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Bulking up for wrestling
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Monday, July 18, 2005 6:02 PM
I know that bulking up and losing fat are kinda opposites but heres my situation. During the school year I was on the wrestling team and kept my weight around 125 even though I was more like 130. After the season ended I went away for 2 months and didn't really exercise and now I weigh 141-144 and I'm around 5'10. I'm a very thin guy and I don't see how I even gained that much weight as I'm still pretty thin. My main goal for next season is to just get as big as possible. But at the same time, if I did gain fat by sitting around I'm gonna want to lose that also. I don't know if it will come off during working out but if it doesn't I'm gonnna want to keep some running in my routine. As far as equipment, I have access to a gym Monday-Thursday and have a treadmill and a set of dumbells at home. I found this routine here just by looking around. Monday- Shoulders Dumbell Press - 2 sets for 8-12 reps Arnold Dumbell Press - 2 sets for 8-12 reps Lateral Dumbell Raise - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Front Dumbell Raise - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Dumbell Shrugs - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Tuesday- Arms Barbell Curl - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Alt. Dumbell Curl - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Hammer Curls - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Lying Tricep Press - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Tricep Pushdown - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Seated Tricep Press - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Wednesday- Legs Squats - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Leg Curls - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Still Leg Dead Lifts - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Standing Calf Raise - 3 sets 12 for reps Seated Calf Raise - 3 sets for 12 reps Thursday- Chests and Abs Flat Bench Press - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Incline Bench Press - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Decline Dumbell Press- 3 sets for 8-12 reps Weighted Crunches - 3 sets for 12 reps Leg Lifts -3 sets for 12 reps Friday- Back Bent Over Rows - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Pulls Ups (Weighted) - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Deads - 3 sets for 8-12 reps Now would this be good for what I want? Also, is there any way I could fit this into 4 days as thats all I have at the gym? And what about running? Should I still do that? Thanks so much.
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RE: Bulking up for wrestling
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Tuesday, July 19, 2005 5:21 AM
If its for wrestling you want to gain as much strength as possible. I did this workout below for about 4 months, it worked pretty good. It was a 4 day stretch workout. And before anybody says it.. this workout isn't "overtraining." It is just a bit more intense then what the average guy who isn't serious about working out would do :-) Monday - Chest & Triceps Chest Flat Bench Press - 4x5 using 85% of your max weight. Incline Bench Press - 4x4 using 80% of max weight Cable Crossover Chest Fly - 6x4 Pushups - 15x3 Do them REALLY REALLY slow Triceps Nosebusters - 6x3 Kickbacks - 8x3 Single Arm Tricep Pulldown (cable crossover machine) 8x4 Tuesday - Biceps & Abs Biceps Alt. Dumbell Curls - 8x3 each arm Single Arm Cable Curls - 8x4 EZ Bar Curl - 6x4 Hammer Curls - 8x3 Abs Abs are Abs... its all personal preference. Nobody really knows what works with this muscle group to be honest. Its the most controversial body part to train. Wednesday - Back & Shoulders Shoulders - Front laterial raises - 6x4 Side Laterial raises - 6x4 Seated Military Dumbell Press - 8x4 Behind The head Military Barbell press - 6x3 Back - Lat Pulldown (behind head)- 6x3 (go real slow) Seated Row (don't use triangle, use a bar) - 8x3 (again real slow) Pullups - As many as you can do, 3 sets. Staning Rows (bent foward, back straight) - 10x4 (very slow again). Thursday - Legs Legs - Squats (smith or free standing) - 5x4 (go low all the way down, don't cheat). Calf raises - 8x4 Leg Extension - 8x4 Powerclean(more of a overall body exercise) - 4x4 Leg press - 6x3 This is a pretty hardwork out. Its not overtraining, but its pretty much as far as you will get without overtraining. This was written by my Powerlifting coach who has one many many competitions, and traveled all over the world to lift, so he knows what he is doing. My Highschool team did this workout for a while, and trust me, we all got stronger quick. Make sure to increase your protien intake as you will need the extra protien to rebuild your muscles. And keep this workout intense! Do as much weight as possible on every workout with keeping decent form. You need to find the right balance between form and weight.
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RE: Bulking up for wrestling
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Sunday, July 24, 2005 5:36 PM
Thanks for the reply. I should be starting tommorrow so I'll let you know how it goes. Also, if I don't have much time would it be ok to splitting my workup to the machine stuff at the gym and then doing the dumbells at home? Or should I really do everything at once. And what about running? Should I just keep on doing that every day? Thanks again.
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