meant to add novice to the title
"Who should use this program? It was designed for those people who don’t have a great deal of recent, well structured training behind them. It is for anyone with less than 6 months of current, structured and dedicated training. Even if you’ve been working out for a year or two, if you haven’t been intense, consistent, running a decent program and eating correctly you may still make progress on this routine." -This has been the case with me which is why I figured I'd do a novice routine. ive worked out for years but not consistently enough. I also feel like I've had one or 2 decent programs but wasn't eating enough.
this is what it says for the regular novice routine. is this the case with the dumbbell novice routine as well?
it also mentions that the intermediate routines are for people who've exhausted their newbie gains and are unable to add weight to the bar weekly.
generally I'm unable to add weight to the bar weekly but I'm not sure if that counts here since fierce 5 has you start extra light???
I'm honestly unsure if I've exhausted my newbie gains. I started the dumbell program today just because I don't feel like dealing with barbells right now.
just want to make sure I'm on the right routine. thanks!
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03-25-2024, 03:44 PM #1
is the Fierce 5 dumbell routine right for me?
Last edited by Tybittz3; 03-25-2024 at 03:53 PM.
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03-25-2024, 05:01 PM #2
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Adding weight to the bar is a a simplifed statement, but usually we mean adding weight to the bar with the same form you used for your warm ups, especially on newb programs. No one can add 5 lbs weekly for long periods of time... it's about the slow and steady grind of adding weights over months. Yes, there should be progress, but don't get hung up on adding so fast. I'd rather see people master weights than move on. 3 sets of 5 crappy form with 225 is less impressive to me than 3 sets of 5 with 185 of good form.
With dumbbells, the same rules apply just you won't be able to progress in the same nature because you can't microload. A 5lb jump on the barbell squat is way easier than a 5lb jump on the dumbbell press. Additionally, I would also argue that dumbbell movements tend to have a point of diminishing return when it comes to just smashing on weights for some movements.https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=180003183&p=1635918623#post1635918623
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