Designed by Bryan Haycock MS

Email: [email protected]

This is a workout that I designed after years of studying hypertrophy-specific research. I now use myself (added additional 10-20 pounds), and have used successfully to train competitive bodybuilders for some time. It is NOT designed for competitive track athletes, Powerlifters or Olympic lifters. It is designed according to research looking specifically at muscle hypertrophy, not muscle performance. This kind of training is fine to put on size during the off-season, but do not use this routine if you are a performance athlete during the competitive season.

This subject deserves a lot more attention than I am able to give it here. I will cover the topic more thoroughly in the future, including references. In the meantime, if you want to grow as fast as possible, this type of high-frequency, high-intensity, low-volume training is most effective. If you are interested in this topic you may find a previous 3 part article on Mesomorphosis interesting as well. You can read it here: http://www.mesomorphosis.com/exclusive/haycock/training01.htm

Sample Workout.

Each body part should be trained using the following exercises:

Body Part
Exercise(s)

Legs
Squat or Leg Press & Leg Curls (Leg Ext. optional)

Chest
Bench (slight incline) & Dip (use dumbbells if shoulders bother you)

Back
Chins (W&N grip) & Seated or Bent Over Row (W&N grip)

Shoulders
Lateral Raise (Rear) and shoulder press

Biceps
Any Aone@ curling movement per session (switch it frequently)

Triceps
Triceps Push-down or Lying Tri Ext.

Torso
Crunch (w/weight) or machine

NOTES:

Workout should be performed 3 times per week.

Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday are rest days. Light cardio (20-40 min.) may be performed on rest days. Incline treadmill (brisk walk) should be first choice.

There is an obligatory increase in weight (from 5-20 lbs.) each workout. This means that at times you may be working with less than your maximum weight for any given rep scheme. This is by design. You will reach max poundages for a given rep range on the last workout of each two week block.

Repetitions will decrease every 2 weeks in the following order: 15 for 2 weeks � 10 for 2 weeks � 5 for 2 weeks � 5s/negatives for two weeks. 15�s can be skipped when you are about to start over after the first 8 week cycle. If you are feeling strain-type injuries coming on don't skip the 15s.

Sets will be limited to 1-2 per exercise. There is no problem with a single set per body part as long as it is a maximum effort and/or the rep tempo and form is strictly controlled or the weight is extremely heavy preventing further sets.

Complete each workout using designated poundages even if muscles are sore from previous workout. It is important to know the difference between an injury and ordinary muscle soreness.

Following each 6-8 week cycle, a one-week break should be taken during which no, or very little, training should be performed. This time is used to recuperate and allow any minor over-use injuries to heal. Try to get plenty of sleep as well as participate in leisure activities outside of the gym.

The whole workout can be split into a morning and afternoon session. It can likewise be doubled, performing the same workout morning and evening. Keeping volume (number of sets and exercises) low is critical if doubling the workout.

Sample Two-Week Block using 10 reps.

10 Rep Maxs� for all exercises were established previously and are as follows:

Squat = 10x235 lbs

Leg Curl = 10x70 lbs

Bench = 10x185 lbs

Chins = 10xBW+10 lbs

Dips = 10xBW+20 lbs

Rows = 10x150 lbs

Delts (Rear) = 10x30 lbs

Shrugs = 10x185 lbs

Bis = 10x45 lbs

Tris = 10x50 lbs

Mon
Squat = 2x10x135lbs

Leg Curl = 2x10x45 lbs

Bench = 2x10x165 lbs

Chins = 2x10xBW

Delts (Rear)=2x10x5 lbs

Shrugs = 2x10x135 lbs

Bis = 2x10x20 lbs

Tris = 2x10x25 lbs
Rest

WED
Squat = 2x10x155 lbs

Leg Curl = 2x10x50 lbs

Dips = 2x10xBW

Rows = 2x10x130 lbs

Delts (Rear)2x10x10 lbs

Shrugs = 2x10x145 lbs

Bis = 2x10x25 lbs

Tris = 2x10x30 lbs
Rest

FRI
Squat = 2x10x175 lbs

Leg Curl = 2x10x55 lbs

Bench = 2x10x175 lbs

Chins = 2x10xBW+5 lbs

Delts (Rear)2x10x15 lbs

Shrugs = 2x10x155 lbs

Bis = 2x10x30 lbs

Tris = 2x10x35 lbs

MON Week2
Squat = 2x10x195 lbs

Leg Curl = 2x10x60 lbs

Dips =2x10xBW+10 lbs

Rows = 2x10x140 lbs

Delts (Rear)2x10x20 lbs

Shrugs = 2x10x165 lbs

Bis = 2x10x35 lbs

Tris = 2x10x40 lbs
Rest


WED week2
Squat = 2x10x215 lbs

Leg Curl = 2x10x65 lbs

Bench = 2x10x185 lbs

Chins 2x10xBW+10 lbs

Delts (Rear)2x10x25 lbs

Shrugs = 2x10x175 lbs

Bis = 2x10x40 lbs

Tris = 2x10x 45 lbs
Rest

fri week2
Squat = 2x10x235 lbs

Leg Curl = 2x10x70 lbs

Dips =2x10xBW+20 lbs

Rows = 2x10x150 lbs

Delts (Rear)2x10x30 lbs

Shrugs = 2x10x185 lbs

Bis = 2x10x45 lbs

Tris = 2x10x50 lbs

Workouts should be done in similar fashion for each rep scheme using the appropriate poundages determined by your *RM.

Use the training log form included to keep track of your performance. Make multiple copies for future cycles.

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Originally posted by aa1810:
Complete each workout using designated poundages even if muscles are sore from previous workout. It is important to know the difference between an injury and ordinary muscle soreness.

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If the muscles are sore from the previous work out, that's a good indication that you should NOT work out. An injury and muscle soreness are two different things, but they are both common due to the fact that they are both good reasons NOT to lift weights.

Personally, it looks like total crap to me. Training the same muscle three times a week with the same exercise (as part of a full-body workout which is duplicated on all three days) is absurd. 8 exercises in one workout... how long will that take? Well, 2 sets per exercise = 16 sets per workout. If you take 3 minutes rest between sets and it takes you 30 seconds to perform one set, then that's about an hour already. What about stretching and warmup sets? Just gonna hop on the bench and start benching with no warmup? That's crazy.

Next is the poundages themself. If it were already established that your 10 rep max in the squat was 235lbs, then what's the point of working at <200lbs? Why save the "heavier" sets of squats till the end of the week when the legs will be so incredibly destroyed after 2 workouts happening just a few days prior (which should never have happened to begin with).

The main things I see wrong with this routine are:

1) Lack of sufficient recovery time.
2) Lack of utilization of appropriate weight.
3) Length of the workout.
4) The fact that everything is trained in one day.

Delete that e-mail - fast.

-Warik

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