Hello fellow lifters.
I had been training for a while and had a decent amount of muscle and was starting to get there I had an injury at my shoulder and now after a year it finally doesn't hurt anymore and I can start again. So now I'm just doing the basic stuff like curls. Kickbacks. Lunges etc... After I did this a year I was starting to do compounds like squats deadlifts and other. So now I have the problem that I don't know iff I should stick to the simpler exercises for a half year and then go back to compounds or should I start them now at the start of my comeback? Any suggestions are welcome and iff u have tips for supplements or something else to regain muscle (faster) feel free to add. Hope you guys can help me 💪 BTW I just turned 30 not that age matters
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07-07-2020, 12:07 AM #1
Out for a year. Starting again with lifting. What to do? Compounds or split?
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07-07-2020, 12:23 AM #2
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Those are two different questions. Exercise selection and how you rotate exercises are both programming considerations and they aren't opposites.
Do a well known routine and it will answer such questions for you.
What are your max effort lifts for squat/bench/deadlift/pullup/overhead? You can give these as rep maxes if you prefer. This will help us gauge your level of progress. We also need to know height/weight
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07-07-2020, 02:35 AM #3
I'm 1m80 and weight is 81 kg.
I used to do squats with around 70 kg so it wasn't that much. Deadlift also wasn't very much around 60 I think it's been a year and I also didn't do them very long maybe a month and then I got the injury because of overworking(construction job) and lifting to heavy after having a hard working day. This is something I will keep in mind for the future 😅want to do a combination of compound and regular exercises. But the thing is what kind of compound should I do the same day? I train everything 3 times a week on Friday I go harder. Because I have 2 days to recover.
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07-07-2020, 02:57 AM #4
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OK so those are novice level lifts. Just stick to any of the novice routines we have in the sticky threads at the top of the page. Follow the instructions and the progression as described. Remember these routines are carefully constructed by experienced lifts - so if you change anything, it's probably going to make it worse not better.
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07-07-2020, 08:08 AM #5
+1 for professional novice program. It should be built around the 6 main compounds. Some good free ones are:
Fierce 5 fullbody
Candito Linear
Stronglifts
Starting StrengthOnce upon a time (maxes 2020) ...
Squat 185, Bench 137, DL 205, @ bw 88.5 age 43
Workout Journal: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=175647011&p=1630928323&viewfull=1#post1630928323
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07-07-2020, 10:16 AM #6
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07-07-2020, 12:08 PM #7
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07-08-2020, 05:57 PM #8
If I were in your shoes, I'd start off with a full-body (three-day split) programme focusing on compound movements. Essentially, that's three days on and four days off: you get to cover all the bases in terms of strength training whilst maximising recovery time. Once your body gets the hang of it, you can progress to a four- or five-day split. Good luck!
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07-09-2020, 12:31 AM #9
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