Why?

[tyson cole]

when i was 19/20 i follwed the following program for 10 weeks and got truly nasty ripped. But afterwards i was really tired for about a month. Was it overtraining? I would like to follow something similiar again but i suspect i'll need to take more supplements or something so i can recover betterday
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2 split repeated 3 times a week plus 45 mins walking each day. Sunday off

day 1
ch.sh/arms

=flat bench 2x5, 1x20
inc bench 2x15, 1x6
flys 3x15

laterals 3x15
rear laterals 3x15
shd press 4x8

seated curls 4x12
concentration curls 3x15

tricep pushdowns 3x10
kickbacks 3x15
dips 2x?

day 2
bk/legs

pulldown 3x15
row cable 3x15
deadlifts 4x8

squats 4x12
leg curls 3x15
leg ext 3x15
calf raises 5x15

abs 15 mins ever 2nd day


It took about 1 hr to complete/ 30 sec rests b/w sets.
i also took eca and carnitine.

 

[overhead]

If i did 33 or 34 set a workout(like day 1) at a high intensity level three times a week I would probably overtrain. I would have to either cut back intensity (not a good idea in my opinion), or cut the amount of days a week I trained, or cut the number of sets down and go with a higher intensity level. If it were me, I would cut the number of sets back some.

 

[b fold the truth]

I've never knows the two terms 'ripped' and 'energetic' to go in the same sentence before...

B True

 

[tyson cole]

i was thinking i might have to only do 2 hard sets per exercise. I usually had to lower the intensity on the seconde cycle of the split b/c i was quite sore from the first split. but i figured this just acted as a low intensity component of the microcycle... would it work just as well if i only repeated the split twice a week with say wed off in between?

 

[tyson cole]

good point.