FIT Is this a stupid way to train?

[TANGO SUKKA]

4x10-12 reps for all isolation exercises, except for squats/bench which would be 5x5?

 

[4cd-Air]

not enough info

 

[GTLifter]

4x10-12 reps for all isolation exercises, except for squats/bench which would be 5x5?

depends...

not enough info

this

 

[TANGO SUKKA]

not enough info

what other info is needed?

 

[ices]

Add rows + deadlifts for your "strength" range.

 

[TANGO SUKKA]

Add rows + deadlifts for your "strength" range.

can't deadlift due to spine injury

i also do 4x10 pullups.

 

[Ceaze]

can't deadlift due to spine injury

Then why can you do squats?

 

[TANGO SUKKA]

Then why can you do squats?

i fractured and compressed my t4 and t5 vertebra several years ago... when i do deadlifts it feel really bad/weird on my spine, as if its gonna snap or something. when i squat i feel a bit of pressure on my spine, but it's not nearly as bad as deadlifting...plus i'm only squatting like 215 max, and i'm sure it would be much worse if i got up past 350lb.

 

[{hydro}]

I've sorta been doing this but more like 3 sets 8-10 reps.

 

[hodor]

I do 5/3/1 and then 6-10 on isos

 

[grampositivecocci]

I do a pretty similar program but also train shoulder press and chins/rows heavy, oh and deads, however, not going to tell you to do deads.

 

[jehan60188]

what about pullups to failure instead of to 12?

 

[Bodhi]

i go 3x10 .. then an iso for 10 reps with my starting weight

as long as form remains constant

 

[KingGargantuan]

Sounds similar to 531's boring but big method. That's what I use.

 

[Perkwunos]

4x10-12 reps for all isolation exercises, except for squats/bench which would be 5x5?

sounds fair enough for a beginner, I would maybe vary the isolation shit based on what i felt i sucked at.

 

[TANGO SUKKA]

Stop squatting.

I didn't feel a thing when I used to squat, then I had two surgeries on five levels of my spine. Don't dick with your chances, bro.

if it gets to the point where i feel uncomfortable doing them, i will stop. but so far my spine has been fine with squats. i use this logic with deadlifts, which is why i don't do them..it doesn't feel right.

i also decided to try the following instead of 4x12, and like it so far:

set 1: 12 reps
set 2: 10 reps
set 3: 8 reps
set 4: failure (6-8 reps)

 

[TANGO SUKKA]

Yea, My back "Felt Fine" too, until I woke up one day and couldn't stand up.

Patient Assessment:
Elevated white blood count with fever
Lumbar stenosis L1 to L2, L2 to L3, L3 to L4, L4 to L5, L5 to S1, staus: post decompression.

Pre/Postoperative Diagnosis:
L1-2 stenosis with herniated disk.
L2-3 stenosis with herniated disk.
L4-5 stenosis with herniated disk.
L5-S1 lateral recess stenosis on the right.

Procedures:
Right L5-S1 decompression by performing medial facetectomy at L5-S1 on the right and generous laminotomy.
L4-5 decompression bilaterally with herniated disk excision from the left.
L3-4 decompression with herniated disk excision from the left.
L2-3 decompression with herniated disk excision from the left.
L1-2 decompression with herniated disk excision from the left.

fffffuuuuuu... my t4 and t5 are compressed

 

[kronik85]

Yea, My back "Felt Fine" too, until I woke up one day and couldn't stand up.

Patient Assessment:
Elevated white blood count with fever
Lumbar stenosis L1 to L2, L2 to L3, L3 to L4, L4 to L5, L5 to S1, staus: post decompression.

Pre/Postoperative Diagnosis:
L1-2 stenosis with herniated disk.
L2-3 stenosis with herniated disk.
L4-5 stenosis with herniated disk.
L5-S1 lateral recess stenosis on the right.

Procedures:
Right L5-S1 decompression by performing medial facetectomy at L5-S1 on the right and generous laminotomy.
L4-5 decompression bilaterally with herniated disk excision from the left.
L3-4 decompression with herniated disk excision from the left.
L2-3 decompression with herniated disk excision from the left.
L1-2 decompression with herniated disk excision from the left.

you had a fever bro, not back problems.

 

[BigBlind]

you had a fever bro, not back problems.

a fever, but it looks like they threw in a PS2 cheatcode to beat that shit

L2 L1 stick left, boom 98.6

 

[CottonTowels]

= happy spine

 

[CottonTowels]

Vas is das?

An inversion table. A number of structural related back problems can be fixed using one of these. Unless if you're over 300lbs you can easily get away with a fairly decent quality one which might be anywhere between 150 and 300 bucks depending where you live

 

[TANGO SUKKA]

THEN STOP FUCKING AROUND

I had a dural tear during the first surgery, and I leaked spinal fluid for three days before they cut me open again to fix it. They fixed the tear, but now for the rest of my life, I will feel like I'm walking through waist-deep water.

That's the joy of nerve damage. Stop being stupid.

but then how to get big?