29 reviews for Fullbodymaxxing
The advantage of full body training is the ability to increase frequency beyond what most typical splits allow for. In order to reap the benefits of higher frequency, it’s important to make sure the volume and variety per muscle per session is sustainable, not only in terms of recovery session to session, but to make sure the lifts later in the session are still trained in a relatively fresh state.
The progression scheme is what you can typically expect from a program of mine: a dynamic double progression. Step 1 is to find your working weight for each lift. From here, when you hit or surpass the top end of the rep range, you’ll increase your weight the subsequent week. A 5% increase is a good rule of thumb, but smaller increments work as well.
Volume wise, you’ll have some freedom. Due to maximizing your frequency on this program, you don’t necessarily need higher volumes to grow. I would suggest starting at 2 sets across the board, and if you have 1-2 higher priority muscle groups, you can push those to 3 sets. From here, I’d only go to 3 sets if your progression is stalled for that muscle group.
Aaron Pollock
Man, 293 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Great program initially worried about the lower volumes but led to more enjoyable training sessions and good results - Training for hypertrophy 3:1 resustance tempo
Fawaz A.
Man, 489 weeks complete
3 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Nice schedule and programming keep going Keep you more motivated and energized all the day Thank you for your hard effort
Samuel C.
Man, 282 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Second time running through this program. Recently retired from rugby and needed to transition to something lower stress. Basement Bodybuilding's lower volume approach is both a lot of fun as well as effective. My arms have grown so much throughout this program from just the basics. Made adjustments need be for my work gym but overall stuck to the method.
John O.
Man, 593 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Good program. My exercise swaps were because of my own injury
Kri B.
Man, 343 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Great program to built muscles and keep fit. I changed few exercises and added abs and a little warmup. Fits my busy weeks perfectly
John Wild
Man3 weeks complete
1 year of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
So far, so good. Only a few weeks in and already progressing and seeing gains. Switched out the hack squat for barbell squat variations due to knee pain on hack squat machine. I also added neck curls to a couple days. I love the three day per week program, as I feel like I’m able to recover better in between days that I push harder.
Knaiver
Man, 343 weeks complete
1 year of prior experience
As expected strength gains
Less than expected muscle gains
Needs some more back, and calves exercises.
Man, 28
5 weeks complete
6 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
This program is an excellent reminder that more doesn’t always equal better. I have improved week on week with using the double progression and I attribute that to the 2 working sets prescribed. The program is lacking In leg volume, however this didn’t bother me as I already have naturally larger legs. I did swap out one of the quad movements for another hamstring and added calf raises to one of the days to suit my needs. I intend to run this program until progress stalls, which I don’t foresee happening anytime soon. A must try program for everyone, particularly for the those that think they need the 5-6 days a week in the gym.
Jake M.
Man, 397 weeks complete
3 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
I really like this approach. I was skeptical of the fewer sets than I’m used to, but have noticed huge gains. Since I started, people have been commenting on how much bigger I look.
Eduardo G.
Man, 433 weeks complete
2 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
It works great for a 43 year old because you can rest 1 or 2 days. I had to add abs exercises. It's short but good.