pig
07-18-2011, 05:09 AM
Hey Everyone,
I'm looking for a new routine that will put on mass. At 48 years old, I'm 5'8" and about 155lbs and around 16% bf. I've tried many programs Max-Ot, Dorian Yates' 2-day split, a bunch of others when I was younger, and currently training DC style, I'm making strength gains at a steady pace so I'm happy with that but I'm not really gaining size or lean mass. I've been doing DC for some time now and I know it works, I think maybe I'm not eating enough but I tend to get fat easily so I shy away from gaining too much weight since it seems to be mostly fat. I like the 3 day low volume programs but am wondering if maybe I need more sets per bodypart. It's been a long time since I did Yates' 2-day split where you rotate (chest, back, and shoulders) and (legs and arms) so that you are working out some bodyparts twice one week and once the next for 6-9 sets per bodypart, but I wonder if anyone thinks this would be a better routine for me.
I posted a thread on here some time ago, and had similar problems, but I'm still not making any real progress and hope that someone might have some suggestions on how to get moving forward. Like I said I like DC very much and maybe I need help getting my diet going in the right direction or maybe this really isn't the right program for me, I don't know. This is the Master's section and I know you all have a lot of experience and hopefully maybe someone has gone through something similar and can help me.
Thanks, Gene
I'm looking for a new routine that will put on mass. At 48 years old, I'm 5'8" and about 155lbs and around 16% bf. I've tried many programs Max-Ot, Dorian Yates' 2-day split, a bunch of others when I was younger, and currently training DC style, I'm making strength gains at a steady pace so I'm happy with that but I'm not really gaining size or lean mass. I've been doing DC for some time now and I know it works, I think maybe I'm not eating enough but I tend to get fat easily so I shy away from gaining too much weight since it seems to be mostly fat. I like the 3 day low volume programs but am wondering if maybe I need more sets per bodypart. It's been a long time since I did Yates' 2-day split where you rotate (chest, back, and shoulders) and (legs and arms) so that you are working out some bodyparts twice one week and once the next for 6-9 sets per bodypart, but I wonder if anyone thinks this would be a better routine for me.
I posted a thread on here some time ago, and had similar problems, but I'm still not making any real progress and hope that someone might have some suggestions on how to get moving forward. Like I said I like DC very much and maybe I need help getting my diet going in the right direction or maybe this really isn't the right program for me, I don't know. This is the Master's section and I know you all have a lot of experience and hopefully maybe someone has gone through something similar and can help me.
Thanks, Gene