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Originally Posted by JamesGlen
That's good stuff, Esaias 
All Ive basically ever done is the old school bb style:
Mon-Chest/Tri's
Tue-Back/Bi's
Wed-off or cardio
Thurs-Shoulders/traps
Fri-Legs
Sat-Off
Sun-repeat
I've wondered in the past, about doing a full body split workout - twice a week but I've never tried it.
I have a leg press/sled that I've had for probably 10 years, but don't have a squat rack anymore.
By far, my biggest battle with not only weights, but with Spirituall disciplines, is finding time.(and then continuing beyond a couple months)
I'm self employed, I generally get up at 6am and go to work at 7, work till about 5pm, then come home eat dinner and then either go back out and bid jobs thruout the rest of the evening, or on some days I don't have to bid jobs, so I spend the rest of the evening with my wife and kids, and a majority of the time they either have soccer, or gymnastics, or baseball practice.
My work is physically demanding, so it sure is hard to motivate myself to work-out, after working out 
I really do want to do better time wise at both Spiritual and physical disciplines. Plus, like Aaron mentioned, the physical discipline helps one to stay sharp.
Im going to study out your example workout some more. I've never seen one like that. |
Yes, time... that's the main issue for us old guys.
If you're pressed for time, you can just do a "big three" - squat, press, pull, do 3x5 for each, and call it good, two or three days a week. Each workout vary your press and pull (day 1, do bench press and barbell row, day 2 do overhead press and dumbbell row, etc).
If you don't have a squat rack or bench with a rack for bench pressing you can do deadlifts and overhead presses instead. you can vary the deadlifts (squat stance deadlift, aka the "deadsquat", is a good middle ground - grab bar with your arms between your knees, squat down into position, and then deadlift it, works your legs more like a squat than a deadlift, but you don't have to worry about getting the bar over your head and onto your shoulders). Or, you could go old skool, and pick up one side of the bar, lay it across your shoulders, then lift up the other side, do your set, then set it down the same way.
Instead of bench presses, you can do chest dips (like regular dips, you just need to be leaning slightly forward with your arms either slightly in front of your hips or directly alongside them, not behind them). Or, you can do pushups with a kid or two on your back, increase difficulty over time by elevating your feet, until you are doing handstand pushups.
In fact, you don't actually need any equipment, really, just got to figure out how to make the basic movements, and make them as difficult as you can.
Hybrid Mode
