I've started to do more of your style of building up to a heavy set and then going all out on the last one. Best thing I've done in a while. Thanks John!
Wow I just realized, John looks like Luke Skywalker who wasn't force-sensitive but made up for that by killing it in the gym every day. Keep up the great work, super informative as always! May the pump be with you!!
I have been doing full body 3x a week now for 4 months due to lack of time, and love it. Each workout starts with one compound ( squat, bench, DL). Then I superset 2 body parts for the rest. In and out in an hour, and my body is taxed afterwards
@@infiniteg7852 What I've been doing that works is this and I get it done and am smoked in just over one hour. My warmup is a giant set getting heavier each set for 3-4 total sets: A) hamstring exercise like leg curls or nordic curls B) Bodyweight glute bridges for high reps C) Planks D) sled push or sandbag bear hug carry E) back exercise like DB Rows, DB pullover, Lat Prayer etc. for higher reps 15-20. Then after the 3rd or 4th and final set pushed close to failure I pick one upper body push and one lower body exercise. Some of my favorite pairings are Trap bar deadlifts and Floor Press, Incline DB Bench and Back Squats and one arm DB press standing paired with SSB bar squats. Take a couple sets to work up to a medium heavy weight and do a 20 minute as many rounds as possible of low reps sets of those two exercises. Example is Trap bar deadlifts x3-5 and Floor press x3-5. Pick a weight you could get a pretty easy 10 reps with to start. Go back and forth and see how many sets can you get in 20 minutes. I have 3 pairings I work through and slowly add weight each time it comes back around. After that I'm pretty smoked so I do one or two final giant sets of single joint exercises like this: A) DB Side raises B) DB Hammer Curls C) Tricep pressdowns D) DB Shrugs E) Band face pulls At the end of this I am done and it takes me a little over 60 minutes and I get a hard cardio output with heavy-ish weights. On the final giant set(s) I'm to tired to push heavy so I focus on higher reps. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
Wednesday FB 3-4 warmup sets as needed 1. Hamstring curls 3x8 Slow eccentric 2. Safety Bar squats 1x8 Pyramid to final set 3. Pull-ups 4 sets Band assist 4. Machine incline BP 4x10 Alt: use DBs 5. Seated Facepulls. 3x12 6. Bi/Tri superset a. Cable Tri extension. 4x10 B. Seated DB hammer curls. 4 x 10 7. Standing calf raise. 4x10
@@infiniteg7852no initially before you start the workout after that you should be good to go its just to get the muscles warm and loose to avoid any injuries
This is what I've been doing now John for 2 months and I'm getting great grow. Yes I go to around 60% . It's hard at first from split where I go like 80 to 90% but I discipline myself. Waiting for day 3 buddy. From your 53 Yr old follower from the UK.
I also have never understood when some people say "leave 3" or "leave 5" reps in the tank, I'm like "how the hell do I know that" Now I know you aren't supposed to. Especially when John can't, and he's trained for longer than I've been alive.
If you know your working set approximately take 50 to 70% of that and you get an idea what you have left easy. If you take 90% it gives you a closer approximation. I can tell instantly when I'm almost done. If you train alone with heavy working sets you figure out really quickly where and when you fail. It also varies for people. I can reach 6 to 8 reps before failing with nearly the same weight set after set. Might drop 10lbs. However if I go into the 12 to 15 rep range my next set will drop at least 20lbs sometimes 30lbs. Write down your sets and you will learn to remember on your own and figure that out.
jjwp 1988 Good rule of thumb is to do an AMRAP (set to failure) to “test the waters” every week, first thing, then drop two reps (assuming you’re supposed to leave two repetitions “in the tank.”) So if you are at a weight where you can handle 10 reps, do 8 and retest every week.
Love how you explain exercise selection in what order and why. An explanation of your programs, what they offer and who would benefit would be a good video. I know this is tacked on to the end of some of your videos but I think a whole video would be so helpful.
Love this mini series! Once my exams come round in a few months I'll have to cut down from 5 days per week (shoulders and arms/chest and back/legs and abs) to 3 days full body. I'll use this so thank you!😄👍
I appreciate you doing this. I’ve been lifting for around 10 years and over the last 3 weeks I’ve been doing the full body workouts (after watching Jeff Nippard’s video). I like it a lot so far but I’m definitely having to experiment with volume, intensity, and rest.
Of course fullbod training works. As a 3 or even 4 day a week split. Did wonders for the iron pioneers as Park, Grimek, Stephan, Reeves, Haislop, etc. it can do wonders again today. Also good for those short on time due to life/work schedule.
