re: Workout guru's: Circuit training question

Running is HIIT. It's sprinting intervals.

Oh right. I just thought that's what y'all were talking about.

I guess I should just do my routine I follow but start doing it in a circuit/interval?

If you do the aforementioned workouts (and those types) with the appropriate yet still challenging weight you shouldn't need to do any other routine. Unless your goal is to be a bulky little meatball, then I would recommend roids and lots of unnecessary screaming in the weight room.

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I'm ripped by the way.

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I know. You look uhhhhmazing

Agreed. Heavy barbell movements (squats, deads, over head pressing, pullups and rows) will work; if he hits the shoulders hard that will benefit him even more

6'1" and 185? Geez are you trying to be a twink?

I'm just going to give you an outline of some principles that I believe in. This isn't nearly everything you need to know.

You should keep in mind that when you lift you are tearing the muscle fibers. How well you diet, sleep, use mobility drills and foam rollers, massages, etc will determine how well you recover.

Cardiovascular capacity,agility, and flexibility will decrease faster than strength and explosiveness; with that said it also takes more time to build strength and explosiveness.

Train more movements than muscle isolation. Yeah calf raises, tricep pushdowns, leg curls and extensions are good but if you aren't competing in a show (bodybuilding) or in pt then these exercises don't need to be highly prioritized.

The most neurological demanding exercises should be highly prioritized (plyometrics, sprints, Olympic lifts, heavy squat and deadlifting, overhead pressing, etc)

Read. Good credible guys such as Jim wendler, Christian thibodeau, mike Boyle and others post on websites such as tnation.

Remember this is a long term project. Don't make goals such as I want to increase my bench press by 40 pounds in two months when you already are benching 300 or more.

Don't be the guy doing barbell curls in the squat rack or doing 1/4 squats.

Don't be afraid to try different fitness classes.

A strict diet with one cheat meal a week will do more wonders than the whole not eat a single carb in 12 months goal.

Also don't be the guy that starts to use roids bc he can't figure out how to bench 250 plus, squat 275 or deadlift 315; it's sad. Learn appropriate programming and patience before deciding on going the chemical route. I neither condone nor condemn, but common sense is warranted.

Lol, yea. My trainer always called them man makers and one of the girls picked on him about it. So he changed it to people makers and I always forget it's the wrong term.