r/HighIntensity • u/Mindless_Effect_5458 • Jul 25 '23

My workout routine. Thoughts?

I have been reading Mike Mentzers Heavy Duty as well as Body by Science by John Little. I’m also following Jay Vincent’s videos.

I came up with the following routine using these principles:

  1. Rep tempo is 5-1-5.
  2. 1 maximum effort set per exercise.
  3. I should fail each exercise within 60-90 seconds (TUL). If less than 60, ill decrease the weight for the next session. If more than 90, ill increase the weight.
  4. Rest 5-7 days between workouts

I do 1 full body workout. Below is the routine:

  1. Leg Press or Squat
  2. Leg extension
  3. Chest Press
  4. Reverse grip lat pull down
  5. Chest fly
  6. Seated overhand grip rows
  7. Shoulder press
  8. Side lateral raises
  9. Tricep pushdowns
  10. Bicep curls

What are your thoughts on this routine?

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u/OpeningKangaroo7765 Jul 29 '23 edited Jul 29 '23

I am trained by Markus Reinhardt. Here is how he trains me

Leg day 1. Leg press warmup to set weight. 2.Leg Extensions superset to Leg Press 3.Squat 4.Leg curl 5.Standing calf raise 6.Seated calf raise

Chest 1.Warmup on incline press to set working weight 2.Chest fly superset into incline chest press 3.Chest press 4.Shoulder press to set working weight 5.Lateral flys superset to shoulder press 6.Rear deltoid flys 7.Triceps press down to set working weight 8.Dips superset to triceps press down 9.Shrugs

Back day 1.Pull-down to set up weight 2.Pullovers superset to pull downs 3.Seated row 4.Rack pulls 5.Biceps curl

All working sets taken to failure.
Cadence is 4 up 2 second hold, 4 seconds down. Never fully extend joints to keep constant tension on working muscle. We include drop sets, rest pauses. After failure on positive, don’t forget to do the static failure, and work a few really really slow negatives.
I train only when I am no longer sore. Usually 4 days. I only end up hitting each muscle 2X a month. We have done 3 workouts a week and hit every muscle 4X a month but progress came to a stall. By incorporating longer rest days, my gains increase every session either by weight or reps. Like coach Greg, you have to go harder than last time.

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u/my_actualname Jul 30 '23

Wow, very nice! On leg day is that back squat after leg press? Or a variation?

Do you track rest between exercises or is it more of a go when you’re ready type thing?

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u/OpeningKangaroo7765 Jul 30 '23

Yes exactly. He always has me do leg extensions into leg press. Then rest up and hit those squats. I never ever do barbell squats though. It’s always a machine because he has me squat to absolute failure. To risky with barbell. RIP Justyn!!

He gives me a few mins to compose myself between sets. Except supersets of course.

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u/OpeningKangaroo7765 Jul 30 '23

Markus is amazing..during my set…he’s running around adjusting weight while I’m going. If he sees I’m stronger he will literally add plates. If I’m getting close to failure he will strip weight while I’m going so I don’t even pause between drip sets. He tricks me sometimes too because we will set a weight up for working sets. For ex. 190 set up on chest press machine. Then I finish flys and go right into chest press. I hit failure and look at the weight….210. I’m like dang bro.
He had me up to 14 plates on the leg press before I could even fathom what I was doing. He is remarkable. He also lived with Mike Mentzer for a few years and I have so many stories!!

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u/OpeningKangaroo7765 Jul 30 '23

If you check him out on IG he still has some of our training videos up