Full Body Workouts - Muscle Building?
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I just wanted to know if anyone had experience with full body routines. I didn't mean to start an all out war. Anyway, thank you to those who sent useful information. I'm not a complete beginner, but I'm gonna start a full body routine tomorrow. I'll do full body for at least a month then I'll do an upper/lower split, like PHUL, and compare my progress. Thanks again for the informative comments!0
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timmster97 wrote: »I just wanted to know if anyone had experience with full body routines. I didn't mean to start an all out war. Anyway, thank you to those who sent useful information. I'm not a complete beginner, but I'm gonna start a full body routine tomorrow. I'll do full body for at least a month then I'll do an upper/lower split, like PHUL, and compare my progress. Thanks again for the informative comments!
Please don't mind the other stuff and try to utilize it as an opportunity to further learn. Training methods are debatable . But good luck.0 -
timmster97 wrote: »I just wanted to know if anyone had experience with full body routines. I didn't mean to start an all out war. Anyway, thank you to those who sent useful information. I'm not a complete beginner, but I'm gonna start a full body routine tomorrow. I'll do full body for at least a month then I'll do an upper/lower split, like PHUL, and compare my progress. Thanks again for the informative comments!
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I would recommend staying with a program for a minimum of 12 weeks before switching. The key to anyone lifting is consistency and progression/overload. Here are a couple of GREAT full body routines that you can stick with for as long as you continue to make progress....
Strong Lifts 5x5
Grey Skull LP
I feel both of these sites do a great job explaining the programs in detail. I personally started with Strong Lifts and then moved on to different types of programming based on my personal goals.
Enjoy!
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timmster97 wrote: »I've been reading a lot about how in the pre-roid era, the body builders would do full body workouts. I'm curious if anyone has had experience doing full body routines, and if so, are they good for building strength and muscle? Thanks in advance!
Lets set the record straight. You can gain muscle riding your bicycle! As long as you are breaking down and tearing the muscle and are eating properly to get that muscle to rebuild itself, you will gain muscle. Yes a full body workout can put muscle onto you. Riding a bike can put muscle onto you. The real question is, what are your goals.0 -
If I could do it all over again as a newbie, I would start with fullbody 6 days/week...0
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newbie3122 wrote: »If I could do it all over again as a newbie, I would start with fullbody 6 days/week...
Why? This does not sound right...0 -
As a beginner, I will need more frequency just to get my form down. 6x might be too excessive for a lot of people, but I think I can handle it with good recovery (I don't believe in overtraining). Never hit failure, but keep the workout with enough intensity, and progressively overload each week. Might switch to 'take a rest day as necessary' and then 'fullbody every other day' later or somethingDancingMoosie wrote: »newbie3122 wrote: »If I could do it all over again as a newbie, I would start with fullbody 6 days/week...
Why? This does not sound right...
Most of everything I do are just based on bro-sciences. To me, weight training is an experimental process, full of trial and error. What doesn't work for one person might work for me.
Plus fullbody every single day sounds like fun
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Not entirely true. If the resistance is the same day after day, muscle isn't being built, just maintained.timmster97 wrote: »I've been reading a lot about how in the pre-roid era, the body builders would do full body workouts. I'm curious if anyone has had experience doing full body routines, and if so, are they good for building strength and muscle? Thanks in advance!
Lets set the record straight. You can gain muscle riding your bicycle! As long as you are breaking down and tearing the muscle and are eating properly to get that muscle to rebuild itself, you will gain muscle. Yes a full body workout can put muscle onto you. Riding a bike can put muscle onto you. The real question is, what are your goals.
Building muscle requires progressive overload. By the analogy you speak of, walking should be able to build muscle if you just walk fast enough.
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Anything with resistance can build muscles really by progressively overloading. It depends on OP's goal, but for just strength/hypertrophy weight training is one of the quicker ways
Not entirely true. If the resistance is the same day after day, muscle isn't being built, just maintained.timmster97 wrote: »I've been reading a lot about how in the pre-roid era, the body builders would do full body workouts. I'm curious if anyone has had experience doing full body routines, and if so, are they good for building strength and muscle? Thanks in advance!
