Workout Plan: What's A Ultimate "Heavy" Set?
Workout Plan: What's A Ultimate "Heavy" Set?
Workout Plan: What's A Ultimate "Heavy" Set?
One thing unique about this program is that it will be 12 weeks long. 1. Train only 1 or 2 muscle groups per workout/day. 2. Do 4 to 6 reps per set. 3. Do 6 to 9 total heavy sets per muscle group. 4. Rest 2 to 3 minutes between sets. (STR) 5. Each workout should last approximately 30 to 40 minutes. 6. Train each muscle group once every 5 to 7 days. (ITR) 7. Take a 1 week break from training every 8 to 10 weeks.
Action points
1> Prepare a 4 week workout Summary plan , which u can tick and update daily. 2> Also a food plan on the same lines. morning cereals normal lunch evening only beans and veggies no carbs . butter only 2wice a week. Cheese 3rice a week. Milk daily. 3> Exercise given needs to be aligned with how same result can be achieved at home so document this clearly. 4>
What's "Positive-Failure"?
Positive failure is when a set is performed to the positive limit of muscle exhaustion. In other words, you are done with a set when you are no longer able to complete a rep on your own. Positive-failure should occur between the fourth and sixth rep
Recovery. How many times have you heard this word? Do you really understand what it means and what impact it has on muscle growth? I can answer that with one word - everything.
muscle growth does not occur in the gym. Muscle growth occurs during the recovery period - the critical time between workouts of the same muscle groups. As a result of overload, muscle must adapt to compensate for future overload.
The recovery period is the time when muscle is recuperating, growing, and becoming stronger in preparation for more overload adapting
As I discussed earlier, recuperation is of vital importance to muscle growth. Recuperation will determine how well your muscles respond to Ultimate training. There are 4 important "time-spans" of recuperation: 1. Short Term Recuperation (STR) - Between sets 2. Intermediate Term Recuperation (ITR) - Between workouts 3. Muscle Specific Recuperation (MSR) - Between identical workouts 4. Cyclical Recuperation (CR) - Between Ultimate Training cycles
Week 1
Monday: Legs
Warmup Set : Set 1 50% , 12 , Set 2 50%, 10 , Set 3 16% , 6, Set 4 80% , 3 , Set 5 90% , 1 Actual Set : Set 6,7,8 100%, 4 to 6 reps
2 mins rest between each warmup set.
Warmup Set : Set 1 50% , 12 , Set 2 50%, 10 , Set 3 16% , 6, Set 4 80% , 3 , Set 5 90% , 1 Actual Set : Set 6,7,8 100%, 4 to 6 reps
Wednesday: Shoulders/Traps
Warmup Set : Set 1 50% , 12 , Set 2 50%, 10 , Set 3 16% , 6, Set 4 80% , 3 , Set 5 90% , 1 Actual Set : Set 6,7,8 100%, 4 to 6 reps
Thursday: Back
Warmup Set : Set 1 50% , 12 , Set 2 50%, 10 , Set 3 16% , 6, Set 4 80% , 3 , Set 5 90% , 1 Actual Set : Set 6,7,8 100%, 4 to 6 reps
Friday: Chest
Warmup Set : Set 1 50% , 12 , Set 2 50%, 10 , Set 3 16% , 6, Set 4 80% , 3 , Set 5 90% , 1 Actual Set : Set 6,7,8 100%, 4 to 6 reps
Understand that warming-up is nothing more than "warming-up". What this means is that you should warmup the muscle group you are training in a fashion that will allow you to infuse the right amount of blood into the muscle and connective tissue and progressively introduce the increasing overload to this muscle group. This warm-up process should not fatigue the muscle. Proper Ultimate warm-up techniques introduce blood into the muscle group, progressively acclimate the muscle and soft tissue to the heavy weight and does not fatigue the muscle
lift more weight on your heavy sets. Remember, more weight - more overload - more muscle. Example that you are using 275 as your heavy weight. If you typically warm-up and train like I pointed out earlier the 275 will feel a lot lighter this time.
First Set:
135 x 12 reps (warm-up) [ 50%] These should be good smooth reps. Not too slow and not to fast. Your main goal is to increase blood flow and get the feel of the movement and the weight. After this first set you should rest about 2 minutes.
Second Set:
[ 50%] 135 x 10 reps (warm-up) Same weight as before. Rhythm should be a little faster this time. Not much faster. Rest about 2 minutes.
