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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 182
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Two questions: close grip bench and periodization?
Current workout:
Push Alternate Flat or Incline 4x6 (also alternate between barbell and dumbell) Shoulder Press (Either Barbell or Smith) 4x6 Dips 3x10 Compelmentary Angle of a Fly (aka if i did flat bench, incline fly) 3x10 Scaptions 3x10 Pull Bent row 4x6 or 3x10 (Alternate each week so one is low reps while other is high) Weighted Pullups 4x6 or 3x10 Lat Pulldown 3x10 Face Pull 3x10 Curl 3x10 Legs Squat or DL 4x6 Leg Press or SLDL 4x10 Lunges or Split squat 3x10 Calf work 3x10 Questions are: 1. Can someone set this up for undulated periodization, or give me a template? ( I looked at cowpimps sticky but i'm confused since he has different exercises) 2. Can I switch out dips for close grip bench? I want something different to try and work the tricep, if so where should I put it? |
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Succinct
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1. You can and you've already sort of done that a bit.
Template, untraditional periodization: Week 1 3x10 Week 2 5x5 Week 3 4x8 Week 4 8x3 Week 5 4x5 Week 6 6x3 Week 5 and 6 are deloading and intensification. 2. Yeah, sure, by all means switch exercises after a certain time, say 6 weeks. |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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week 1: 3x12@1 min RI week 2: 3x8@90sec RI week 3: 4x5@ 2 min RI thats just an example, it depends on what your goals are. if you want to switch out dips for cg bench, than switch out lat pull-downs for DB rows. I would just keep the dips so that it is two horizontal movements and 2 vertical movements, instead of 3 horizontal and 1 vertical... CG Bench goes on push day |
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 182
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Goals are both size and strength. My main goal is hypertrophy but I want to gain strength in my big core lifts too. So instead of having different reps sets for each, i'll just give 3x10 to all lifts for that week?
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Moderator
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Undulating means you would undulate the reps for that exercise. You can do it...
Daily Mon-Push 4 reps Wed-Pull 8 reps Fri-Legs 12 reps Weekly Week 1, 12 reps Week 2, 8 reps Week 3, 4 reps or Bi-weekly Weeks 1-2, 12 reps Weeks 3-4, 8 reps Weeks 5-6, 4 reps You wouldn't necessarily need to do it that way, that is just a template. If strength is your current goal, I wouldn't go above 8 reps. There are other ways, those are the 3 I would look at, daily undulating being what I would prefer. Those are your reps for the core lifts, assistance stuff you would keep the reps higher, and you could even undulate around 10 and 12 reps with those if you felt like it. |
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