Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Workout for skinny guys


Skinny guys have been lead to believe they need to spend more and more time in the gym to build big muscles. The reality is that skinny guys should train less and eat more. Skinny guy muscle building should be approached the same way they would approach getting a sun tan.

Why Sunlight Is Like Working Out For Skinny Guys

Exposure to sunlight does not instantly produce a tan just like exposure to weight training does not instantly produce muscle. The ultraviolet radiation in sunlight stimulates melanocytes in the skin to produce more melanin as a protective mechanism, darkening the skin.

The same situation arises when you expose exercise stress to your body - the greater the exercise stress the greater the stimulus for super compensation to occur.  If you go to the beach while there are clouds covering the sun, you can be outside all day long and not experience any tanning effects.  Exercise stress is the same. You can spend the entire day in the gym working out and if the stimulus is not sufficient you will not see much if anything in terms of improvements. However, if the exercise stress is sufficient, very little is required to see new gains.

The Minimum Effective Dose

Our bodies have a limit to how much stress we can handle within a period of time. Up to a certain point ultraviolet radiation can produce a nice looking tan. Beyond a certain point, the skin is damaged and results in a burn.  Up to a certain point in a workout, intense exercise stress will create the potential for new size, strength and stamina but beyond a certain point will lead to exhaustion that can result in overtraining or injury.

The training effect is the desired goal of the training. The training effect could be anything from increased relative strength to muscle endurance.  The training effect is not experienced until you recover from the training. If you sun tanned for five minutes, your body needs time to recover from that five minutes before you expose it to six minutes.  Failure to respect these recovery needs can lead to overtraining, plateau or becoming weaker.

The Skinny Guy Is Unique

Just like darker skinned individuals can tolerate a longer duration in the sun compared to someone with lighter skin, some skinny guys can do a higher frequency of training before overtraining.  Determining the optimal training volume, intensity and frequency is a topic covered in depth of Season 3 of Live Large TV and there are many training theories to consider in finding what’s optimal for you. Ultimately, experimentation and accurate record keeping are the only way to will determine how to individualize the different training variables for success.

The Skinny Guy Workout

Monday

  • Deadlifts 1 x 12, 1 x 10, 1 x 8, 1 x 6, 1 x 20 - 90 seconds rest between sets - 411 tempo
  • Chin Ups 1 x 30 sec negative, 1 x 20 second negative, 1 x 10 second negative, 1 x bodyweight, 1 x bodyweight
  • Military Press 1 x 12, 1 x 10, 1 x 8, 1 x 6, 1 x 20 - 90 seconds rest between sets - 311 temp
Wednesday

  1. Incline Biceps Curls 1 x 10, 1 x 8, 1 x 6, 1 x 6, 1 x 12 – 90 seconds rest between sets - 411 tempo
  2. Lying Triceps Extension 1 x 10, 1 x 8, 1 x 6, 1 x 6, 1 x 12 – 90 seconds rest between sets - 411 tempo
  3. Barbell Shrug 1 x 15, 1 x 12, 1 x 1o, 1 x 8, 1 x 15 - 60 seconds rest between sets - 311 tempo
  4. Standing Calve Raise 1 x 10, 1 x 8, 1 x 6, 1 x 6, 1 x 12 - 60 seconds rest between sets - 311 tempo
  5. Stability Ball Crunch 5 x 5 - 15 seconds rest between sets – 505 tempo
Friday 

  1. Squats   1 x 12, 1 x 10, 1 x 8, 1 x 6, 1 x 20 - 90 seconds rest between sets - 411 tempo
  2. Bench Press 1 x 12, 1 x 10, 1 x 8, 1 x 6, 1 x 20 - 90 seconds rest between sets - 311 tempo
  3. Seated Row 1 x 12, 1 x 10, 1 x 8, 1 x 6, 1 x 20 - 90 seconds rest between sets - 311 tempo
Why Is This Workout Effective? 

1. Lower volume. Each body part gets approximately five sets a week. Classic hypertrophy programs rely on closer to 10-25 sets a body part so this allows opportunity to increase the intensity, a variable that can stimulate new muscle if it’s been neglected.

2.  Broad-spectrum of rep ranges. 6-12 reps creates the desire training effect of hypertrophy and by having one back off set in each exercise we ensure we don’t de train the quality, muscular endurance.

3. Longer rest ranges err on the higher side for hypertrophy to ensure you can stimulate the high threshold motor units each set.

4. Balance between all the primary movements of the body. Their is equal volume between horizontal pulling and horizontal pushing moves, vertical pulling and vertical pushing, quad and hip and upper arm.

5. The Principle of Kaizen, constant and never ending improvement, can be applied each workout. Small changes gradually lead to bigger changes long term. The goal of every weight set should be to increase your loads 2% from set to set and to start each workout 2% heavier than your previous workout. This allows us to experience progressive overload, a critical ingredient for muscle growth.

Even if you’re not a skinny guy, this workout can act as an excellent way to stimulate new gains by dropping the volume and increasing the intensity. Don’t make any assumptions until you’ve given it an honest shot!

37 comments:

Kyle Sainz said...

I suppose one could use the balance of various muscles worked on Mon-Wed-Fri here in this workout and keep that however change to high volume when it is time to change to more classic hypertrophy right?

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