Third Set:
[ 65%] - A warm-up set pumps blood into the muscle and surrounding and supporting soft tissue 185 x 6 reps (warm-up) This should be a deliberate set done at a moderate pace. This is the next step in weight acclimation. It should feel light and 4 reps should be very easy. Rest about 2 to 3 minutes before the next set.
Fourth Set:
[ 85%] 225 x 3 reps (weight acclimation) - Weight acclimation sets are very important in preventing injury You should follow the same rhythm as in the last set. 3 strong reps. Rest 2 minutes before next set.
Fifth Set:
[ 85%] 255 x 1 rep (weight acclimation) - Weight acclimation sets are very important in preventing injury That's right, just 1 rep. The purpose here is weight acclimation. This should be a strong, powerful and deliberate rep.
[100%]
285 x 4 to 6 reps (muscle-building) These are the muscle building sets. Very important. These are the only sets that produce muscle growth. All the sets leading up to these heavy sets are merely warm-up sets and are treated as just that and nothing more. Notice we went to 285 instead of 275. Warming up the Ultimate allows you to use heavier weight during the most important muscle building sets.
The only sets that build muscle are the 4-6 rep sets. All other sets are done in Preparation for these sets.
Week 3 Intensity pg 35
Intensity and overload is the Ultimate key to muscle growth. You have to want the results you are after bad enough to go through the pain and work it takes to Get there
Nutrition
Nutrition is a very big part of building muscle. It's said that nutrition is 80% of the puzzle. I say it's 100%. That's right, 100%. The actual lifting, the muscle overload, is also 100% of the equation. Intensity is 100% of the equation. Hydration is another 100% of the equation. Mental attitude is 100% of the equation. So far we are at 600%. One is no more important than the other.
Protein, Carbohydrates, Fats and Water - these are the macro-nutrients. Calories come from 3 dietary sources - protein, carbohydrates, and fat. One gram of protein contains 4 calories, one gram of carbohydrate contains 4 calories, and one gram of fat contains 9 calories.
fat contains 2.25 times as many calories as either protein or carbohydrates. In other words, you can eat 2.25 times as much protein and carbohydrates as you can fat while still maintaining the same caloric intake. This is an important illustration as to how fat can add significantly to your daily caloric intake.
Protein is needed by your body for virtually all growth promoting processes. Protein is a "builder" of cells. Protein is the single most abundant substance in your body next to water Your daily protein intake should account for no less than 53% of your total caloric intake divided by 4. As per gram of protiens is 4 cals.
And let me tell you, carbohydrates don't build muscle and fat certainly does not build muscle. Only protein builds muscle. To put this protein level into perspective, 400 grams of protein is only 1600 calories
The main difference between simple and complex carbohydrates is the time it takes for the body to convert them into glucose. This is important and is the reason complex carbohydrates are favored over simple carbohydrates
Carbohydrates should total about 37% of your total calorie intake. If you eat 3100 calories per day 1147 of those calories or 287 grams should come from carbohydrates. (3100 x .37 / 4 = 287)
FATS
Fat does not make you fat. Excess calories make you fat. If you burn 3000 calories a day yet you consume 4000 calories, you're going to increase your body fat. It doesn't matter how low your fat intake is. If your caloric consumption exceeds your caloric expenditure, you add body fat. Fats should total about 10 % of your total calorie intake. If you eat 3100 calories per day 310 of those calories or 34 to 35 grams should come from fat (3100 x .10) / 9 = 34.4
Water
Even sleeping your body burns calories at a rate 70 to 100 calories per hour. This is called Basal Metabolic Rate BMR
BMR Variable .42 multiplied by your bodyweight to find the calories per pound of bodyweight per hour. Women should use the BMR Variable .35.
So using the above formula, if you weigh 200 pounds your BMR would be 200 x .42 x 24 = 2016. That's 2016 calories per day or about 252 calories every 3 hours. Now remember this is just to sustain your Body weight as it is with no activity at all. 1kg = 2.2 pounds
So in normal circumstances Number of calories that u should consume per day is to maintain current Weight is:
WEIGHT in pounds X BMR X No of hours in a day = 162.8 X 0.42 X 24 = 1641 Proteins per day = CALS X PROTIEN per day % / 4 = 1641 X 0.53 /4 = 217.43 grams Carbs per day = CALS X CARBS per day % / 4 = 1641 X 0.35 /4 = 143 grams FATS per day = CALS X FATS per day % / 9 = 1641 X 0.10 /9 = 18.23 grams For Moderately active people BMR value is 0.65
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