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Comment on Bodybuilding Supplements by Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:58:13 +0000

Great advise John. Isshaq, the risks far outweigh any benefits you may get. Lift heavy, lift hard, get rest, stay clean.

Comment on Workout Routines by John

John — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:17:18 +0000

Hi Kyle

The percentages are for your warmup, lets assume your working weight for an exercise is 100lbs, the percentages are your warmup of the working weight, so if you see 50% this would be 50lbs etc. Hope that helps

Comment on Full Body Workout Routines by bobby

bobby — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:51:17 +0000

hi john,

love this website for gr8 ideas. always been looking for this sort of stuff for advice. thx ill give it a go, ill have to miss out some of they exercise’s tho as i dont have a bench or bar. dumbells are poor too so need to refer to machines. will give ur ideas a go. can only train thursday sat and sun thts the only problem, also do u recommend protein supplements? im using usn mass the now to get more carbs and tht.

Comment on 5 Stupid Mistakes That Ruin Your Workout by Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:43:27 +0000

GENDER:MALE
AGE:50
HEIGHT:5’9″
WEIGHT:212 LBS
BENCH:235 LBS
SQUAT:350 LBS
DEADLIFT:385 LBS
MILITARY PRESS: 165 LBS
BENT OVER ROW: 315 LBS
PULLUPS: 22
BODYFAT: 24% A little more than I like, but hey I’m getting older. LOL
I added three extra exercises that I believe can give a better look at how strong and fit a person is. In the real world I’ve never had to push something heavy off my chest, but I have had to pull something to me, push something over my head, and pull my body off of the ground. I work out for practicality and strength, not for size. I have five horses and so I stack a lot of hay. I need to be able to pickup a 90 to 120 lb bail of hay, lift it to my chest, and push it over head, (clean and press) and do this 40 to 60 times in a row, depending on how many ton I get. I also need to show all these young cowboys that this old cowboy can still out work them any day of the week and twice on Sunday. haha. Once again thanks for your site.

Comment on Workout Routines by Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:31:04 +0000

Hi John,

Can you help me?
For the percentages, does that mean I should be doing each set by the percentage?

Comment on Full Body Workout Routines by John

John — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:29:49 +0000

Hi Bobby

The first thing I would suggest is to change your workout days, you are not getting enough rest between workouts between Thursday & Sunday and then too much rest after Sunday. Make sure you have 48 hours rest between workouts, could you not do Thursday, Saturday, Monday, or something to that effect?

Regarding pyramid lifting, this is fine providing you are making progress in weight, make sure you keep a record, once you hit 8 reps on all 3 sets go up in weigh. However it is easier to track progress when you keep the weight the same.

Lastly, if you want to put on size you need to do compound moves, I suggest you include the following exercises into your routine: barbell bench press, back squats, deadlift, pull ups (wide grip & narrow grip), barbell shoulder press.

There is no need to do 2 exercises per muscle group, to give you an idea my full body workout consists of: bench press, back squat, standing press, pull ups & cleans. I do this 3 times per week and am getting fantastic results, getting stronger every week!

hope this helps

Comment on Full Body Workout Routines by bobby

bobby — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:09:18 +0000

hi john i train thursday sat and sunday. trying to build muscle then get toned. lifting heavy weights every session but im not sure if this will work looking for advice wether to do pyramids or stay at the same weight for each rep. doing 3×8 heavy for evey exercise and doing 2 exercises for each muscle. dont have gr8 free weights so using machines. appreciate any advice.

Comment on 5 Stupid Mistakes That Ruin Your Workout by John

John — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:24:23 +0000

Woops, sorry Jerry. Glad you are enjoying the site, PS. What is your 1 rep max on Bench, deadlift & squat? Id like to add your stats to the following page http://www.greatweightlifting.com/personal-best-table-1rm

Also need to know your age & weight.

Comment on 5 Stupid Mistakes That Ruin Your Workout by Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:22:59 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. I had actually decided to stop stretching to see if it helped. lol . Keep up the good work. I’m enjoying your site.

Comment on Full Body Workout Routines by Pastor Greg Kelley

Pastor Greg Kelley — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:09:51 +0000

Hi John
Thxs it did & the old saying you can’t teach a old dog new tricks is a lie brother I liked how you said you make very seldom changes to your routine, such as a variation of the exercise or different rep range
Thxs again for the help & the great website