>why yes I do follow a cookie cutter training program instead of just making my own, how could you tell?
>why yes I do follow a cookie cutter training program instead of just making my own, how could you tell?
>why yes I do follow a cookie cutter training program instead of just making my own, how could you tell?
I don't trust my own ability to form a coherent program. Every time I've tried my friends told me what I was doing was moronic and then recommended me something generic like 5/3/1.
>only morons can't make their own program
I wasnt expecting anything more, but what's so hard about picking exercises so that each muscle group gets a sufficient number of sets
The hard part is picking the correct lifts which don't have redundant overlap.
Try not being moronic
5/3/1 is pretty shit by itself. bbb variation is what has worked for me in the past. but you really do need more volume (especially back) and isolations with that program too.
5/3/1 is great no doubt, but it's primarily a powerlifting program. Make sure the program you follow aligns with your goals.
You're supposed to take a cookie cutter program as a baseline and make adjustments as necessary with substitutions or added volume.
Bad thread, dubs and OP dies
This. Starting out with a made up program is moronic, because noobs don't know what they're overtraining, undertraining or injuring. Planet fitness is full of "geniuses" who invent their own programs and still stay fat, or worse, injure themselves.
Digits and OP gets food poisoning from this shitty thread.
>NOOOOOO!!! YOURE NOT WORKING YOUR FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS ENOUGH. BUY MY OVERPRICED PROGRAM BTW
Checkem
OP must perish
>You're supposed to take a cookie cutter program
Only if you're a stupid ape that can't think for himself
>beginners should use pre-packaged programs
Right, because they're morons who know nothing. By continuing to use such a program past the beginner stage, you continue to put your moronation on display
There's a million variables depending on goals/time constraints/genetics/personal recovery time. Therefore any standard cookie cutter program is fine if you dfon't know what these variables are. Especially when there is a million conflicting studies for how to load your body effectively.
All that matters is hitting each muscle group with sufficient volume and achieving progressive overload over time. Any routine that accomplishes this goal is sufficient. IST‘s practice of obsessing over splits and the minutiae of routines is moronic.
Every self made program people have ever shown me here have looked absolutely moronic. Show yours OP.
OP here. I’m trans if that matters.
Upper:
2x6-8 Bench 1-2 RIR
2x6-8 Weighted pullups 1-2 RIR
2x6-8 OHP 1-2 RIR
2x6-8 Chest Supported Rows 1-2 RIR
Bicep curl machine triple dropset
Tricep Extensions triple dropset
Lateral raise triple dropset
Lower:
2x6-8 Squats
1x5 deadlifts
2x10-15 leg curls
2x10-15 leg extensions
2x10-15 calf raises
Not good.
>needing a program
Ngmi
I hate gymgays seething when you don't do their exotic exercises and complex workout programs.
Like frick off, c**t. Squats, a few dumbbels exercises, Deadlifts, Bench Press, Leg press and Calisthenics is all I need and I make great gains.
>Squats, a few dumbbels exercises, Deadlifts, Bench Press, Leg press and Calisthenics is all I need
lol this is literally a routine. If you're not counting frequency or volume and making great gains (you're not) then you're just really lucky and in tune with how your body recovers.
Checked btw
You gotta start somewhere
Just do compound lifts 3-4x a week
this you?
>walk around the gym aimlessly
>get in peoples' way
>do one set of dumbbell curls
>walk around some more
>do 10 crunches
>leave
It’s easier to get a program that works and remove/replace exercises with shit you want than plan one from scratch
Ah! You implied I'm silly for doing something reasonable!!!!!! I must now respond to you!!!1!!
If youre so good at programming post body OP