Huuuuge thanks for that, John. I saw Jeff's video about full body workout and notice how excited he was about it. That got me excited too. His arguments were pretty convincing, but it's amazing to see someone as experienced as you giving your thoughts and exercice selection. I'm looking forward to the final video and your final view. Thanks again!
Another awesome full body workout! I also like hitting leg curls before a leg workout. Great feeling when those full hams hit the calves at the bottom!
Thanks John. We are going to a wedding this weekend... hence, no workout Saturday (tomorrow). Good time to plan this workout in tonight. As always great info. Respectful presentation and packed with helpful tips... excellent.
Been trying out a 3x week powerbuilding full body thingy too for a month now, sometimes it feels like a lot of volume trying to do accessories after passing thru the 4 main lifts. Not giving up tho, heard it can take a while for your body to get used to the frequency
@@sh0ckwavex Yeah I often skip abs and arms, completely drained after 6 exercises. I'm following one of OmarIsuf's plans, with a slight variation to have more overhead pressing, less flat bench. I believe this week is the week where I get accustomed to it, unfortunately I haven't had much time yet.
Hey man! What plan from Omar are you following? He covered some routines in some videos with various intensities and they looked pretty solid! Thinking about using it as a template for my next workout
Got me a trainer... Welcome to the full body workout... 3 days a week... 1 to 3 excersise per body part...3 sets 10 reps.. and also super sets tri sets and giant sets... very intense one hour workout... Been with the trainer 6 months and he trains me in many variations of the full body workout.... My trainer tells me this type of training is old school
I'm currently on your 3 days a week program (full body).. doing amazing just want to thank you for putting something out here for us part-timers out here...
You have a really great channel. You showcase all kinds of training programs. You actually do the exercises and show people how to do the exercises correctly which is great. The honesty about natural and enhanced athletes is great. I've been a natural powerlifter and bodybuilder all my life. I've been training for 30 years now. Being natural I notice that I have to be really careful about what exercises I pick, the frequency of exercises meaning it takes me longer to recover, and I can't do a lot of volume in one training session. For example 12-15 sets per bodypart doing 6-10 reps per set (the bodybuilding split) would overtrain me and I'd be in a lot of pain. From what I understand traditional bodybuilding splits are M/TH: Chest, back T/FRI: Shoulders, arms W/SA: Legs, abs. I don't know if I can take that much volume and still train really hard. I'm always looking for advice especially as I get older. When I was younger it seemed like the weights went up faster, I was stronger, and training was easier.
Hey John, continuing to love the workouts. You're a great inspiration. Looking forward to hearing what you think about full body "experience" on Friday.
That ivan drago shirt rules john. I'm very interested 2 see your opinion on the full body routine. I find push pull legs to be the ultimate split for me but may have to mix it up eventually. Thanks john!
Ironically I am on my second week of full body workout. Coming back from an injury and it just felt better for now. It's been fun actually to switch things up.
Been training for 10+ years and never have done full body workout for a long duration of time. Gonna try this out with you and see how it goes. Thank you for the content and looking I’m going on this adventure with you lol 💪🏼
You did the skwaats :) Your explosiveness is epic John. Banded pullups is going into my routine ASAP. Just want to say thanks man you are a true inspiration for me and many others.
@@crazykorean2268 Yes! There are just1250 people in my town. I really don't mind the drive, and I really enjoy my time working out! Then I get to go to Wally World and people watch while I get any groceries I need lol.
Great stuff, I love your channel, thanks for the valuable free content. I just work out for health, not nearly on your level and no aspirations of bodybuilding or powerlifting. Have you checked out Rippetoe / Starting Strength method? It's the first thing I think of when I hear 3-day per week total body. The novice progression is A(Squat,Bench,Deadlift) B(Squat,Press,Deadlift). It evolves into including power cleans / chins from there. If you are doing just 3 workouts a week just the big compound movements really work well for novice / intermediates. John is so advanced, obviously SS-Novice isn't for him, but it can be the foundation of a 3-day per week whole-body training program. I actually do very well with 2 intense full body SS strength workouts a week. Natural lifting where optimum recovery window is 48/72 hrs between sessions full body 3 days a week works well. Bro-splits (1 day a week per body part) don't do it for me. I found RPE and estimating my remaining reps interesting to think about, but in practice It's really hard to know without failing, which isn't very fun / practical to do frequently (It sucks dropping onto the pins not to mention it's easy to get a tweak). With squats there have been many times where my minimum target is 5, when I get there I think I have 2 more left in the tank, and I do 5 more without failing.
