Mens Fitness Yearlong Workout

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alvie_463

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I am a 5 day a week workout guy and love being in the gym. My goals right now are to shead some body weight (fat), I would also like to cut up. I am looking for the body that looks like I do go to the gym, if you know what I mean. Dont get me wrong I am happy with my results so far just wanna find something else to push me over the edge. I started working out again in Sep and was pushing 270lbs with a BF% that was through the roof. Right now I am at 228 with a BF% around 16%.

I took P90x and turned it into a gym routine and did that for a month, then I made a circut training routine that I have been doing for about a month now and I dont feel like I am getting what I want out of it.

I found this workout in my searches online and was wondering if anyone has done it, is doing it, or thinking about doing it? Also I would like to get anyones reaction to this workout as well. I am thinking of changing my routine to mirror this one and just want some ideas from anyone willing to throw some my way.

Thanks
Kevin

Here is a link for the Workout.
 
Only had a quick look at the first bit of the workout. Saw squats, bench press, pull ups in there which are definitely good.

I didn't look through it all or read much of it, just looked at the first few lifts it mentioned.

I'd be more worried by the fact you haven't mentioned nutrition once, and nutrition is king when it comes to changing your body.
 
Thanks Dan.

Your completly right. Nutrition is key and I have been on a strict diet for sometime now. I know working out helps and I wouldnt have lost 40+ lbs in 5 months if I wasnt watching what I am eating. I am currently on a high protien, low carb, low fat "diet", also I am down to an average of 1800 calories a day.

Appreciate the input. The one thing I really noticed about the workout was that there were no arm excercises. No curls or tri puldowns for example. Maybe there will come later in the series but found it odd that they wouldnt have something in there all the time?

Thanks again and anymore input would be appreciated!
 
alvie_463 said:
Thanks Dan.

Your completly right. Nutrition is key and I have been on a strict diet for sometime now. I know working out helps and I wouldnt have lost 40+ lbs in 5 months if I wasnt watching what I am eating. I am currently on a high protien, low carb, low fat "diet", also I am down to an average of 1800 calories a day.

Appreciate the input. The one thing I really noticed about the workout was that there were no arm excercises. No curls or tri puldowns for example. Maybe there will come later in the series but found it odd that they wouldnt have something in there all the time?

Thanks again and anymore input would be appreciated!
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What are your stats at the moment? Height and Weight mainly.

1800 calories sounds quite low for the average man who is also working out regularly, i'll be eating a little more than that when I do my cutting diet in a few months and i'm a short arse :yelrotflmao: (So i'll most likely burn less than you during day to day activities if you are taller and heavier)

If you do compound lifts like bench press, pull ups etc you will be working your arms during those, for example triceps are involved a lot in bench pressing for example, it's not always necessary to target specific muscles with isolation lifts to gain size and strength all over.

That's why when you see a lot of the posers doing a million sets of bicep curls every session and neglecting the big compound lifts you know they are going to look pretty much the same in a years time.

Big compound lifts will get the most from your workouts, it looks like the focus is on these from first glance at that workout.

Just have to say i'm no expert, but I doubt you would find anybody who would say that compound lifts aren't the best thing for *most* of us out there who go the gym. I'd guess certain groups have different requirements maybe but for guys like you and me it's all about the compound lifts
 
I like Men's Fitness routines. They are common sense, efficient, and incorporate "new" and nontraditional exercises.

A few years ago they did a Beach Body workout series that was something like 3-4 months long. It used similar periodization, compound lifts, plyometrics, and interval cardio.

I followed it for 3 months with decent results but I didn't really focus my nutrition and slacked on the cardio. I had decent results but I'm sure if I dialed those in it would have been impressive.

That's a good link, but I got distracted by Ericka Cruz's photo gallery :D
 
If I could add one thing, when doing a pre-made routine (which, BTW is probably best for most of us as we're not exactly trained professionals), don't mess with it.
 
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