Quote (DOM_innate @ Feb 22 2012 08:37pm)

hey raynor, can you enlighten me on the various types of workouts and what they are used for?

things im looking for:

1. full body workout vs splits when do you do each?

2. when doing splits what is the goal when breaking down days (is there a min number of days required to do them, do they need to be done in multiples of 2 days)?

3. when cutting is full body or splits better?

4. what are pros/cons of full vs split

5. also ive seen you post back workouts on say a wednesday followed by a leg workout on thursday, from what ive heard leg day uses alot of back muscles, how much effect does that take on the leg workout?

6. is hypertrophy done mainly for the aesthetics look? from what ive read about it, that seems to be what it does, just makes the muscle look bigger not exactly stronger. is this true?

7. finally when doing hypertrophy, is there a best way to do it (full vs splits)?

thanks in advance! and i appreciate all the help you give to this forum. really is an awesome source of knowledge.

Quote (TempoONE @ Feb 22 2012 11:23pm)

Would doing this ontop of my regular workout be overkill?  I really don't want my numbers to go down while I train for this Fit test

Quote (MegaVovaN @ Feb 23 2012 02:08am)

seems like a dumb question, but is drinking vegetable smoothies (blended with blender) exactly same as eating the same amount of veggies? I drank shitton the past couple of days, and my crap was light to dark green the next two days. Feels like I crapped all of it out lmao

Quote (BaltimoreMD @ Feb 23 2012 02:08am)

i was told i should drink a muscle milk after i work out
is this true?

Quote (Deathslaya16 @ Feb 23 2012 06:04am)

hey ray,

what does glycolic acid do for acne? also would you recommend it?

Quote (SKCRaynor @ Feb 23 2012 04:35pm)

1. full body workouts are for very moderate lifters and people looking for simply exercise and not much in the way of muscular gains. Single muscle groups or 2-muscle group splits are best for mass building.

2. There is no such requirement. I think you are confusing splits with hypertrophy

3. Again, full body should be avoided unless you are striving for mediocrity.

4. There is no pro to full-body. It burns calories like any other workout, and also helps build a very small amount of muscle. But in general, full body workouts do not hold a candle to anything else.

5. Legs day and back day are fine to be within 24 hours of each other. If you train legs properly you will use minimal amounts of your back.

6. hypertrophy is for gaining size/volume instead of pure strength and density.

7. hypertrophy plan has been listed before. I will post again for you. It's a split. I never recommend full body anything.

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

Quote (45sz @ Feb 23 2012 03:39pm)

I'm looking to buy a belt that will most likely last me forever .


I'm sure you have heard of them

http://www.inzernet.com/detailbelt.asp?PRODUCTID=FOREVERLEVER10MM

What do you think of the forever lever inzer belt?

It's 67$ pus shipping.  Reasonable I guess
Only thing that sucks is it takes like 2-4 weeks
And I been reading their customer service blows

What you think?
When measuring your size for a belt.  Do you go by the circumference of your waist. Or your stomach?

Quote (DOM_innate @ Feb 23 2012 06:40pm)

excellent thanks man.

oh and i see alot of people that swear to doing just compound exercises and laughing at the thought of doing any isolated workouts. i know youve said before we should go for balance. why do people swear by just compounds and why should iso's be included?

Quote (SKCRaynor @ Feb 23 2012 04:42pm)

Some people are just simply bull-headed and believe things they hear from others, or construe misguided information on their own.

Pure compounds is a waste. Pure isolation is a waste. You need both for the complete package (Aesthetics, Functional Strength, Power, and Size)

Quote (SKCRaynor @ Feb 23 2012 06:41pm)

Damn good belts. Lifetime though? Probably not. Definitely a few good years though (at least 5).

You measure the area at which you will be placing the belt. Obviously pick the larger of the two and crank down the size of the belt when you get it. Better to have larger because you can always tighten...can't necessarily loosen.