Lets set the record straight. You can gain muscle riding your bicycle! As long as you are breaking down and tearing the muscle and are eating properly to get that muscle to rebuild itself, you will gain muscle. Yes a full body workout can put muscle onto you. Riding a bike can put muscle onto you. The real question is, what are your goals.
Building muscle requires progressive overload. By the analogy you speak of, walking should be able to build muscle if you just walk fast enough.
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Not entirely true. If the resistance is the same day after day, muscle isn't being built, just maintained.timmster97 wrote: »I've been reading a lot about how in the pre-roid era, the body builders would do full body workouts. I'm curious if anyone has had experience doing full body routines, and if so, are they good for building strength and muscle? Thanks in advance!
Lets set the record straight. You can gain muscle riding your bicycle! As long as you are breaking down and tearing the muscle and are eating properly to get that muscle to rebuild itself, you will gain muscle. Yes a full body workout can put muscle onto you. Riding a bike can put muscle onto you. The real question is, what are your goals.
Building muscle requires progressive overload. By the analogy you speak of, walking should be able to build muscle if you just walk fast enough.
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That is why I specifically stated "As long as you are breaking down and tearing the muscle" Walking would not do that clearly.0 -
Not entirely true. If the resistance is the same day after day, muscle isn't being built, just maintained.timmster97 wrote: »I've been reading a lot about how in the pre-roid era, the body builders would do full body workouts. I'm curious if anyone has had experience doing full body routines, and if so, are they good for building strength and muscle? Thanks in advance!
Lets set the record straight. You can gain muscle riding your bicycle! As long as you are breaking down and tearing the muscle and are eating properly to get that muscle to rebuild itself, you will gain muscle. Yes a full body workout can put muscle onto you. Riding a bike can put muscle onto you. The real question is, what are your goals.
Building muscle requires progressive overload. By the analogy you speak of, walking should be able to build muscle if you just walk fast enough.
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I did full body last night, just compound exercises, and I liked it!2
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So riding a bike (as you stated) will even if resistance is low intensity like walking? I mean, if the resistance is increase, then the load does so walking UPHILL would build some leg muscle to an extent same as riding a bike UP HILL.
Not entirely true. If the resistance is the same day after day, muscle isn't being built, just maintained.timmster97 wrote: »I've been reading a lot about how in the pre-roid era, the body builders would do full body workouts. I'm curious if anyone has had experience doing full body routines, and if so, are they good for building strength and muscle? Thanks in advance!
Lets set the record straight. You can gain muscle riding your bicycle! As long as you are breaking down and tearing the muscle and are eating properly to get that muscle to rebuild itself, you will gain muscle. Yes a full body workout can put muscle onto you. Riding a bike can put muscle onto you. The real question is, what are your goals.
Building muscle requires progressive overload. By the analogy you speak of, walking should be able to build muscle if you just walk fast enough.
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That is why I specifically stated "As long as you are breaking down and tearing the muscle" Walking would not do that clearly.
And it's not just about breaking up muscle. People get sore (break down of muscle) stretching. Or you can break up muscle doing push ups, but eventually that translates more to muscular endurance than hypertrophy.
I don't think your analogy is concise when it comes to actual muscle building.
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Lol, so does Freelee and Durianrider. I guess it must be valid information.......................
Not entirely true. If the resistance is the same day after day, muscle isn't being built, just maintained.timmster97 wrote: »I've been reading a lot about how in the pre-roid era, the body builders would do full body workouts. I'm curious if anyone has had experience doing full body routines, and if so, are they good for building strength and muscle? Thanks in advance!
Lets set the record straight. You can gain muscle riding your bicycle! As long as you are breaking down and tearing the muscle and are eating properly to get that muscle to rebuild itself, you will gain muscle. Yes a full body workout can put muscle onto you. Riding a bike can put muscle onto you. The real question is, what are your goals.
Building muscle requires progressive overload. By the analogy you speak of, walking should be able to build muscle if you just walk fast enough.
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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
@ninerbuff don't argue with the man! He has a YouTube Fitness Channel................
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