Hey guys,
Im 17 years old. I trained for exactly 9 months before I quit lifting. Made awesome gains.
I stopped lifting due to the start of my wrestling season which went great. I used the past-tense since I was just diagnosed with mono.
SO now that I have WAY too much time on my hands I’m looking to find a new lifting program that fits my needs. I’m looking for a “functional” strength program(though hypertrophy wouldn’t be bad…). Being a wrestler I need strong legs, and huge back, and decent arms with a focus on bis(basically everything but strong pecs).
SO my question is, after being out so long what program should I use to maximize my strength gains?
Let me know what you guys think, and thanks for the help in advance.
Nice to hear you are back… I think A program with compound movements like squats, dead, bench, power clean and press, and chins would be excellant choices of exercises for your program. Now take those exercises and make a 5x5 program with them three times a week… and apply a HST type periodization program to it when it comes to weights used. and I think you would have one hell of a program.
Good advice given above. Lots of big compound movements with low reps and olympic movements for explosive power. The Bear would be a great exercise for you. Renegade training would be great too. High Octane Cardio would be a good idea as next season approaches.