WBB1 Clarifications

[LoneJeeper]

first off. let me just say to the creators knowledge...

i've looked into the WBB and I would like to.... question it a bit.

Why lump chest and back into a single day? man that's just making for a grueling hour long workout...

why have an 'arm day' ? seems more sensible to do something like chest and bicep on day 1 and back and tricep on day 5.

or am i missing something somewhere?

kd

[ancom41]

Have you looked at the details of the routine? Yes, chest and back are on day 1, but the volume is relatively light... 13 sets.. there should be no reason that takes you an hour? The same goes for day 5, 13 sets. Try the routine, see how you like it. If you dont like it.. try something else.. If you feel compelled to create your own, do it.. but I would advise posting it here to see what everyone thinks.

[LoneJeeper]

to be honest i haven't tried it yet. I was looking it over, thinking about starting it when some things showed up that are contrary to what i that was accepted knowledge. i'm just curious is all.

lj

[ancom41]

kd

lj

What do those mean?

[LoneJeeper]

What do those mean?

it means i used my real initials instead of my typical sig initials.

kd

[TwiloMike]

Better question is, why would you not lump chest and back together? It's a push/pull day, from the looks of it it doesn't take that long, but it will leave you spent. I see no problems.

The only thing I question in WBB1 is deadlifting twice a week...

[bjohnso]

The way I see it is that WBB1 is designed to keep your leg gains on track with your upper body gains, the idea being to work your legs just as much as your upper body. Instead of having a push/pull/legs split (where your legs would only make up about 1/3 of the weekly workout) you have an upper body day, a legs day, and a day to bring up commonly lagging upper body parts. So even though you're still only working legs once a week, your upper body gains will be less likely to overtake your legs. Hopefully that makes sense.

And TwiloMike, I also see a conflict with doing conventional deadlift on Monday and SLDLs on Wednesday, what's up with that? It seems like your back and hamstrings would still be fried from Monday by the time you got around to Wednesday's workout.

[LoneJeeper]

Better question is, why would you not lump chest and back together? It's a push/pull day, from the looks of it it doesn't take that long, but it will leave you spent. I see no problems.

The only thing I question in WBB1 is deadlifting twice a week...

I like having them split so that i can focus on bench and deadlift more, and Day1 will be a monday for me, and i'm a wuss on mondays...

[Steele]

I kinda wish that this was the case for me, my legs are overtaking my chest/back by a little, and my arms/delts by miles Have a new routine for bi's/tri's/delts day courtesy of the amazing Built, can't wait to put it into action =)

-Steele

The way I see it is that WBB1 is designed to keep your leg gains on track with your upper body gains, the idea being to work your legs just as much as your upper body. Instead of having a push/pull/legs split (where your legs would only make up about 1/3 of the weekly workout) you have an upper body day, a legs day, and a day to bring up commonly lagging upper body parts. So even though you're still only working legs once a week, your upper body gains will be less likely to overtake your legs. Hopefully that makes sense.

And TwiloMike, I also see a conflict with doing conventional deadlift on Monday and SLDLs on Wednesday, what's up with that? It seems like your back and hamstrings would still be fried from Monday by the time you got around to Wednesday's workout.

[LoneJeeper]

After the first "day 1" of wbb1, I've learned i can't do the necessary number dips or chinups.

I did "negatives" until i had nothing left and finished out with pull downs and cable cross-overs. is this an acceptable method?

thanks

[DokterVet]

To the OP,

Yes I also find that WWB1 day 1 is a grueling 60 - 80 minute workout. I just tough it out. I guess it builds character.