T’s Workout

I found this routine in the FLEX Magazine and thought it looked pretty good to try after doing a bodybuilding show to get myself back into the gym.

 DIMINISHING SETS ROUTINE

Week 1 - perform 7 sets at 20, 16, 12, 9, 6, 5, 2

Week 2 - perform 6 sets at 22, 17, 13, 10, 6, 2

Week 3 - Perform 5 sets at 23, 18, 14, 10, 5

Week 4 - Perform 5 sets at 24, 19, 15, 10, 2

Week 5 - Perform 4 sets at 24, 20, 16, 10

“The chart shows a sample five-week cycle of a diminishing sets routine. Use it for up to 2 exercises per bodypart per workout. Find a weight for each exercise that allows you to complete 20 reps on the first set in week one. Don’t fixate on the reps we list in all other sets of this sample program. This is just an example of how your body may adapt to the program. Everyone will progress differently, and your only focus should be on completing 70 reps total in fewer sets than it took you to complete 70 reps in week one.

Remember, the weight you use stays staticfrom the first set to the last. This isn’t about increasing resistance, rather, it’s about decreasing time spent performing a workload. To visualize, imagine you’re a contractor and it normally takes you 100 days to build a house. You realize, however, that if you can get a house built in only 80 days, you can move on to the next houseand perhaps make extra profits by the end of the year. By getting the same work done in a shorter time, you, like the contractor, will reap the rewards. Rather than money, however, the rewards will come in the form of dense, powerful muscles, which is something money can’t buy.

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