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I've been working on a test routine for the past month and didn't want to post till I saw true gains. What I was doing was on my first chest workout (flat bench) with no warmup I'd go for 3 sets of my true 1RM SPOTTER REQUIRED!!
Here's my results. Not bad for all natural.......
2/22- 200lbs - 1,1,1 - 185lbs- 3,2,2 150lbs- 8,7,6
2/28- 205lbs - 1,1,1 - 185lbs- 1,1 150lbs- 8,5,5
3/11- 205lbs - 1,1,1 - 165lbs- 7,5,4,3
3/20- 210lbs - 1,1,1 - 185lbs- 3,2,2 150lbs- 5
3/28- 210lbs - 1,1,1 - 185lbs- 5,3,2,1
4/4 - 215lbs - 1,1 - 185lbs- 3,3,3 150lbs- 8,7
As you can see the lower weights fluctuated a lot. I think this is due in part to the fact that I was pretty worn after giving everything into my 1RM. But I don't count reps if form is not right. So all reps are slow and controlled with perfect form. I guess I just wanted to show others that are going natural that if you realy push yourself you can break barriers without the aid of drugs. Granted you won't make the gains as quickly if you were on. But you still can make good improvements.
The key here is that logic says that the more weight you move the bigger you are. It is said that anything under 5 reps usually builds strength and not size as much. Size is supposedly built from 6-8 reps so I figured maybe if I concentrate on doing 1RM's for a few months and move my strength up a lot, my 6-8 rep range weight will improve much more dramatically than if I were to conentrate solely on doing 6-8 reps.
This then with logic means that since I'm doing heavier weights with the 6-8 rep range from the results of this routine, I am going to get bigger quicker now than If I stuck to doing 6-8 rep range.
I just figured I'd post this for anyone that wants to stay natural and wants to get bigger quicker naturally. I hope this helps.
Or you can always just take creatine like Mikey to get bigger. HAHA
Here's my results. Not bad for all natural.......
2/22- 200lbs - 1,1,1 - 185lbs- 3,2,2 150lbs- 8,7,6
2/28- 205lbs - 1,1,1 - 185lbs- 1,1 150lbs- 8,5,5
3/11- 205lbs - 1,1,1 - 165lbs- 7,5,4,3
3/20- 210lbs - 1,1,1 - 185lbs- 3,2,2 150lbs- 5
3/28- 210lbs - 1,1,1 - 185lbs- 5,3,2,1
4/4 - 215lbs - 1,1 - 185lbs- 3,3,3 150lbs- 8,7
As you can see the lower weights fluctuated a lot. I think this is due in part to the fact that I was pretty worn after giving everything into my 1RM. But I don't count reps if form is not right. So all reps are slow and controlled with perfect form. I guess I just wanted to show others that are going natural that if you realy push yourself you can break barriers without the aid of drugs. Granted you won't make the gains as quickly if you were on. But you still can make good improvements.
The key here is that logic says that the more weight you move the bigger you are. It is said that anything under 5 reps usually builds strength and not size as much. Size is supposedly built from 6-8 reps so I figured maybe if I concentrate on doing 1RM's for a few months and move my strength up a lot, my 6-8 rep range weight will improve much more dramatically than if I were to conentrate solely on doing 6-8 reps.
This then with logic means that since I'm doing heavier weights with the 6-8 rep range from the results of this routine, I am going to get bigger quicker now than If I stuck to doing 6-8 rep range.
I just figured I'd post this for anyone that wants to stay natural and wants to get bigger quicker naturally. I hope this helps.
Or you can always just take creatine like Mikey to get bigger. HAHA
) I'm glad you are committed to pushing yourself and experimenting in training techniques as a primary focus. You will continue to succeed.
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