation, we are bidepidal animals, ( we walk up right on two legs) so you need to train them with weights( squats lunges deadlifts etc)...........I don't care how much you bench or curl I could care less. Your body will only aloow you to get so out of porportion then it will stop making muscle for your upper body. Think about this.......working out indirectly amkes bones stonger, because a muscles can move more weight, the support fram has to get stronger. Kinda like how a crane that can left 45 tones, but the frame can only support 10 tons. WHats gonna happen to that cran.....fall down and go boom. If you don't train yoru legs, they will not only be week muscle wise but bone strength wise.
You can work out up to 5 days a week if you wish. It all depends on how fat your body recovers from the previous work out. Best way to figure this out is to try it. Work out for 5 days for a month or so and see hwo you feel, if you loose strength, cut it back to four days a week.
rest builds muscle, weightlifting damages the fibers and the rest heals them.
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.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened
......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
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2004/03/05, 04:58 PM
So lower body plyometrics is not enough for legs alone? Plyometrics is a pretty strenious excercise on your legs and joints. if i did workout my legs it would be 2 days upperbody 3 days lowerbody plyos and 1-2 days lowerbody weights don't think that's a lot of days to workout? please let me know your opinions
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Quoting from bigandrew:
legs are your foundation, we are bidepidal animals, ( we walk up right on two legs) so you need to train them with weights( squats lunges deadlifts etc)...........I don't care how much you bench or curl I could care less. Your body will only aloow you to get so out of porportion then it will stop making muscle for your upper body. Think about this.......working out indirectly amkes bones stonger, because a muscles can move more weight, the support fram has to get stronger. Kinda like how a crane that can left 45 tones, but the frame can only support 10 tons. WHats gonna happen to that cran.....fall down and go boom. If you don't train yoru legs, they will not only be week muscle wise but bone strength wise.
You can work out up to 5 days a week if you wish. It all depends on how fat your body recovers from the previous work out. Best way to figure this out is to try it. Work out for 5 days for a month or so and see hwo you feel, if you loose strength, cut it back to four days a week.
rest builds muscle, weightlifting damages the fibers and the rest heals them.
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2004/03/05, 05:05 PM
if your wanting to gain size and strength then leave anykind of cardio to a bear minimum,.....what are yoru days your work out and do plyo on now? and i can try and help you make a split?
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.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened
......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
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2004/03/05, 05:58 PM
well with my free trainers workout plan im trying to get cut like i said before and with plyos im trying to increase my vert mondays i do bi's back and shoulders and thursdays i do chest tris and forearms... i do plyo's on tues wed thurs
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Quoting from bigandrew:
if your wanting to gain size and strength then leave anykind of cardio to a bear minimum,.....what are yoru days your work out and do plyo on now? and i can try and help you make a split?
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2004/03/05, 08:23 PM
try this
mon chest,back
tues plyo
wed shoulders, bis
thurs rest
fri legs, tris
sat plyo
sun rest
you can do forearms when ever you have time, and you can do abbs after your plyo.........just a thought , you still have 2 days of rest in there, and a rest day before legs ,
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.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened
......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
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2004/03/05, 09:34 PM
but they plyo program says i need to do it 3 days a week You don't think the current schedule i have is decent?
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