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Newbie: question about routines

nbh101 Posts: 39 Joined: 2002/01/27	2002/02/03, 01:03 PM Hello everyone, I'm 27 years old and looking to start a mass building program. After looking around here, I found that the routines are alot different than they were 8 years ago or so. 8-10 years ago-when I was in high school monday: everything Tuesday: rest Wednesday: everything Thursday: rest Friday: everything Sat: rest Sun: rest I'm not seeing any workouts like this anymore. Why and what caused the change? Thanks Nate
ltroisi Posts: 764 Joined: 2001/11/06	2002/02/03, 01:42 PM There has been no great change from eight years ago. Pick up some old books by Arnold S, Bill Pearl and JoeWeider and you will see that the various training systems have existed when you were a mere baby. (Weider outlined the various training principles in his book which later spilled over to the magazine Muscle & Fitness). I think what you are seeing is we now live in the digital information age. What was once info shared amoung the BB World is now available to everyone willing to take the time to reach out and grab the info. PS: I do the above outlined work-out on my active rest week so yes those work outs are still out there!
nbh101 Posts: 39 Joined: 2002/01/27	2002/02/03, 01:53 PM I guess I'm confused. How can the body build muscle if you only work a muscle group once a week?
MuscleRage Posts: 203 Joined: 2001/12/09	2002/02/03, 02:46 PM Scientist studied different types of work outs and there results on people. They realized that when you work every part of your body that much there is no time for each muscle to rest. and also when u train parts of the body in split sessions it allows for more growth and you are able to work those parts harder.
ltroisi Posts: 764 Joined: 2001/11/06	2002/02/03, 08:11 PM MR is right. You can train bodyparts once (or twice a week) and gain muscle mass BUT you must lift heavy and the diet must support your training regime. You cannot pump baby weights and eat white bread too gain mass!!!!!
Philia2 Posts: 4,078 Joined: 2001/10/19	2002/02/04, 02:00 AM What you did before is simply curcuit training, which is good to stay lean slim and toned. If you now want to concentrate more about building mass, you have to change technic and lift a lot heavier, less reps and the muscle only once or twice a week. When lifting that heavy you touch other muscle fibres and you damage the muscle (and the muscle will grow bigger and stronger each time -if you eat well next to the training, that is!!) That's why you need to let the muscle rest (so it can recuperate). Nbh101 if you really want muscles, my advice to you is to try FT's 12 weeks muscle mass program program. Soooooo many people in here have had great results from it. Good luck.
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2002/02/04, 10:38 AM Remember, you don't build muscle when you work out...you build muscle when you rest! A good diet (including the consumption of much needed protein), rest and lifting heavy weights will aid in muscle building. Listen to the good advice already given here and you'll be fine. Good luck!