To make a long story short, I can only lift reliably on Weds., Sat. and Sun. I've been cutting since early May and have done more or less full body on Weds, and then lower/upper on Sat/Sun. I can keep doing this on the bulk, but wondered if it might be more effective to do something else. At this point, I'm an "intermediate" to "advanced" lifter, so I find it hard to reliably max out on all lifts on full body days. Would PPL on a bulk work if I only did each workout once a week?
Sample workouts (I got lazy as I wrote this)
Weds: Leg press 4x8-12; DB shoulder press 3x8-12, One-arm DB Rows 3x8-12, dragon flags, hypers
Sat: Squat OR Deadlift (4-6 rep range), leg-press OR hack sqaut (8-12), extensions/curls (10-15 rep range), cable crunches
Sun: Bench, pullups, OHP, seated rows, bis/tris, shrugs
Would the above work on a bulk? Or more accurately, would something else work better? I could probably lift twice during the week if the workouts could be confined to 45 min or less--anything more would require waking up at like 4AM, whcih I can't do since I often get home super late (work 60+ hrs, sometimes significantly more)
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07-28-2015, 04:28 PM #1
Weds., Sat. & Sun. Bulking Program?
Former member of the > 300 lb crew
--- 08/03/11: >310 lb
--- 04/26/13: 14% 190 lb
--- I always rep back, although measly atm
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07-28-2015, 05:18 PM #2
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07-29-2015, 07:44 AM #3
Bumping--I'm considering PPL, and also upper/lower (adding an extra day). I'm at the point where I need a double progression, hence the rep ranges rather than rep counts. I also need to be able to finish the weekday workouts in like 45-60 minutes tops.
What do you think of the below split, and would it be that much better than what I'm doing now or PPL once a week?
Tues (all 8-12 rep range): Leg press x4, SLDL x4, Leg Extensions, Reverse crunches/captains chair
Weds: Seated DB OHP 4x8-12, Weighted Pullups 4x6-10, Pushups 3 sets to failure supersetted with DB curl variants
Sat: Squats 4x6-9 OR Deadlift work to 1 max set of 4-6;
If squatting: Hypers 3x10-15, leg extension 3x10-15, Cable crunches
If deadlifting: Leg press 3x12-15, Leg curl 3x10-15, Cable crunches
Sun: Bench 4x6-9, DB Rows 4x6-9, pulldowns 3x10-15, upright rows 3x10-15, narrow bar dips/curls supersetted to failureFormer member of the > 300 lb crew
--- 08/03/11: >310 lb
--- 04/26/13: 14% 190 lb
--- I always rep back, although measly atm
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07-29-2015, 08:00 AM #4
I would go with what you just posted, or if lifting on Tuesday becomes too troublesome. do like a:
Week 1:
Wednesday: Upper
Saturday: Lower
Sunday: Upper
Week 2:
Wednesday: Lower
Saturday: Upper
Sunday: Lower
Repeat. This kind of scheduling, that way you keep frequency, where with a PPL for you, each muscle would only get hit once per week.http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=172590831 <<< New training log as of 10/7/16
Working diligently for a 405 bench.
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07-29-2015, 08:54 AM #5
I would do PPL like others have mentioned. I like the looks of this one...
http://www.elitefts.com/education/tr...rtrophy-split/You rock a piss, I'm gonna rock some Mitchell
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