Thread: Following Arnold's routine (Ya, das is good) for Beginners (is it old school?)

Yes you most certainly are a beginner. You need to try and get some stabilization work established and increase joint and tendon strength.

If you're able to workout six consecutive days, you aren't working out hard enough.

lol don't follow that clap trap

It amazes me that Arnold actually wrote/wants people to perform that. Why hasn't his book and the flaws of his training style that he promotes and makes bank off of been questioned?

Have to realize Arnold probably doesnt write half the things that are out there. Its more than likely some muscle mag writting some bs that they say Arnold did. Its not like they went searching through his house and said, wow heres an old routine by Arnold, lets post it.

Didn't Arnold "write" a book of his own?

Probably did.

But alot of articles in muscle mags are something like, "Arnolds long lost workout" or "Arnold's Leg Busting Routine!"......

Muscle Mags are great

They do produce a good smirk or 2 from me from time to time.

Arnold worked out twice a day 2 hours each workout, six days a week according to him in his 800 page book. I suppose I'd do the same if Joe Weider paid me to and I had gear given to me. Actually I would skip the gear but anyways. Looking at his recomendations in the book, I've come to the conclusion that he has no grip on reality.

Write a book for people not on gear who have jobs Arnold.

Very very well put!

Arnold's workouts are designed for people who can't push themselves anaerobically.

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Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts

Arnold's workouts are designed for people who can't push themselves anaerobically.

I guess I'm following that routine then!

that's a bad idea.

Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts

Arnold's workouts are designed for people who can't push themselves anaerobically.

Very astute observation...

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

If you're able to workout six consecutive days, you aren't working out hard enough.

have you ever met a bodybuilder?

and i dont mean joe schmoe that thinks hes a bodybuilder, i mean a real bodybuilder that trains as his/her occupation? i'd like to find one that doesn't train in some shape or form 6 or even 7 days a week.

Originally Posted by rmcfar

have you ever met a bodybuilder?

and i dont mean joe schmoe that thinks hes a bodybuilder, i mean a real bodybuilder that trains as his/her occupation? i'd like to find one that doesn't train in some shape or form 6 or even 7 days a week.

They sure can, because its called fueled by AAS. Its been proven time and time again the most effective way of training is the ways that are used by fitness professionals and the ways that are preached here. If you want to do your workouts out of a bb'ing mag feel free. But keep in mind they are the guys who are pumping tons and tons of HGH into their body.

well thanks for the input but thats completely besides the point. he made a generalization that you cannot physically train 6 days a week unless you are slacking.And im sure that even some fitness pro's train 6 days a week, weither it be weights or what have you.

The most effective ways to train for fitness professionals to train are the ways that fitness professionals train. The most effective way for a bodybuilder to train, is the way a bodybuilder trains. I hope that makes sense, but arnold didnt write the book(in conjunction with another author) intending to "get people in shape", he wrote it to educate people on bodybuilding.People always complain about how bad his book is, yet they forget to read the title of the book.

Makes sense to me. However this isnt what we are talking about. We have a guy coming back into bb'ing after a 4 year gap and planning on using this torture method to make gains. I think a person can make gains working out 6 days a week, but weight training would be much tougher. What i am also saying is there are far more superior techniques out there that squash anything Arnold ever did.

agreed. i just hate how people shit on arnold's book when he has one of the most sought after physiques of all time, and they fail to realise what the true intention of the book is.

all that being said i think whoever started this thread should absolutely not use arnolds training program.

Its a bad book for the audience intended, regular people.

Yes genetic superfreaks, and those using anabolic steroids can gain on 6 days a week. 98 percent of the rest of the population really cant.

how is the book intended for regular people?

Thanks fellas for the various feed back. Thanks rmcfar for bringing the focus to my dilemma with the training routine I was following. For sometime the thread seemed to dwell on Arnold's venture into the world of writing..lol
I will just try to chalk out some routine following CowPimp's guidelies:
Monday:Upper (Pull)
Tuesday: Lower
Wednesday: Boxing
Thursday: Upper (push)
Friday: Lower
Sat & Sun: Off

Once again, thank you all.
Best,
Lonenomad