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Any of you cats ever try a Full Body Routine?

Ive been watching some Brandon Carter videos…and he is a big proponent of them.
Never considered it, and then I thought about a coworker I had that did Full Body Workouts as well…dude was strong and had a really good build.

I've adopted a full-body-style routine that I kinda organized myself from reading other more advanced people's workout regimens. I did it because I wanted to preserve as much strength on a cut.

My routine is this: bb OHP, weighted chins, weighted dips, deads, front squats, and bench press as well as accessorized ab work. Some days I don't front squat, some days I just do the weighted dips rather than bench.

Also virtually every exercise I use dropsets

It's awesome because you only workout 2-3 times a week and you're putting in more work in a shorter time.

Really curious to see how it would treat me if I bulked on a full body because I bulked on a bro split and I kind of regret it in retrospect.

Definitely go for it though
 

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I've adopted a full-body-style routine that I kinda organized myself from reading other more advanced people's workout regimens. I did it because I wanted to preserve as much strength on a cut.

My routine is this: bb OHP, weighted chins, weighted dips, deads, front squats, and bench press as well as accessorized ab work. Some days I don't front squat, some days I just do the weighted dips rather than bench.

Also virtually every exercise I use dropsets

It's awesome because you only workout 2-3 times a week and you're putting in more work in a shorter time.

Really curious to see how it would treat me if I bulked on a full body because I bulked on a bro split and I kind of regret it in retrospect.

Definitely go for it though
dope.
Thats pretty much how I was thinking of doing it.

but why did you decide to put the Squats and Deads towards the end?
 

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Setting another date up with her..she wants to workout at my gym Sunday afternoon before we do dinner. The first couple of things she asks:
  • "Is there a squat rack?"
  • "Is there an Assisted chin station?"
  • "How much are drop-ins?"
  • "You know how to spot for squats?"
:wow:
Oh you might have a winner
 

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This may be a dumb question, but I was wondering if anyone knew a way that I could make my arms the same or very similar in size and strength. Right now my right arm is bigger than my left and its noticeable to me. Thanks in advance.
use dumbbells instead of barbells. you might need to drop barbell for bench and rows, switch to dumbbells. when you do curls, dumbbells
 

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Setting another date up with her..she wants to workout at my gym Sunday afternoon before we do dinner. The first couple of things she asks:
  • "Is there a squat rack?"
  • "Is there an Assisted chin station?"
  • "How much are drop-ins?"
  • "You know how to spot for squats?"
:wow:

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Setting another date up with her..she wants to workout at my gym Sunday afternoon before we do dinner. The first couple of things she asks:
  • "Is there a squat rack?"
  • "Is there an Assisted chin station?"
  • "How much are drop-ins?"
  • "You know how to spot for squats?"
:wow:

 

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dope.
Thats pretty much how I was thinking of doing it.

but why did you decide to put the Squats and Deads towards the end?

Order is irrelevant the way I wrote it there. Usually, just as personal preference, I hit whatever I want to max out on first. So if I wanna hit OHP heavy, I hit OHP first. Then I go into front squats, then pull-ups, or deads. Usually pull-ups tax the fukk outta my stabilizers so I really should do them after deads or squat. I've noticed really good activation of my forearms on weighted chins actually
 
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