How Should I Train Part 4
Here is the training plan that I stick to most of the time. It produces some really great results and is not really time consuming. What I really like about it is there is never an end until you decide you have got what you want.
I train almost every muscle the same.
12 - 16 reps very light warm - up. 1 min rest
12 reps heavier. 1 min rest
10 reps heavier. 1 min rest
8 reps heavier. 1 min rest
6 reps heavier. 1 min rest (You must be really struggling to lift the weight from 3 rep)
12 reps reduce weight to around the weight of the 8 reps. (you must really battle from 7-8 reps) Go straight on to a superset of 12 reps (no rest) with another exercise for the same muscle. e.g. Chest - main exercise; bench press – superset; incline fly's. Biceps – main exercise; standing curls – superset; hammer curls. The same for all the muscles you train.
I then have a 2 minute rest and go on to another muscle and do the same again.
You will see this is not a lot different to the way I do aerobics. Because I vary the repetitions and weight, I can never reach a maximum. The other day a chap asked me when he will reach his maximum. If he strives to increase every time he trains, then there has to be a maximum. The answer is - when you get to the size you want or the size your body will allow you to go to, then you can maintain what you have. I personally do not want to make much of a change to how I currently look. I want to lose a little here and build a little there but am no longer on a quest to get any bigger overall.
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