Joe.Muscle
Active Member
Hey guys I am starting to wonder if Full body routines are still benefiting me. I have been doing HST for a while now about 3 years and it was the best thing for me when I started. It basically healed my joints and help with the severe overtraining the Arnold routines gave me.
But one problem I have seen the past year or so is that I am not getting any more Muscular. Now I didnot say bigger but sheer muscle size.
I know how to gain weight and I do it every year this time. I basically bulk like crazy all winter and right up unitl summer.
However my problem has been everytime I cut from bulk..I am not more muscular than I was the previous years.
Sure when i am bulking I look a lot larger but to be honest the majority of the weight is that I am getting fatter. Now I am not implying I am fat...but fatter.
The fact I have discover is that through skin calipers I am not gaining any real muscle mass anymore.
Now I am one of the first people who believes and loves Fullbody routines.
And by nature I am a creature of habit and I don't want to leave the full body routine.
But I am starting to wonder if maybe a higher training volume SPLIT would work for me now. Not one that is excessive like the Arnold routines...but maybe one that is geared around 9 to 12 sets of the large muscle groups once a week and 6 sets for biceps and triceps once a week.
I am considering something very similar to ILCARS routine a while back.
Any thoughts or suggestions. ( Oh by the way I have been getting stronger too and gaining weight) which is why I think the lower training volume of HST is maybe hindering me now at 13+ years of die hard training?
Any opinions?
But one problem I have seen the past year or so is that I am not getting any more Muscular. Now I didnot say bigger but sheer muscle size.
I know how to gain weight and I do it every year this time. I basically bulk like crazy all winter and right up unitl summer.
However my problem has been everytime I cut from bulk..I am not more muscular than I was the previous years.
Sure when i am bulking I look a lot larger but to be honest the majority of the weight is that I am getting fatter. Now I am not implying I am fat...but fatter.
The fact I have discover is that through skin calipers I am not gaining any real muscle mass anymore.
Now I am one of the first people who believes and loves Fullbody routines.
And by nature I am a creature of habit and I don't want to leave the full body routine.
But I am starting to wonder if maybe a higher training volume SPLIT would work for me now. Not one that is excessive like the Arnold routines...but maybe one that is geared around 9 to 12 sets of the large muscle groups once a week and 6 sets for biceps and triceps once a week.
I am considering something very similar to ILCARS routine a while back.
Any thoughts or suggestions. ( Oh by the way I have been getting stronger too and gaining weight) which is why I think the lower training volume of HST is maybe hindering me now at 13+ years of die hard training?
Any opinions?