Still doing BEAR?

Import · January 20, 2003, 4:19pm

Anyone out there still doing Pavel’s Russian Bear for their mass/gaining phases? Just curious if their is still any intrest in it…
thanks!

Import · January 20, 2003, 4:48pm

I think Patricia and KO swears by it.

Import · January 20, 2003, 4:51pm

No, I think Pat and Ko do an exercise called the Bear that Coach Davies came up with, not Pavel’s program.

Import · January 20, 2003, 5:48pm

Sorry your correct. My fualt…

Import · January 20, 2003, 6:56pm

It looked like a fun program, although I never tried it. I was going to do it with EDT arms on a mass phase, but decided to go with something different. I may, however, do just that sometime in the future.

Joel

Import · January 20, 2003, 10:02pm

I used it for a while and really liked it. However, I prefer the German Volume training program for mass gains.

Import · January 20, 2003, 10:18pm

Hey, Mikey (this is open to others as well)…did you ever you the more experienced versions of GVT? That is, did you ever increase the intensity such that you were utilizing 10 x 6 or 10 x 8 rep schemes? Or did you stick to 10 x 10? I’m actually not sure on the former numbers (i.e. 10 x 6 or 8), but I remember Chuckie P suggesting that one move along after the 10 x 10 program, which was quite humbling actually.

Import · January 20, 2003, 10:53pm

Mike - that article you wrote about Rest-Pause training, how keen are you about using that for a mass phase?

Import · January 20, 2003, 10:56pm

Joel - would you follow the program as is or modify it in anyway?

Import · January 21, 2003, 12:14am

I was going to start with a weight I could do 10 times and then do 5 rep sets with one minute rest inbetween until I could no longer complete a fiver in excellent form; I think this is how it is outlined.

Joel

P.S. If you meant EDT arms; I would change some of the exercise selection there.

I'd probably set it up like:

M- Deadlift

T- Arms

W- Off

R- Bench Press

F- Arms

Sa- Off

Su- Off