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Full Body Workout Plan

See How Easily You Can Build Muscle...
With A Full Body Workout Plan


Have you ever tried a full body workout plan? Let me re-phrase that...

Have you ever tried a full body workout intelligently designed by someone who knows how to build muscle and strength at alarmingly fast rates? I didn't think so.

It's time for a change from those boring once per week split routines that only slow your progress. Let me tell you right now...

If you've only been working each muscle group once per week, you are missing out on some serious strength and size gains. You need a change. You need a full body workout plan.


Who Else Wants To Build Muscle and Strength Faster?

I've been experimenting with split routines versus full body workouts for many years. I'm a very experienced weight lifter with 10 years of experience.

One of the huge myths in the weight lifting world today is that advanced lifters should not be using full body workouts. Anyone who states that a full body workout can't work for an advanced lifter does not know the simple basics of building muscle and strength.

Split routines do not and cannot compare with full body routines because you do not and will not get the increased frequency of weight training. Full body workouts allow you to work each muscle group 3 times per week.

Since you work each muscle group up to 3 times as much each year... You can build 3 times the amount of muscle with a full body workout plan!

BUT, that's only if you have a good workout plan, and you understand how to find YOUR optimal weight lifting intensity. Everyone is different. Everyone has different recovery abilities.


WARNING: Do NOT Use the Same
Intensity As Your Split Routine

The problem most people have when switching from a split routine to a full body workout plan is lifting to failure too much.

You MUST cut back on the intensity of each set during a full body program. You cannot go to failure each and every set and expect to not overtrain working each muscle group 3 times per week with heavy, compound weight lifting exercises.

Intensity of each set is not the key in building muscle and strength. You DO NOT have to go to failure and beyond to build muscle and strength fast. Read that again. And just don't read it... BELIEVE IT. It's true.

So, the first step you must take when switching to a full body workout program is to stop taking every set to failure.


Here is THE Most Important Muscle Building Factor

Above, we discussed how intensity of each set is not THAT important for building muscle and strength. It is important, but all the muscle building factors must be balanced for you to make optimal progress.

Let me explain what I mean...

Intensity, Frequency, and Volume are all important muscle building factors. If you could recover very quickly from workouts, you could lift with greater intensity, you could lift weights more often, and you could do more each workout and get AWESOME results.

BUT, you just cannot workout all the time, go to failure all the time, and do tons of sets at every workout. Your body just can't take that much. You will overtrain and not make any progress at all if you do too much of everything.

So you MUST balance those factors to make optimal progress.

The full body workout plan that I've designed takes the most important muscle building factors and makes them top priority...

The most important muscle building factor is increasing the amount of weight you lift at each workout. The load you apply to each muscle group determines whether or not you applied the proper muscle building stimulus you need to build muscle.


What Everybody Ought to Know About
Increasing the Weight You Lift

If you've ever tried to increase the weight every workout you know that it gets very hard. You have to fight for every ounce of weight increase. And that's why it's tough to make progress and build muscle.

So, with my weight lifting programs, I teach you how to easily increase the weight every workout.

Let me give you an example. Remember, the overall strategy takes everything into account. One thing that MUST be done before starting every weight lifting cycle is to take a 1 week break from any rigorous physical activity.

Let's say you've had your one week break already. You're ready to start a full body workout plan consisting of 3 workouts per week. One of your exercises is the Full Barbell Squat.

One of my rules for every weight lifting program is to start out with very light weights in the beginning. You will build muscle in the beginning -- even with lighter weights -- because you've deconditioned your muscles to any load (due to the break).

Let's say you can easily Full Squat about 235 pounds for 6 reps.

Your plan for the full body program might look like this for each workout...


Example Weight Progression

Week Workout 1 Workout 2 Workout 3
1 85 95 105
2 115 125 135
3 145 155 165
4 175 180 185
5 190 195 200
6 205 215 220
7 225 230 235
8 240 245 250
9 255 265 270
10 275 280 285


Do you notice anything missing from the example above? Yes, the amount of reps to do each workout is not there and the number of sets. I didn't put those because weight lifted is the most important thing.

The strategy I use for all my workout programs is to start out with light weight and higher reps. As weight is increased, reps are decreased. This allows you to continuously increase the weight WITHOUT going to failure all the time.

This is a strategy that works absolute wonders. You will be amazed at how much progress you make and how easy it is to increase the weight every workout without going to failure.

Every weight lifting cycle, you should plan to end with higher maxes than your previous cycle. That's how you make progress.


The Secret of Increased Frequency

The full body workout plan works so well becuase you get 3 chances to build muscle and strength each week. You have to wait 3 weeks with split routines to get the same effect.

I'll just say it plainly: 'Split routines SUCK!'

Science has proven that the vast majority of workout effects are complete after about 48 hours post workout. So it makes sense to work each muscle group every 48 hours, right? Right.

In order to utilize that secret, though, you need to understand the Big Picture and balancing all the factors... as discussed above.

Luckily, I've taken a few years of my life to put together a program that shows you and teaches you everything you need to know. I've developed a free WLC Program Basic Guide to get you started on the right track and a Full Version that gives you EVERYTHING.

All you have to do to get the Full WLC Program Package is to go here.

If you'd like the Free Basic WLC Program Guide, you can sign up for the Free WLC Newsletter (an email sent to you about once per week with more muscle building tips and tricks). Once you sign up and confirm your free subscription, you get the Free Guide and some other bonuses too.


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