I like this full body 3 episode series a lot. I'm looking forward to your opinion on this program tomorrow. Do you recommend this program for all levels of trainees? Thanks for your great channel. ✌️👌
John I'm a stay at home dad and work out 4 days a week from home. I find I have to break up my sessions throughout the day sometimes. Is this going to hurt my progress? Any advice for a busy dad would be awesome. Love the channel keep up the amazing content.
I know full body splits have been around since the inception of bodybuilding but I feel like it's just a fad right now as it will be shown to not be most optimal. Then again who am I and what do I kno. Honestly I just feel like it isn't the best for me but I do incorporate full body if I had to take a few days off for some reason and just wanna get a good pump for all my muscles for a day or 2 then I jump right back into my normal bro split. Also what we for me is like 3 months bro split then just like a quick 4 week superset split that I do chest and back together abs that seems to work very well for recomp. I'm 35 and just want to look and feel good idc about being the strongest guy in the room at all times!
Great video, as always! Really appreciate your explanations. Quick question: what is your take on AthleanX's version of facepulls (palms facing each other, thumbs resting on the end caps of the rope) to avoid internal rotation of the shoulder when pulling? Thanks!
Every time i do fullbody it ends up taking 2+ hours and i feel awfull afterwards, did it for some weeks but its not for me, i prefer a split. John is doing the dirty work for us now.
I like your total body work out. I wished I could get a copy of this routine some how. I wished there was a way I could talk to u on the phone. By reading things about u, u have been thru a lot, but God has brought you thru it. He is an amazing God. I have been thru a lot myself and I have made a lot of mistakes. If it hadn't been for God, I would not be here.
I think that you're overstating the fatigue factor of full body training. When I do my full body HIT style workouts, I take that last set to failure each workout and will even do an intensifier for each body part at least once a week.
John, do you think pointing your feet in when doing hamstring curls targets more inner hamstrings and pointing the toes out targets more outer hamstrings?
Thanks for the vid. I think I overdid pullups and developed elbow tendinitis like you mentioned in this video. It has lingered for quite a while even though I haven't done pullups in over a month and have taken it easy on other pull stuff. Any ideas on how to deal with this problem?
Part of the problem with full body training is that you’re not giving your joints and connective tissues much rest, whereas a day of only legs gives your elbows and shoulders a full day with no irritation or a day of only upper body provides rest to your knees.
The idea is to do a little bit every day but to *accumulate* volume and productive fatigue by the end of the week. A lot of people might find full body more "refreshing" recovery-wise for this reason.
@@mountaindog1 Sweet man, Leroy Colbert always talked about Full Body. I still do my full body workouts and I'm 54. 💪🏾 I'm looking forward to tomorrow's videos. Especially your thoughts on full body training.
To me the biggest issue with full body is that to get variety and complete development, as in well shaped muscle, you end up changing to often and the body stalls out. I tried it years ago and even upper then lower body splits. Never works long for me. A month or so fine but after that I'm not hammering things hard enough. I do squats last because I cant even stand when done. I'm afraid and almost always fall into the squat rack so last I've got the least amount of weight. There is no way I can give anything else 100% after that.
@@mountaindog1 I'm not knocking it just sharing my experience with it. I honestly wish it worked for me longer because you can get a lot of recovery time doing so.
I would find it nearly impossible to gauge whether I had five reps left in me. I find it hard enough to work at an RPE of 7 where I'd have three reps left. It's difficult to gauge. I think RPE work is a skill all of its own, and takes years to adopt. For full body training, or even upper/lower splits, I'd say percentages are a more consistent pattern to follow. RPE and RIR seems to suit pro-splits and PPL as you're focused on one muscle group throughout the session and therefore have a better 'feel' of what you're capable of. With full body training, by the time you've adjusted to a new movement pattern, it's time to move on again. That's great if you like big compound barbell movements where linear weight progression is your main source of growth, but doesn't seem so great for other people.
I know that rest is ESSENTIAL between work outs... but I’m so tempted to do push ups every day also. Will doing push ups ruin my progress?? Kill my gains?? Or will it just speed up the process??
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Partial squats?
thank you sir!
This is one of the most honest and helpful channels out there.
Frog my thoughts exactly. No nonsense bodybuilding.
