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Contrast training is a unique way to optimize results. Read this article by Lee Boyce about how to incorporate it into your training to pack on lean muscle mass.

By: Lee Boyce Added: March 25th, 2013
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    Im 17 and im 6ft tall and i weigh 145 pounds. I started lifting weights about 2 months ago and i think i've gained about solid 10 pounds or so since then. Anyway i got free weights at home and a bench which is what i use to work out and i can basically work out whenever i want, i have a lot of free time. Could anyone help me with a good mass gaining routine? i know the proper form and how to do most lifts.
    My current routine is working each muscle group once a week but i really feel like i heal fast cuz even when i do squats the soreness goes away after like 3-4 days (other lifts a day or two). I also started eating a lot more because i know thats key to gaining mass.

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    Keep training each bodypart once a week. Keep eating a lot. Sleep 8+ hours a night and get plenty of rest. If you have time for a nap in the afternoon, take one. Keep training simple. Below is a good mass building routine. Many of the exercises are not specific, so choose what you like(i.e. - barbell vs dumbell)

    Day 1 - Chest/shoulders/triceps
    Flat bench - 3 sets
    Incline bench - 3 sets
    Shoulder press(front) - 3 sets
    Side laterals - 3 sets
    Tris(any movement) - 2-3 sets

    Day 2 - rest

    Day 3 - Back/biceps/calves
    Deadlift - 2 sets
    Pull ups - 3 sets
    Rows - 3 sets
    Bicep curls - 2-3 sets
    Calf raises - 3 sets

    Day 4 - rest

    Day 5 - rest

    Day 6 - Legs(quads/hams)
    Squat - 3 sets
    Leg curls - 2 sets
    Leg extensions - 2 sets

    Day 7 - rest

    Take all sets to failure for all exercises you can safely perform failure training with.
    Last edited by gino; 07-12-2001 at 11:47 AM.
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    yeah.
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    My best training method for mass gaining was the Garman Volume Training.You exercise one bodypart per week but you'll have to do many many sets and get bored.However it works wonders.

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    Dorian yates winter mass training program

    DAy 1
    DELTOIDS
    Seated dumbbell presses 3sets 6-10 reps
    Standing dumbbell laterals 2sets 6-10 reps TRAPEZIUS
    Dumbbell shrugs 3sets 6-10 reps
    TRICEPS
    Pushdowns 3sets 6-10 reps
    Skull crushers 2sets 6-10 reps

    DAY 2
    BACK
    Reverse-grip chinups 3sets 8-10 reps
    Bent barbell rows 3sets 6-10 reps
    Pulley row 2sets 6-10 reps
    REAR DELTS
    Bent dumbbell laterals 2sets 6-10 reps
    LOWER BACK
    Deadlifts 3sets 6-10 reps

    DAY 3
    Rest

    DAYG 4
    CHEST
    Incline bench presses 3sets 6-8 reps
    Flat dumbbell presses 2sets 6-8 reps
    Dumbbell flyes 2sets 6-8 reps
    BICEPS
    Cambered-bar curls 2sets 6-8 reps
    Concentration curls 2sets 6-8 reps

    DAY 5
    QUADS
    Leg extension 3sets 6-10 reps
    Squats 3sets 6-10 reps
    Leg presses 2sets 6-10 reps
    HAMSTRING
    Stiff-leg deadlift 2sets 6-10 reps
    Seated leg curls 2sets 6-10 reps
    CALVES
    Standing raises 3sets 6-10 reps
    Leg press calf raise 2sets 6-10 reps

    DAY 6
    Rest

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    That routine isn't too shabby despite Dorian's [no doubt] huge gear bill.

    I personally think that chins, deads and rows do enough for you not to bother with direct rear delt work.

    Cambered bar curls are inferior to straight BB curls cause you build best mass on biceps with your wrists fully supsinated.

    I also wouldn't deadlift twice in one week or squat and deadlift in the same session [again Dorian's drug use permitted this]

    Other than that all i would change is the order of bodyparts.
    "Geordie/'d3c:di/n. & adj. Brit colloq. n. 1 a native of Tyneside. 2 the dialect spoken on Tyneside. adj. of or relating to Tyneside, its people, or its dialect. [the name George + -IE]

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    i used it last winter. worked well enough. i gree with you on everything you said though. it just seemed like a good mass gaining routine for the kid.

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    Yah, well now he has two to choose from
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