currently doing your 5x5 plan.

having trouble with arm day because 30 sets total is a bit too long for me.

was wondering should I do triceps 1st week, biceps the 2nd?

Or should I train 6 days a week,

Or should I just do 20 sets - 2 exercises 5 sets each for tricep and bicep.

let me know thanks

how can i look like john cena, without the roids tho

is it possible for you to lay out a workout routine for me to purely increase the size of the major muscles? (ie, biceps, trisceps, chest, shoulders) and an ab shredding workout?

height, about 179 cm
weight about 160 lbs

This post was edited by TempoONE on Nov 18 2011 04:58pm

i have a question regarding an injury... i hurt my lower back doing deadlifts (assuming because of bad form) a few weeks ago, it has now been exactly two weeks since ive deadlift anything, i gave it a break hoping for it to feel better. it still hurts a lot when i bend over and stand straight up and move.. hurts a bit when i try to run as well.. even hurts when doing leg press, smith squats, regular squats. should i start feeling relief soon? could this be a herniated disk? i really dont want to go to the doctor because i really can't afford it, but if it keeps hurting im gonna have to... any suggestions, thoughts on whats goin on with my back? thanks man

Raynor,

You were definitely right I did my chest day today, and my shoulder was acting up a fair bit. Couldn't manage anything more than 95 pounds on a barbell freeweight incline. So I instead switched over to the machine which didn't aggravate my shoulder and did some much heavier incline presses without hurting my shoulder much at all.

Question: I got Powertec (the company that sold me the unit) to make me a custom part that combines the arms so they aren't separate. I basically put it on when I want unified arms, or take it off when I want separate arms. I'm wondering when I would want unified, and when I would want separate... or if separate is just always desirable over unified. I realize that separate = makes sure you don't overwork or underwork one part of your body, but I'm not sure what advantage combined would have.

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Nov 18 2011 07:53pm

Looks pretty good, in 4 weeks check your weight and see if it's gone up. If not, you need to increase cals by around 1,000.

you could do 20 sets which would be better than the other choices.

lol.

years of very hard work, excellent diet, good supplementation, plenty of sleep and water, and a good lifestyle.

You would really have to stick to a great plan, alternating between strength (5x5 or 3x5) and hypertrophy with a cutting phase if too much fat is gained during bulking.

This is best for size:


http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=345358141
Hypertrophy Plan 3-on-1-off (regular)


And this is best for abs::


http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=330745031
Abs Workout Routine

Your lower back has hurt for several weeks??? Has the pain got any better or is it exactly the same?

Have you iced it or anything else?

Is the pain dull and achy? or is it sharp and sporadic? Explain further.