Hello guys, I like to plan my training ahead of time to kind of have an idea of what I’m going to be doing to achieve my goals and I want to start a discussion around a a few key points such as : 1. Do you think that if I’m an individual that is seeking primarily for muscular gains, I should still cycle between hypertrophy blocks and strength blocks?
2. If your answer is yes, will an infinite hypertrophy block will be recommended, or will it be maybe switch between hypertrophy and powerbuilding?
3. Also, I have purchased hypertrophy II already, and I see a chart that says that hypertrophy I is a similar version but with less total volume. Is there any benefit in going back to hypertrophy I if I already did hypertrophy II?
- If your answer is no, how does something like this look like :1. hypertrophy II then I go and purchase strengthlifting, and maybe do these two for the rest of the year
The reasons why I ask you all these questions is because I have a very particular problem in terms of strength : I consider my legs to be a huge setback in both my physique and my overall strength, they are smaller than the rest of my body and they seem to respond much less to training. I’m not a powerlifter or a competitive athlete, but training is one of my favorite hobbies and of course I want to have both things : a good physique and equally good numbers to come with, as you know there is this notion that says that for a natural lifter, a good measurement of muscular gains is the capacity of being able to move bigger weights (with it’s proper considerations in place like efficiency of technique, fatigue and other variables that make it a lot more complicated than just that) but I have been feeling stuck in my lifts since forever, the only time I feel I made any progress at all was when I did CALGARY BARBELL’s free 16 week program, on those 16 weeks I made like 40lbs+ on squat, 25lbs+ on bench and 25lbs+ on the deadlift. You may ask : If you got such good results why don’t you run it again? and the answer is overall muscular development. With powerlifting only programs is hard to get your lats, biceps, triceps and side delts to grow, and I seek growth on these muscle groups by incorporating the chinup, rows, press, dips, overhead tricep extension with barbells and curls.
I currently have somewhere between these numbers :
age: 31 years old
These are my 1rm and rep PRs (both tested)
squat: 315 lbs (255 x 8)
bench 300 lbs (245 x 8)
deadlift conventional 415 lbs (315 x 11)
sumo has always been like 20+ above my conventional.
thoughts?
