Forum: Workout Programs

Hello everyone. I'm very scared about posting here, I hope it's OK. I'm male, 24 years old, 178cm / 5.8 and I currently weigh 160KG/ 352 pounds. I've been overweight/obese my whole life, but it's been getting worse and worse. I want to change. I started Rehabilitation for my Mental...

2018 we had a squat thread, goal 10,000,000. We got almost 4,500,000 that year if I remember right. This year, all free weight squats count: barbell, dumbbell, kettlebell, water bottles, bricks, backpack full of books, concrete plates, heavy pole, or anything you've got to squat. Just weigh it...

If you want proof, i present to you this: http://startingstrength.com/resources/forum/showthread.php?t=30751 Go ahead and read that nugget. I make my appearance about half way through the thread. We are now currently locked in a debate regarding his belief that all increases in muscular...

I train my main lifts for 3 sets of 4-6 reps and starting to feel like they’re beating me up. Any suggestions on methods to train my main lifts? I really only care about maximal strength with these, not really using them for hypertrophy. I already get that through lighter assistance type work. ...

Hey, I do legs twice a week and was wondering if having one day being quad focused, and the other being posterior chain focused would be a good idea, instead of a mix of both in both workouts. There would still be quad/ham work done in both leg days, but for example on the posterior chain focused...

Hey, As the title says, I'm interested in trying a 6 day heavy/light PPL split. I'm currently working out in a home gym with access to a squat rack, adjustable bench (incline/decline/flat), dumbbells, dip bars, pull up bars, barbell and an EZ curl bar. My goals are to balance strength and...

Please excuse me for the long post and some of my grammar here as I'm currently typing out this out quickly during my job. I really want to get this problem of mines solved. ----------------- I am a 21 year old, 5'10 male who weighs 165lbs. ----------------- About one month ago I...

Just looking for a critique on my routine for quarantine. I only have access to a backpack, pull up bar, and weights that go upto 70lbs. The weights are heavy enough for upper body where I don’t get more than 10-15 reps on push ups when I load them in a back pack, and of course arm isolation is...

I had been doing Stronglifts a little over a year up until last April. In April I had a medical issue that prevented me from working out. I recently got back into working out and started StrongLifts again. I was thinking that with just getting going again with SL I thought this might be a good...

Hi all, I've experienced recurring wrist pain in the ulnar side for few years and after doing some serious research and self diagnosis, it is most likely a TFCC injury. Most likely won't require a surgery, but just requires rest. In the past, I would just rest few days until the pain went away...

Hi everyone. I have a full body workout and I just bought a new barbell that can go up to 150kg so can monitor progress better. I have written a 2 week A B A B A B rotation and need to ask whether this is junk volume or not? My main goal is to gain muscle mass as quickly as possible but I enjoy...

Hello everyone! I've recently finished changing up my routine which was going on for the last 3 months. I wasnt completely happy with what I was doing. The problem became pretty obvious 3 weeks ago: volume. I do 3 or 4 sets for all of my exercise and I basically go to failure on all of them....

Hey everybody! I'm a 26 year old dude who used to workout all the time. I'm a medical student so I had to stop as clinical responsibilities increased during COVID and all the gyms were shut down in my state. I'm about to graduate and have the next 4 months off and am wondering what the best way...

Never feel fatigue or DOMs outside the gym. I do get bad days on occasion but not feeling like chit. I train full body 3x a week. For most lifts, I just do 3 sets of 8-10 reps. Never had issues increasing reps or adding in weight to the bar weekly. Any reason why I *shouldn't* take a rest...

I've heard about concepts such as MV (maintenance volume) where it's just enough volume to maintain current muscle mass. Does that imply 0% gains if doing maintenance volume? I feel like gains will always be made, and the volume just determines the extent of those gains. Maybe it's only called...

I'm currently doing stronglifts to build strength and at the same time doing 16/8 IF for weight loss since about Sept. I've been successful thus far averaging about a 1lb/week weight loss while advancing weights on SL. In Sept I was 215 and now I'm down to 202. (Im 5'8). I've been taking progress...

Since lockdown is back, I started my homework outs again. Using the same workout program as I did in the gym but finding the equivalent in bodyweight exercises & using home objects as well as upping the reps/sets as the weight is like 30KG max in home objects. As I am following a increase in 1...

So I recently found out or was told i was screwing my muscle gains by going to do my 4am (well, I get up at 4, usually not at gym until 4:30am) workouts without eating anything first. I normally would just wake up, get dressed, drink my pre-workout and head out the door. So my question is that if...

Sup I was a lurker in the forums back in 2014 till I decided to lose all the weight starting from 125kg (275lbs) to 85kg (187lbs). I cutted with Fierce 5 at the start then moved onto Allpros till I reached 85kg in 9-10 months. I took a long time off (1 year) because of Corona and I joined the...

Been doing full body but keep half-assing leg work so I am switching to U/L to keep myself accountable. On the original template, you can do bench and incline (or OHP) on the first day and make slight “adjustments” on the second upper body day. I intend on benching and incline work for the first...

Is session variation within the week (eg upper a / upper b) really really significantly important for muscle growth and strength gains? I know that it is benefitial now that Im an intermediate lifter, I know Id be giving up some optimality, but if I enjoy the simplicity of repeating the same...