Styleforum › Forums › Lifestyle › Health & Body › Workout question - How not to get big?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Workout question - How not to get big? - Page 5

post #61 of 69
8/26/08 at 5:20am
Quote:
Originally Posted by why View Post
There's a ton of shit that goes on, but basically for most muscles the easiest way to figure out how much hypertrophy will result is the total workload per week at 50-60%+ of your current 1 rep maximum.

Essentially, think of it this way: you're doing squats. Your 1 rep maximum is 100lbs. The total workload per week is the number of sets done per week with at least 50lbs on the bar.

Say your workouts are like this:

Monday: 3 sets of 8 with 50lbs.
Wednesday: 1 set of 2 with 90lbs.
Friday: 5 sets of 5 with 70lbs.

Monday's workload is 1200 (3x8x50), Wednesday's is 180 (2x90), and Friday's is 1750 (5x5x70).

Now imagine you changed the Friday workout to be 5 sets of 8 with 50lbs. The weight is lower, but the total workload then becomes 2000lbs.

Hi Why,
This is the first time I've encountered workload quantified in this way. Did you get this formula from a book or published study?

Thanks.
Reply
Reply
post #62 of 69
8/26/08 at 6:43am
so, a thread on how NOT to get big somehow finds its way to having 'Jay and Ronnie' on a first name basis. I love SF
Reply
Reply
post #63 of 69
8/26/08 at 8:31am
Quote:
Originally Posted by bbaquiran View Post
Hi Why, This is the first time I've encountered workload quantified in this way. Did you get this formula from a book or published study? Thanks.
It's not a formula per se. It's just a quick and dirty way to measure total volume and makes a lot of assumptions (rest periods no longer than maybe 3 or 4 minutes in length as a maximum, exercises are compound, workload is done in actual 'workouts', etc.). It makes playing around with total workload easy and makes deloading, intensitification, and volume phases easier to measure without just taking wild guesses or subbing exercises and hoping that the right result is achieved.
Reply
Reply
post #64 of 69
8/27/08 at 12:53am
Quote:
Originally Posted by m@T View Post
so, a thread on how NOT to get big somehow finds its way to having 'Jay and Ronnie' on a first name basis.

I love SF

Any thread on swimming, olympic golds and mens must for the sake of completeness include mention of Phelps, Spitzer and Thorpe. I cannot imagine what any thread on bodybuilding can do without the mention of men who have perfected it to an art form and is the best there is in the world today. Bar none.
Reply
Reply
post #65 of 69
8/27/08 at 1:36am
So basically if I was to start a thread saying 'worsen my swimming stroke', we should start with the Thorpedo and work our way backwards
Reply
Reply
post #66 of 69
8/27/08 at 1:40am
Quote:
Originally Posted by m@T View Post
So basically if I was to start a thread saying 'worsen my swimming stroke', we should start with the Thorpedo and work our way backwards

Yup. State what Thorpedo does and do the reverse.
Reply
Reply
post #67 of 69
9/1/08 at 2:00pm
you don't magically get big by lifting weights. You also need to eat more.

So the solution to not getting big is watching your caloric intake.
Reply
Reply
post #68 of 69
9/1/08 at 8:48pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by beasty View Post
I wonder who is more gay? The guy who did it or the guy who noticed it?

...or would it be the guy who obsesses about it(!)?
Reply
Reply
post #69 of 69
9/2/08 at 1:52am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eagle View Post
...or would it be the guy who obsesses about it(!)?

Possibly. But that wont be me since I didnt notice Lee's hair until he raised it.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Health & Body
Styleforum › Forums › Lifestyle › Health & Body › Workout question - How not to get big?