Anyone do the Arnold Blueprint?

[Admin]

what did you think of it ? what were your results?

 

[Goosey]

What is it?

 

[White_Lie]

I looked at it and was seriously contemplating doing it but don't have enough hours in the day to spend 2 or more of them in the gym.
I think its a good looking routine and will yield good results. I've done other musclepharm routines before with good success

 

[Goosey]

I think that with the substances available today and knowing how long and how much he spent in the gym, you would not need to spend as munch time doing it?

 

[Admin]

What is it?

There's a legend behind every legacy. There's a blueprint behind every legend. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger's blueprint—his workout program, nutrition plan, training philosophy, history, knowledge, thoughts on motivation, and more. This is your map to success. Learn from the best bodybuilder of all time and build your own legacy.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/arnold-schwarzenegger-blueprint-trainer-main.html

 

[Grunta]

Since 1990, I love it, love the pump, feels like I'm caaaarmig all the time.
its good, workes like any othe routine, only risk with it is the frequency can suffer as it is time demanding, so sometimes some of my body parts are trained only once per week.
but after squeezing in 6 days per week, high vol, twice per week, after a month you feel it.
results - I posted some photos somewhere so you can judge for yourself, keep in mind that my diet is terrible.

 

[StrungOut]

I just wish it was laid out in an easier to read format compared to having to click different things from the pulldown menu.
Guy at basketball tried this, said it was fairly taxing

 

[White_Lie]

You should just be able to download the pdf which lays it all out a lot easier. And then there's the calendar which tells you which part to train on which day.

Grunta, this is a new one, only been out for 3-4 months. Not the original blueprint to mass or whatever it was. They include diet and supps but like all MP plans, they heavily push the MP supps, saying you need lots of every type they offer. Bit of overkill really

 

[Grunta]

OK, I was referring to the original, will have to check it out.

 

[Bench Polkov]

I ran his split from The Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding for 2 years. Its how I went from 70kg to 90kg. Training twice a day, 6 days a week is fun.

 

[Grunta]

I ran his split from The Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding for 2 years. Its how I went from 70kg to 90kg. Training twice a day, 6 days a week is fun.

Love that book, it's on my bedside table, it's my bible.

 

[Stiffy]

I ran his split from The Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding for 2 years. Its how I went from 70kg to 90kg. Training twice a day, 6 days a week is fun.

would you say it was the programs in the book or your, I assume "superior genetics".

I have had the book for many years too but never used the programs in it.

 

[Bench Polkov]

Love that book, it's on my bedside table, it's my bible.

That's what I called it too. It traveled with me everywhere.

 

[Bench Polkov]

would you say it was the programs in the book or your, I assume "superior genetics".

I have had the book for many years too but never used the programs in it.

If you'd known me as a kid you would doubt any suggestion of superior genetics. I was always the oldest kid in my class because my parents started me a year later, and I was also always the smallest. Most kids the year beneath me were taller.

I worked as a PT back then and was at the gym from 5am til 9pm often because of the long drive home. So I would train 4-6hrs a day and eat 8 normal sized meals a day. The program was basic and high volume and I ate a lot of food and trained like a crazy fucker. All you really need.

 

[Grunta]

That's what I called it too. It traveled with me everywhere.

Same, my missus be like "do you have to drag that massive thing everywhere? Can't you find a smaller book?

 

[morgan000]

I would like to try this routine but as someone else stated, not enough hours in the day. It's alright if I wasn't working but with work, kids and so on, not much time left for this.

 

[Goosey]

I paid $100 for it at Myer, crazy.

 

[White_Lie]

Just had another look at it, it's not until the second phase (week 8 onwards) where the load really ramps up.
The first 4 weeks are like most programs, mostly 5 sets of varying rep ranges but the second half is the 10 sets of 4, 8 sets of 8 and still doing 7-8 exercises per workout.
I'm sure when I first looked at it, it was the other way around as I remember seeing the 8/10 sets and wondering how long each session would go for.
No doubt this will shock most people's bodies and force growth though

 

[spartacus]

only Arnold book I ever got/ I stole it from swanston street shop when 17 or 18 and bolted down road.

Went to findlays that night, spoke to Richard Norton and watched a guy called Danny Abrahams do about 25 reps chins like it was nothing. I was inspired.

Then the aths guys told me bb was for poofs, so gave it up. One of the guys ended up competing in bb years later.

 

[jj80]

90 minutes on arms from the comments, lol. Then chest again 48 hours later? Sounds brutal, I'll check out the detailed program sometime.