Quick Intense Full Body Workout

Posted by on Nov 7, 2010 in Workout Info | 0 comments

Yesterday I was pumped. I don’t know why but I had a bad itch to go to the gym. After doing some cardio (1.5 mile jog) on Friday, I was dying to actually lift something. So on Saturday after ignoring the urge to go to the gym on one of my faithful rest days, I broke down and went. When I got to the gym I realized they closed in 30-45 minutes. Should I try and cram a workout in? I could have gone home and waited till Monday night, instead I went in and thanks to the Build XS my focus and concentration were pretty impressive.  Read more here...

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Back to Lifting – Ending the Hiatus

Posted by on Oct 25, 2010 in Workout Info | 0 comments

After another semi-short hiatus from lifting I am getting back to the gym more and more and it feels great. One of the things I have missed the most is the workout high I get after an awesome workout. The other cool thing about coming back after having taken some time off is that the results show themselves incredibly fast, it is like plateaus from before are non-existent. I have always had to work chest extra hard to get any real results and this seems to be causing a problem with my Delts and Traps. My front delts are almost bigger than my chest, my traps are large and I have no idea why when I only do shrugs once a week for 3 sets. This might sound cool but it is hard to find a shirt that fits when your shoulders are almost bigger than your chest, and then of course trying to fit around decent lats.  Read more here...

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Huge in a Hurry: Phase 1 – Completed

Posted by on Sep 15, 2009 in Huge in a Hurry | 0 comments

It has been an interesting fun-packed 5 weeks, but I have finished phase 1 of the Get Big workouts. So naturally the first question most people will have is “Did you get big?” Well yes and no. I didn’t get huge, but I did get bigger, I would say the most noticable effect was the increase in my overall strength. By the end of the first phase I was doing 75lb. dumbbell incline bench press. My deadlifts have reached 230+ and many other exercises have gone through the roof. This workout plan seems to being coming along great and I am looking forward to some more strange workouts in Phase 2!

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Injury: Strained Lower Back

Posted by on Aug 28, 2009 in Misc Thoughts | 0 comments

During my first week of training with the Huge In a Hurry plan I strained my erector muscle in my lower back. The pain isn’t so bad but it goes to show you that if your going to deadlift heavy wait, you need to use the right form! I’ve gotten some meds and my back is already starting to feel better. I will update with some new information.

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Huge in a Hurry: My First Week

Posted by on Jul 12, 2009 in Huge in a Hurry | 0 comments

After my first week of Huge in a Hurry’s Get Ready workout, I am feeling the pain. In case you don’t know, Huge in a Hurry is a book about new fitness techniques for building mass and strength. The book follows it’s ideas with scientific evidence and great examples of why this new approach to fitness is sure to beat out any other. At first I was very skeptical, I mean from my experience I have seen great gains using traditional 3×10 workouts, with split body parts each week. This book flips that idea, don’t focus on sets, focus on reps. The book wants us to focus on a set number of reps, say 25, now that doesn’t mean you do just one set. The book wants you to use different weight ranges, for example, Light weights which are 20-22 rep max weights. Medium which is 10-12. Heavy which is 4-6. Super heavy which is 2-3. Now each workout includes only 3 exercises; upper body pulling, upper body pushing, and legs. The reasoning is simple, all of the workouts we will be doing are compound full body workouts 3 days a week. It is recommended to do workouts on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday’s to allow adequate rest.The biggest change in our workout will be speed, you have to perform all exercises at the fastest speed you can  (while maintaining perfect form and control). The author says that by working your muscles with different weights, but more speed our muscles are recruiting the largest fibers to help with the lift instead of just our smallest motors. This recruitment of large fibers is what provides us with superb strength and muscle growth.  Read more here...

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