I remember back when I was playing ball if I even thought about the phrase "2-a-days" I felt like throwing up. Nothing was worse than practicing twice a day in 100 degree,100% humidity, August, Alabama heat! Okay so maybe I'm exaggerating it was only 99.9% humidity.
The two-a-days I want to tell you about have nothing to do with football--in fact they took place in an air conditioned facility!
It all started when I had hit a major plateau in my workouts. I wasn't getting any stronger, leaner, and was losing motivation. So I started thinking to myself... What is something I haven't tried yet in my workouts? I thought I had pretty much tried everything!
But there was something I hadn't even fathomed of doing at this point in my life-- working out (lifting weights) twice a day. Everything I have ever read was extremely against it.-- So I did some research.
I came across the training diary of one Sylvester Stallone--- call me crazy but have you ever noticed the difference in Stallone from Rocky I to II? The man definitely put on a ton of lean mass. I took a look at the workout out and made some customizations to fit my training style.
Basically, everyone usually breaks down the muscle groups they want to train into five groups--- Chest, Arms,Back,Shoulders,Legs.
I took it a little deeper and broke the muscle groups into -- Chest, Biceps, Triceps, Back, Front Deltoids (shoulder), Rear Deltoids, Traps, Legs. This way I could target individual muscle groups twice-a-day without doing it two days consecutively. I hit each muscle group 3x in a five day period. So basically I canned the whole one muscle group per day,once per week --- and traded it in for four muscle groups per day, three times per week. I then began my eight week journey!
In Part II, I will tell you exactly how I did it and provide you with a sample plan. I will also show you the results I gained from it and how to customize for any fitness level!
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1 comment:
This is really awesome. I am truly impressed by your knowledge and understanding. This can be a great tool for most everyone whether they are into weight training or not. Hey I see a book deal in your future!Just wait til Oprah sees this. Yeah and Montel too! But you'll need to turn down the invitation from "The View",
that liberal bunch is too much to suffer. Albeit most of them could stand to shed a few pounds, "Baba WaWa" included!
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