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« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2010, 08:45:52 AM »

the_wolf, you mentioned that back workouts should consist of 12-14 sets. Does that mean that 9-10 sets for the upper back/lats and 3-4 for the lower back?

Generally, yes, since I propose deadlifts as lower back strengtheners. You'd warmup with a few sets, then do 2, maximally 3 working sets.
I tried this for the first time yesterday. I'm used to doing less sets and I needed to drop the weight by about 10 lbs part of the way through. Sore.
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« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2010, 09:04:59 AM »

Although I cant do squats and deadlift currently due to a knee injury I was wondering the best rep and sets for both DL and squat.

I found that I had to reduce my deadlift to a max of 5 reps on my last set as i felt my form going.

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« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2010, 12:52:51 PM »

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« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2010, 10:28:42 PM »

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« Reply #19 on: March 25, 2010, 04:31:12 PM »

I was wondering, since doing bench presses also works out the triceps and arms, wouldn't it be better to do triceps and chest on the same day instead of splitting them up? I'm referring to the "4 Day Split Routine - Monday" workout for Chest/Shoulders... Or did you purposely set the Arms workout far away from the Chest work out to give the arms some rest?
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    « Reply #20 on: March 26, 2010, 01:14:32 AM »

    I was wondering, since doing bench presses also works out the triceps and arms, wouldn't it be better to do triceps and chest on the same day instead of splitting them up? I'm referring to the "4 Day Split Routine - Monday" workout for Chest/Shoulders... Or did you purposely set the Arms workout far away from the Chest work out to give the arms some rest?

    I talked about this in the Guide itself, and mentioned that it all depends on the fact whether you can make progress doing arms with other upper body days or not. I have, personally, gained much better results when I worked them on a separate day. Also, arms are small muscles and recuperate more quickly than larger ones, so there's no risk in overtraining them simply because you've put a separate arm day in your workout week as well. Wink
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    « Reply #21 on: May 18, 2010, 10:40:21 PM »

    Hey, I already, started working out this week, but I'm going to try your second routine next week.

    Because we call them differently, I was just wondering what are these workouts below?

    x Military press
    x Dead lift
    x French press
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    « Reply #22 on: May 19, 2010, 01:25:00 AM »

    a quick google/youtube search will show you what the exercises are

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    Military press: (standing variation)


    French press: (lying variation)


    and those routines are meant as examples methinks
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    « Reply #23 on: May 21, 2010, 11:41:11 AM »

    Wow, this has so much pertinent information, I have to re-read it again to retain everything.  Great advice for all levels of fitness.  Thank you!
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    « Reply #24 on: May 24, 2010, 03:57:43 AM »

    Please go here ---> The Wolf's guide on how to create your own workout routine for any further comments on this topic.

    Thanks!
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