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If I remember correctly Lee Haney said he could not squat and only did leg presses

Just wish the instructors /desk people would enforce the rules about re-racking plates putting DBs back etc etc
Easy to do warn once and take name tell them 2nd time they are gone
Where else...

Pretty radical weather change will affect any slight injuries

He asked what others were doing

But yeah you are correct squats and deads would be included if no back or knee problems

At 77 my back won't handle squats or deads-
12 flights of stairs 2 at a time plus the leg presses biking jogging take care of the legs
Calves don't need it never did

Nice shape for 72
Congrats

First barbell set I bought as a 17th Birthday present to myself in 1953 was the York Big Ten Special--110 lbs
Second set in 1954 when I had a decent summer job was the Big Twelve Special
S&H was...

Day 1
6 sets shoulders-6 sets pecs--3 sets traps--3 sets tris

Day 2
10 miles Schwinn Aerodyne--3 mile jog

Day 3
6 sets lats--6 sets abs--2 sets bis --2 sets leg press --2 sets groin--2...

No way you are gaining 30 lb of LBM in a year without a hell of a lot of drugs so set a more realistic goal
Drug free at your age 10-12 would be excellent
Yes you need a good instructor to show...

Yes and that is the logic behind it

That is one reason why I don't understand forced or assisted reps
You have already got all the fibers involved
And by going to failure I don't mean using...

I said workouts not people

This is 3 year old thread
Wonder if the OP is still here
Didn't see any success updates

Wasn't anything psychological about it
The way I described was the standard way of training in the 50s to add bulk
5 or 6 compound exercises 3 sets

I really can't argue about today's methods...

Lift to failure is an increasing scheme
As I Posted when you can get 10 reps --2 workouts in a row you ADD weight and go back to 8 reps

If you do forced reps the rep you did before assistance was the failure rep

I should add
Trained 3 days a week --Total Body
Compound exercises
5 exercises --total 15 sets

Yep antiquated
Except it worked
Back in the 50s and NO drugs
And I actually gained 8 more lbs but never got a pic at my best weight

Me and my Brother--- Bob and Tom Two skinny kids
...

I don't understand this not going to failure logic
In order to promote growth you have to keep increasing the demands on the muscle
When I started training in the 50s you did an exercise 3 sets...

Steroids
The Russians used them and Dr Ziegler from York Barbell got friendly with their coaches and over drinks found out the Secret
He is the one that got the pharms to start producing them ...

How many titles is that now Yak ?
Just wish the judges didn't want to see the totally ripped type physiques

I saw your pics at higher BW and liked them better