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Beyond-Brawn-2nd-Edition

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Wednesday (accessory day)<br />

General warmup<br />

a. Calf work<br />

b. Crunch situp<br />

c. Grip work (including finger extension)<br />

d. Side bend<br />

e. Curl<br />

f. Neck work<br />

g. L-fly<br />

Cool down<br />

Friday<br />

General warmup<br />

a. Bench press or parallel bar dip<br />

b. Overhead press<br />

Cool down<br />

HOW TO DESIGN YOUR OWN TRAINING PROGRAMS<br />

B 42<br />

If you complicate the routines by adding exercises and/or training<br />

days, you will dilute the effort given to each set, increase the<br />

demands on your recovery ability, seriously risk overtraining,<br />

water down your enthusiasm for working out, and undermine if<br />

not destroy the potential value of the routines. en you will be<br />

back at square one—with a conventional routine that yields little<br />

or no growth for everyone except the genetically gifted and drugassisted.<br />

FR AMEWORK 4<br />

Twice-a-week three-day-divided program<br />

12.23 is program is similar to Framework 2 but spreads the same number of<br />

exercises, or a slightly increased number of exercises, over three workouts<br />

(mixing major and accessory exercises) but while training only twice a week.<br />

is increases the rest period between workouts for a given exercise relative<br />

to Framework 2, and gives the chance to include more exercises without<br />

overtraining.<br />

12.24 Here is an example of a twice-a-week three-day-divided program:<br />

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