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The End of Confusion

Before I start going heavy into the routines again, I wanted to make this post a sort of catch-all. The one key post that leads to everything else.

There was and is so much confusion when it comes to weight training. How many reps and sets do I use? Do I lift the weight fast or SuperSlow? Do I try HIT, Westside or the stuff in Flex magazine?

It’s a never ending roller coaster ride of indecision. It can be so confusing in fact, that some throw their hands in the air and never pick up a weight again. Not good at all.

Is there a way out of this maze? You bet. I’m about to share it with you.

First, forget the set and rep crap. You know your own body. If you want to do one set to failure or multiple sets of 10, then do it. Do what feels right to you. Attitude is 80 percent of strength training and if you don’t believe a certain set and rep protocol will help, then most likely it won’t.

Exercise selection is different. If you want to get bigger muscles you must perform multi-joint, compound movements. Stay away from the bunny rabbit, isolation exercises like preacher curls and the like. The old timers pre-steroid era knew this.

Here’s a prescription to follow for exercise selection: for the lower body, choose the squat or leg press and the deadlift (yes that’s all you need). For upper body, choose the bench press, overhead press, rows, and pulldowns or curls.

That’s it. Throw in some ab work and you have a complete total body program.

As far as workout frequency goes, I have always believed that less is better. I advocate 2-3 days per week weight training, but that might not be what trips your trigger. If you can progress, make gains and recover fast than do more. Remember, do what’s right for you.

I would suggest not lifting more than four days per week. I have yet to see anybody but the super drugged out bodybuilder be able to handle and recover from more than four days of weight training.

Finally, get your attitude right. Belief is the most important quality to have when weight training. If you truly believe you’ll be big, strong and healthy – then you will. Simple as that.

The only other advice I’d give is stay away from the bodybuilding rags that say you have to take this supplement or that pill to get bigger. Follow a sensible nutrition plan, take a multivitamin, swallow some creatine and protein if you want, and you’ll do fine.

Don’t over complicate things when it comes to weight training. Follow sound, common sense principles and you’ll be far ahead of the 90% who don’t.

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The Blog Will Be Active Again

Hey everyone… I’m back. Sorry it took so long, but I had some personal issues come up that I needed to take care of.

Now that I’m here again I have some special things coming up the Workout Routines blog that I’d like to share with you. But first, I need to explain why I was off the blog for so long.

As you may or may not know. I was involved in a membership site that was going to be called the Workout Warriors Club. It turns out the other two partners I had were weasels who just wanted to rip me off and take my money. I had the knowledge and they had the technical skills to build a membership site, it was looking good. I had all the information ready to start this killer site. It was going to be unlike any site in the fitness industry because it was going to be dedicated to the hard-core serious lifter.

To make a long story short, I thought they had the technical skills to build a membership site and I paid them good money to do so, but it turns out they knew nothing. So I had to put the membership site on hold for a while until I get my bearings straightened out.

On top of that, my family and I moved to a new town. You know how stressful that can be to a person? But now that everything has calmed down, I’ll be back posting on the blog more frequently.

I have some exciting things coming up, one of which is that the Workout Warriors Club will be happening very shortly. I got together with a decent tech guy who is helping me get it off the ground as we speak.

Also, I have two new programs coming out: one is for weight loss and the other is for building maximum muscle in the quickest amount of time. Both are solid, fact-based, 100% solid content.

I’m tired of all the bullshit being spread around in the fitness community. I’m tired of idiots selling their new diet plans and stupid, little ineffective workouts for ungodly sums of money that get no results whatsoever.

My programs get results, and trust me on this people, you won’t have to spend a fortune to get them. As a matter of fact, the price I’m charging for these programs is laughable. That’s okay, my sole purpose is to give people something that works.

I’m putting these programs together, and they will be done very shortly. They will be offered separately and together if you desire both. The programs will consist of audio, video, workout charts, and PDF transcripts.

These programs are guaranteed to get results. I stake my reputation on it and I will put it in writing. If you need to lose weight or if you’re a bodybuilder or lifter who wants to be bigger, then these programs are for you.

In the meantime, it’s great to be back, and I look forward to posting on a regular basis again. I want to say thank you to all the readers who kept coming to the blog, despite the fact that I wasn’t updating it regularly. Take care. Talk to ya soon.