training advice needed

[fitgrl]

What do you guys think about this training schedule?
It is called an A, B, C workout: Example

A=10x10
B=3x5, 3x12, 3x40
C=2x5,12,5,12,5,40,5,12,5,40,5

Week one: / Week two:
M: chest------A / chest-----B
Tues: bi's/tri's--B / Bi's---C Tri's---A
Wed: hams---C / hams/quads----B
quads---A / back-------A
Thurs: back---B / shoulders----B
Fri: shoulder---A /

It goes like this:B,A,B,C,B,A,B,C,B.......
for each exercise.

I have put on alot of muscle doing this. I am just curious on what some of you think. Does it sound like I am overtraining?

 

[spatts]

Sounds like a Shakespearean Sonnet, only worse.

 

[fitgrl]

Thanks. Can you understand it? It looked kind of weird to me after I posted it.

 

[spatts]

I get it, but I think it's hella complicated. Perhaps it was designed to be so complicated that you forget to look at the fact that it's a silly split. lol

 

[fitgrl]

Any recommendations on a new training cycle? I want to be big. Also, any supplement recommendations?

stats: 5'2", 112lbs- 117lbs
I have been working out for one year. I have just started doing sprints, 2xweek. I want more muscle. Help!

 

[spatts]

I did a split smilar to what Wilson6 recommends, where I alternated intensities on exercise.

Eat, keep sprinting and lift HEAVY. Personally, I like Dual factor hypertrophy training. You can get the low down on it over on the training board. There's a "Training Methods" sticky up top, and it's on there.

 

[fitgrl]

What about supp's?

 

[SteelWeaver]

That looks like Fred Hatfield's training concept, and is similar to the light heavy concept W6 has talked about, except with a fair amount more volume, since it has light, medium and heavy. It works on the theory that smaller muscle groups recover faster than the bigger ones, so you basically cycle training intensity per muscle group, rather than per whole body - Hatfield's is actually a fair bit more complex than the above, lol! That looks like a sort of mixed up version of it.

Not sure why the 40's are in there, but Hatfield had some 20's in, based on the theory that higher reps increase capillarity, thus improving blood flow to the muscle, and I guess, if you're a bodybuilder interested in vascularity, it would be beneficial there.

As for your question - well, if you've put on a lot of muscle, and you're not feeling any symptoms of overtraining, then you're not overtraining, and in fact are one lucky girl, because dammit, we all want to put on a bunch of muscle (and/or get super strong )and will jump at any programme that will get the job done most efficiently.

So carry on going. Or DFHT is fun, but I found it to be a bit too much for me - started getting RC issues and things - play with the volume on it.

Supps: creatine, protein, antioxidants, and lots of lovely clean food

 

[fitgrl]

Thanks. This is some great advice.

 

[pwr_machine]

Two questions:

1) Wouldn't a powerlifting type training cycle help put some mass on her?

2) If she had the opportunity to train with Bigguns15, would you recommend it?