Full Body Workout Design and H L M Cycling

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by kitarpyar

My comeback routine after the break is sort of a H/L/M routine.

Day 1 - Light (barbell complexes, giant sets with low weights and high reps)
Day 2 - rest
Day 3 - Heavy - I (bench and squats - singles, doubles and triples + BW pull-ups to failure)
Day 4 - rest
Day 5 - Moderate - I (cleans - 8 x 3, press, rows, front squats - 5 x 5)
Day 6 - rest
Day 7 - Moderate - II (bench, squats, one arm snatch - 5 x 5)
Day 8 - rest
Day 9 - Heavy - II (cleans, press and deadlifts - singles, doubles and triples)
Day 10 - rest

Repeat.

No idea how this will pan out.

Interesting approach for sure. I hope it works well for you. I never thought about cycling different HLM days like this.

[kenbanks]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

You hit on the exact point why no one (outside of me and you) know his ABC system. If you miss a day, depending on the individual, you might have to re-calculate your workout structure for the next month.

By design I kind of have no life. I have a job, hobbies I enjoy, pets, and what not, but I have more time to train, to be sure (no wife, no girlfriend, no kids). I also have a key to the gym, and enough good equipment here in my apartment for smaller bodypart training (shoulders, biceps, triceps, etc.). Once my bodybuilding contests are over for the year, I'm planning on training with Hatfield's ABC approach. It is a complete departure from what I've been doing for the past 2-3 years, and am hoping it can help me with a little bit more hypertrophy (I don't have much!). We'll see. If nothing else, I'm a huge programming/record-keeping geek, so staying on point shouldn't be a problem. I'm also looking for a new challenge. I'll let you know how it goes!

[kitarpyar]

Originally Posted by kenbanks

By design I kind of have no life. I have a job, hobbies I enjoy, pets, and what not, but I have more time to train, to be sure (no wife, no girlfriend, no kids). I also have a key to the gym, and enough good equipment here in my apartment for smaller bodypart training (shoulders, biceps, triceps, etc.). Once my bodybuilding contests are over for the year, I'm planning on training with Hatfield's ABC approach. It is a complete departure from what I've been doing for the past 2-3 years, and am hoping it can help me with a little bit more hypertrophy (I don't have much!). We'll see. If nothing else, I'm a huge programming/record-keeping geek, so staying on point shouldn't be a problem. I'm also looking for a new challenge. I'll let you know how it goes!

That's great. Looking forward to see what kind of results you get. All the best.

[kenbanks]

Originally Posted by kitarpyar

That's great. Looking forward to see what kind of results you get. All the best.

Thank you! Just about everything I've read online from people that have tried the ABC approach is either "it's too confusing" or "it was working really well but real life got in the way." Haha, I don't have to worry about a "real life", and I completely understand the concepts behind it and am a giant scheduling/record-keeping nerd.