Hypertrophy I

Alextown · 05-05-2007, 01:46 PM

Day One, Upper Body, 5x5 - this is familiar, going to be challenging....
Day Three, Lower Body, 4x10 - 2 days later, my legs h-oy-t!!

Week 2, Upper Body, 3x15 - I couldn't raise my arms to wipe the sweat off my face. I actually said, out loud, "you bastards"

This is going to be fun! Started out at 197, looking to get to at least 205.

RobLL · 05-05-2007, 02:34 PM

throwing medicine balls at the wall has scared me off Hyper I so far. I'm afraid the owner of the gym, friend sort of, might throw me at the wall!

Alextown · 05-05-2007, 03:47 PM

throwing medicine balls? is that in I? I have to check the book.

Pman · 05-05-2007, 03:51 PM

No that one is not in HT1.

By the way Alextown, I am at exactly the same point as you in HT1. I couldn't agree more! The last set of 10 step ups was a real challenge.

Alextown · 05-05-2007, 06:38 PM

I hear you Pman. I'm trying to schedule these workouts so i can walk in my golf league on Thursdays

RobLL · 05-05-2007, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Alextown

throwing medicine balls? is that in I? I have to check the book.

oops: strength 3 workout

ParanoidAndroid · 05-05-2007, 07:57 PM

wait till you guys get to 3x15 legs. Worst.Workout.Ever.

Pman · 05-06-2007, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ParanoidAndroid

wait till you guys get to 3x15 legs. Worst.Workout.Ever.

I get sore just looking at those rep numbers!

LunchboxMan · 05-06-2007, 01:27 PM

are you guys alternating these workouts like normal fully-body (for ex Mon-A,Wed-B,Fri-A) or coupling up (for ex Mon-A,Tue-B,Thurs-A,Fri-B)? i'm doing the first one but a discussion came up at MH forums where people suggesting to get the most benefit, to couple them up with one rest day between the "group"? thoughts?

austintwo · 05-06-2007, 02:01 PM

I finished the 24 workouts in about 6 and 1/2 weeks, so I averaged almost 4 workouts week - it felt really good for me at the time, but if I were doing it now I would scale it back due to work demands at my job. Either way will work well, just make sure you're able to go at it with full intensity if you go 4/week, don't get to the point where you're just "slogging" through. That's my 2 cents anyway.

ParanoidAndroid · 05-06-2007, 02:07 PM

i started off doing 3x a week, but switched in the middle to 4x a week. Didn't really make a difference. Like Austin said, as long as you can go recover and go all out, it's fine.

Lisa~ · 05-06-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by austintwo

I finished the 24 workouts in about 6 and 1/2 weeks, so I averaged almost 4 workouts week - it felt really good for me at the time, but if I were doing it now I would scale it back due to work demands at my job. Either way will work well, just make sure you're able to go at it with full intensity if you go 4/week, don't get to the point where you're just "slogging" through. That's my 2 cents anyway.

Good post. Both ways will work and you choose based on your ability to recover from the workouts. Your speed of recovery depends a lot on what else is happening in your life at that time. Some factors to consider are regularity and quality of sleep, work stress, home stress, and the quality of your nutrition.

Alextown · 05-06-2007, 07:30 PM

I'm more along the lines of "man of constant obligation". So for the most part, it's A in the beginning of the week, B in the later part. Although, my goal is 3 workouts a week, alternating A B A, B A B. No way could I do 4 a week.