The BEST routine....

[Lord_Suston]

Incorect... I am currently doing the best routine... Needsize's 5x5.

Don't get me wrong I love 5x5, but when it gets to the point where my body has adapted and no progress in occuring then I will need to switch..... The body is made to adapt so we need to put it through different mechanism for growth and strength....

 

[Lee]

im using 5x5 as well and it is the currently the best. but when my body gets used to it, ill need to chage it up.

 

[Debaser]

I'm not trying to knock your program, but how is training once a week synonomous with "best"? Your goal is hypertrophy, right?

 

[The Shadow]

Incorect... I am currently doing the best routine... Needsize's 5x5.

...too bad you didnt try my Old School routine...basically a modified 5x5 which I posted up nearly a year earlier

 

[gettinlarger]

...too bad you didnt try my Old School routine...basically a modified 5x5 which I posted up nearly a year earlier

I'm gonna be doing this, starting mid to late summer.

 

[Boss101]

Or just do HST or DC. If your goal is to gain muscle, you'll never need another program for the rest of your life.

Bump! I've never tried DC before but HST is working real well for me.

 

[Debaser]

Maybe I should clarify a bit more. Spatts I know there is one way to skin a cat, I have said this a million times.

But regardless of whoever wanting to support whatever program, sometimes there is just a better way. Is it easier to skin a cat with a machete, or a rock? Yeah sorry for the graphic analogy. But it works. While the rock (5x5) would work, it's not near as efficient as it could be.

HST and DC were put forth through calculated research and personal experience. I like needsize and think he's a cool guy, but [please don't take offense to this NS] do you really think he knows more about muscle growth than Bryan Haycock? The man seems to spend every waking moment of his life either in the lab or in the gym, and helping others through HST.

Cornholio your old school routine actually hits it QUITE a bit on the head. You also recognize that the more you train, the more you grow if you're recovering. These programs merely expound on that a bit.

 

[spatts]

I'm not sure I care if Needsize knows more than Haycock, because they are both doing what works for them.

I think "the more you train, the more you grow if you're recovering" should be common sense...but it's not. People tend to overlook the key words of that sentence:

IF YOU'RE RECOVERING

Some people train in a way that doesn't promote recovery (rock) and others do (machete).

From what I can see, alot of the more popular routines are simply different brands of machetes.

 

[gmanlax7]

the Old School routine sounds like a good idea for the summer

isnt it 3days a week ?

that would be great cuz it is tougher getting to the gym in the summer when there is sun to lie in and hoops to play

 

[casualbb]

In terms of plateaus and training routines...

Medically speaking, the body adapts not to a specific routine but more a specific level of tension. Switching routines involves generally a changing of exercises and sometimes a shift to lower, heavier rep ranges. Both of those things put new levels of tension on muscles and can thus elicit new growth.

But, say you've found a program you like, and you plateau. Do you have to switch to a new program? Not at all! Yes, the muscles adapt to the tension, but you can reverse the adaptation by taking 2 weeks off. HST incorporates this idea as strategic deconditioning between loading cycles, but it can be applied anywhere. It would work great with the 5x5, because the 5x5 is very similar to a low-frequency HST, in that you start light and work towards heavy. 2 weeks off would allow the light stuff to cause growth again, and you wouldn't have to switch from a favorite program.

-casual