Michael Roussell - Get Big & Strong: The Best Of Both Worlds!

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Bodybuilders can catch flack for having the muscles but not the strength. Here is a routine that will surely get you both. While it may not seem like much on paper just wait until after the first week. Try it out and see...

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[uttaresh]

I don't agree with leaving out isolation exercises completely. Arnold did do bicep curls. Neither do I agree with the author's ignorance of overtraining.

The workout programme is also not one of the best. Quads, Chest, and Back being worked out almost everyday. No bicep, hamstring exercises. Inadequate Tricep and chest exercises.

keeping your body guessing is a good thing but i think this article could have been writen a little bit better... IMO it would be easyer to understand if u gave us week by week workouts, maybe as a table, instead of :

"As you progress with the Big & Strong program you can change the loading parameters by adding additional sets to the 3x12 and 7x4 exercises and reduce the rest period between 6x6 and 5x10 exercises (from 120 seconds to 90 seconds)."

eg:
week 1 & 2 squat 3x12 rest 2min, week 3 & 4 squat 4x12 rest 1.5min

What tempo and % of max? slow & heavy? Lite & explosive? u fail to say.

Im sorry to say, people serious about strength gains will probly go elsewhere. i also think this workout would be dangerous for people that arnt that serious.

[mroussell]

Originally Posted by uttaresh

I don't agree with leaving out isolation exercises completely. Arnold did do bicep curls. Neither do I agree with the author's ignorance of overtraining.

The workout programme is also not one of the best. Quads, Chest, and Back being worked out almost everyday. No bicep, hamstring exercises. Inadequate Tricep and chest exercises.

The workouts ARE balanced alternated between hip and quad dominant movements and horizontal/vertical push/pulling movements. When training full body three days a week alternating movement planes overtraining is not an issue.

[mroussell]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

keeping your body guessing is a good thing but i think this article could have been writen a little bit better... IMO it would be easyer to understand if u gave us week by week workouts, maybe as a table, instead of :

"As you progress with the Big & Strong program you can change the loading parameters by adding additional sets to the 3x12 and 7x4 exercises and reduce the rest period between 6x6 and 5x10 exercises (from 120 seconds to 90 seconds)."

eg:
week 1 & 2 squat 3x12 rest 2min, week 3 & 4 squat 4x12 rest 1.5min

What tempo and % of max? slow & heavy? Lite & explosive? u fail to say.

Im sorry to say, people serious about strength gains will probly go elsewhere. i also think this workout would be dangerous for people that arnt that serious.

I will write up a part II that includes a more indepth look of the variations in progression that I mention.

It is too bad that you have judged the program's ability to produce results without using it.