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I read that you repeated the nine week westside beginners program several times. How well did this work for you your second time around?
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I was out for the last month for a shoulder injury. and i was introducing a budy of mine to westside and weight training in general. so i figured id just do it over again with him.
Ive been weight training for about three months (not including down time). and i spent the earlier portion of that on the nine week program, then did three weeks of my own training. I was up to about a 295 bench, 325 squat, and 395 dead, raw.
Im not really two confident on deciding accessory work, reps, and sets yet. The ones chosen by dave tate seemed to work pretty good.
So i thought id just give it another go? you think its a bad idea?
Ive been weight training for about three months (not including down time). and i spent the earlier portion of that on the nine week program, then did three weeks of my own training. I was up to about a 295 bench, 325 squat, and 395 dead, raw.
Im not really two confident on deciding accessory work, reps, and sets yet. The ones chosen by dave tate seemed to work pretty good.
So i thought id just give it another go? you think its a bad idea?
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The first time I did it the gains were amazing.
The last time I did it I was dieting (still am, different diet) I added weight to all my lifts but the diet limited me greatly.
I am not happy with the way I followed the program, I took days off, skipped workouts, restarted teh program a few times which prolonged the actual training cycle by a few weeks.
I like the template and I did modify it, I never did floor presses or board presses.
I think it's a great program and I just strated a modified version of it. (UNtil I receive Ryan's new book and change everything)
I was thinking about doing MM becnh workouts, while trying to figure out how to compensate for not using a shirt, keeping the DE speed day (very important I believe) adding more deadlift work than Dave has in the basic program and following hte ME/DE squats workouts. I aslo want to train the shoulders more, have been neglecting them for over a year now, except for hte occasional fronmt plate raises.
I think I can break 400 lbs in a few months if I focus on my weaknesses (which I no f#cking clue what they are
)
I want to mix things up a bit. I'm new to this and not sure what to do so I follow what the experts suggest. Now the problem is that there are so many experts, who do I listen to.
The last time I did it I was dieting (still am, different diet) I added weight to all my lifts but the diet limited me greatly.
I am not happy with the way I followed the program, I took days off, skipped workouts, restarted teh program a few times which prolonged the actual training cycle by a few weeks.
I like the template and I did modify it, I never did floor presses or board presses.
I think it's a great program and I just strated a modified version of it. (UNtil I receive Ryan's new book and change everything)
I was thinking about doing MM becnh workouts, while trying to figure out how to compensate for not using a shirt, keeping the DE speed day (very important I believe) adding more deadlift work than Dave has in the basic program and following hte ME/DE squats workouts. I aslo want to train the shoulders more, have been neglecting them for over a year now, except for hte occasional fronmt plate raises.
I think I can break 400 lbs in a few months if I focus on my weaknesses (which I no f#cking clue what they are
)I want to mix things up a bit. I'm new to this and not sure what to do so I follow what the experts suggest. Now the problem is that there are so many experts, who do I listen to.
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thanks parabellum. how much did your lifts go up the second time around, as opposed to the first.
Spatts, do you think id be better off going into a regular WSB program, given my situation?
Spatts, do you think id be better off going into a regular WSB program, given my situation?
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My bench went up 50 lbs, then 5lbs the last time around.
Pretty much the same with the other lifts.
But the last time around I really screwed it up.
Pretty much the same with the other lifts.
But the last time around I really screwed it up.
I think the 9 week is great for general conditioning and learning your weaknesses. Once you have that, move on. That's kind of what it's designed to do...give you a place to start, to learn yourself, and then take that information and apply it to a regular program. I'm not saying doing it again won't work or help, but it seems rather stagnant to me. It's alot of voume, especially if you're going to start working with accomodating resistance and the like.
Just my .69.
Just my .69.
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