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Instinctive Training - Full Body Everyday

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#1
  • I think about it like this. 1. Obviously your body works as a unit. 2. People work construction, masonry, tree logging, you name it, it all involves the use of your whole body. Im thinking about training my whole body 5 times a week.

Lets say on Tuesday if I feel I need more back development ill add in some deadlifts or bent over rows, even if I trained them the day before but didn’t fully stimulate the muscles. If I feel on Thursday I need more bicep training ill add in some curls or what ever exercises I choose.

  • I have in the past trained fullbody 4 times a week and worked great, I just got burned out quickly because I got cocky and went heavy almost everyday. I have worked construction and trained 5 days in a row, I was in the best shape of my life.

So why are people so bent on training to little. I fully believe in stimulating the muscle and not fully obliterating it like most people do on modern splits. The only downside I really see is not having a set routine to follow that makes it a bit easier in the long run.

(Keep in mind this is already with proper diet and proper sleep habits)

Opinions and ideas are welcomed…

#2

Can I see a picture of your physique to see how great it worked?

#3

Conventional hard labour does not create a bodybuilder’s physique.

Bodybuilder training creates a bodybuilder’s physique. We’ve transcended beyond what traditional hardwork can create, no human being can become a mass monster through chopping logs so to base one’s training method off the traditional thought that “muscles are an adaptation to tough conditions” will only yield sub-optimal results if that idea of “hardwork” is basic labour.

Just out of curiosity, stats?

#4

[quote]PowerliftingBBer wrote:

  • I think about it like this. 1. Obviously your body works as a unit. 2. People work construction, masonry, tree logging, you name it, it all involves the use of your whole body. Im thinking about training my whole body 5 times a week. Lets say on Tuesday if I feel I need more back development ill add in some deadlifts or bent over rows, even if I trained them the day before but didn’t fully stimulate the muscles. If I feel on Thursday I need more bicep training ill add in some curls or what ever exercises I choose.
  • I have in the past trained fullbody 4 times a week and worked great, I just got burned out quickly because I got cocky and went heavy almost everyday. I have worked construction and trained 5 days in a row, I was in the best shape of my life. So why are people so bent on training to little. I fully believe in stimulating the muscle and not fully obliterating it like most people do on modern splits. The only downside I really see is not having a set routine to follow that makes it a bit easier in the long run.

(Keep in mind this is already with proper diet and proper sleep habits)

Opinions and ideas are welcomed[/quote]

This is one of the worst trolljobs ive ever seen. but if in all seriousness your looking to do something like this i would look up crossfit or gpp type routines and get off the bodybuilding forum.

#5

sounds as strange as that 200 pullups a day routine steel12 had…whatever happened to that guy

#6

WoW talk about getting flamed lol First off im not a troll, second off this is a serious post, and 2rd off, thanks for the opinions, haha

#7

Nothing wrong with full-body routines, but doing that 5 times a week will overtrain the fuck out of you.

#8

No, I am actually curious to see how it has worked for you. If you could post your stats and some pics of your physique maybe we can gauge its effectiveness.

#9

[quote]jb99 wrote:
No, I am actually curious to see how it has worked for you. If you could post your stats and some pics of your physique maybe we can gauge its effectiveness. [/quote]

I never did it yet, I was just looking for peoples opinions. when I was doing construction I was hitting one muscle group per day. Plus for this routine its not like im going 5x5 everyday, its more like 1 set one day maybe 2 the next and so fourth.

#10

I just keep a log(like 6 different pages) of different exercises for different muscle groups/movements, and I record my PRs in the box associated to that exercise.
Sometimes I’m not feeling front squats, so I’ll do back squats, chin-ups feel like shit, i’ll do inverted rows, and just try to PR in some way(weight/reps/both/other) every workout.

If I’m not feeling particularly well on a certain day, just super worn out from work, I won’t go for PR’s that day, but still get some stimulation.

#11

[quote]PowerliftingBBer wrote:
…I have in the past trained fullbody 4 times a week and worked great…[/quote]

[quote]PowerliftingBBer wrote:

[quote]jb99 wrote:
…If you could post your stats and some pics of your physique maybe we can gauge its effectiveness. [/quote]

I never did it yet…

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#12

[quote]Eric 2.0 wrote:

[quote]PowerliftingBBer wrote:
…I have in the past trained fullbody 4 times a week and worked great…[/quote]

[quote]PowerliftingBBer wrote:

[quote]jb99 wrote:
…If you could post your stats and some pics of your physique maybe we can gauge its effectiveness. [/quote]

I never did it yet…[/quote]
[/quote]
Trained 4x a week fullbody in the past…but I never did what I posted in this thread yet.

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4007/meforearm.jpg

I was bigger when I was doing the routine bc I was working a job where I sat down all day now that im active I lost a bit of weight

#13

I’d say just stick with a split

#14

[quote]MattyG35 wrote:
I just keep a log(like 6 different pages) of different exercises for different muscle groups/movements, and I record my PRs in the box associated to that exercise.
Sometimes I’m not feeling front squats, so I’ll do back squats, chin-ups feel like shit, i’ll do inverted rows, and just try to PR in some way(weight/reps/both/other) every workout.

If I’m not feeling particularly well on a certain day, just super worn out from work, I won’t go for PR’s that day, but still get some stimulation.[/quote]
Thats how it usually works with me too.

#15

lol @ this

#16

[quote]PowerliftingBBer wrote:

[quote]Eric 2.0 wrote:

[quote]PowerliftingBBer wrote:
…I have in the past trained fullbody 4 times a week and worked great…[/quote]

[quote]PowerliftingBBer wrote:

[quote]jb99 wrote:
…If you could post your stats and some pics of your physique maybe we can gauge its effectiveness. [/quote]

I never did it yet…[/quote]
[/quote]
Trained 4x a week fullbody in the past…but I never did what I posted in this thread yet.

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4007/meforearm.jpg

I was bigger when I was doing the routine bc I was working a job where I sat down all day now that im active I lost a bit of weight[/quote]

LOL

LOL!!!

#17

X gone give it to ya.

#18

Instinctive training? If pooping was as instinctive as your training you would be much bigger.

#19

[quote]PowerliftingBBer wrote:

  • I think about it like this. 1. Obviously your body works as a unit. 2. People work construction, masonry, tree logging, you name it, it all involves the use of your whole body. Im thinking about training my whole body 5 times a week.

Lets say on Tuesday if I feel I need more back development ill add in some deadlifts or bent over rows, even if I trained them the day before but didn’t fully stimulate the muscles. If I feel on Thursday I need more bicep training ill add in some curls or what ever exercises I choose.

  • I have in the past trained fullbody 4 times a week and worked great, I just got burned out quickly because I got cocky and went heavy almost everyday. I have worked construction and trained 5 days in a row, I was in the best shape of my life.

So why are people so bent on training to little. I fully believe in stimulating the muscle and not fully obliterating it like most people do on modern splits. The only downside I really see is not having a set routine to follow that makes it a bit easier in the long run.

(Keep in mind this is already with proper diet and proper sleep habits)

Opinions and ideas are welcomed…[/quote]

Joel Marion has a program that has you doing full body 5 times a week. CT says he likes that program. Try it out. I say it’s too fucking much, but what the hell, don’t take my word for it, do it and see for yourself (or not).

#20

Oh and your picture doesn’t tell much, except that you may be Screech from “Saved by the bell”.