I've started to do more of your style of building up to a heavy set and then going all out on the last one. Best thing I've done in a while. Thanks John!
this is the way
@@mountaindog1 I got that reference!! (a Cap joke within a Mandalorian comment lol!
Love Meadows training principle!
@@mountaindog1 what do you think of ramping set to one top set with rest pause
The first sets how close to failure should i be?
Wow I just realized, John looks like Luke Skywalker who wasn't force-sensitive but made up for that by killing it in the gym every day. Keep up the great work, super informative as always! May the pump be with you!!
Booze4Brains Jeweettoch you’re onto something there 😄
Plenty of people have said it, many times. Just sayin.
I have been doing full body 3x a week now for 4 months due to lack of time, and love it. Each workout starts with one compound ( squat, bench, DL). Then I superset 2 body parts for the rest. In and out in an hour, and my body is taxed afterwards
How do you get a full body workout in 60 minutes???
@@ryanrogers8211 that’s what I want to know.. just warming up before each exercise takes forever
@@infiniteg7852 What I've been doing that works is this and I get it done and am smoked in just over one hour. My warmup is a giant set getting heavier each set for 3-4 total sets:
A) hamstring exercise like leg curls or nordic curls
B) Bodyweight glute bridges for high reps
C) Planks
D) sled push or sandbag bear hug carry
E) back exercise like DB Rows, DB pullover, Lat Prayer etc. for higher reps 15-20.
Then after the 3rd or 4th and final set pushed close to failure I pick one upper body push and one lower body exercise. Some of my favorite pairings are Trap bar deadlifts and Floor Press, Incline DB Bench and Back Squats and one arm DB press standing paired with SSB bar squats. Take a couple sets to work up to a medium heavy weight and do a 20 minute as many rounds as possible of low reps sets of those two exercises. Example is Trap bar deadlifts x3-5 and Floor press x3-5. Pick a weight you could get a pretty easy 10 reps with to start. Go back and forth and see how many sets can you get in 20 minutes. I have 3 pairings I work through and slowly add weight each time it comes back around.
After that I'm pretty smoked so I do one or two final giant sets of single joint exercises like this:
A) DB Side raises
B) DB Hammer Curls
C) Tricep pressdowns
D) DB Shrugs
E) Band face pulls
At the end of this I am done and it takes me a little over 60 minutes and I get a hard cardio output with heavy-ish weights. On the final giant set(s) I'm to tired to push heavy so I focus on higher reps. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
Wednesday FB
3-4 warmup sets as needed
1. Hamstring curls 3x8
Slow eccentric
2. Safety Bar squats 1x8
Pyramid to final set
3. Pull-ups 4 sets
Band assist
4. Machine incline BP 4x10
Alt: use DBs
5. Seated Facepulls. 3x12
6. Bi/Tri superset
a. Cable Tri extension. 4x10
B. Seated DB hammer curls. 4 x 10
7. Standing calf raise. 4x10
3-4 warm up sets before each exercise ?
@@infiniteg7852no initially before you start the workout after that you should be good to go its just to get the muscles warm and loose to avoid any injuries
"Let's start with legs."
*kill me already*
haha..true
What if it's Leg curlean
@@bestbotreview LOL!
This is what I've been doing now John for 2 months and I'm getting great grow. Yes I go to around 60% . It's hard at first from split where I go like 80 to 90% but I discipline myself. Waiting for day 3 buddy. From your 53 Yr old follower from the UK.
That’s a pretty good point. No clue how someone would know if they had more than 1-2 more reps before failure.
I also have never understood when some people say "leave 3" or "leave 5" reps in the tank, I'm like "how the hell do I know that"
Now I know you aren't supposed to. Especially when John can't, and he's trained for longer than I've been alive.
Although, I DO know if I can only do one more rep, that's quite easy to know by how difficult your penultimate rep is.
If you know your working set approximately take 50 to 70% of that and you get an idea what you have left easy. If you take 90% it gives you a closer approximation. I can tell instantly when I'm almost done. If you train alone with heavy working sets you figure out really quickly where and when you fail. It also varies for people. I can reach 6 to 8 reps before failing with nearly the same weight set after set. Might drop 10lbs. However if I go into the 12 to 15 rep range my next set will drop at least 20lbs sometimes 30lbs. Write down your sets and you will learn to remember on your own and figure that out.
jjwp 1988 Good rule of thumb is to do an AMRAP (set to failure) to “test the waters” every week, first thing, then drop two reps (assuming you’re supposed to leave two repetitions “in the tank.”) So if you are at a weight where you can handle 10 reps, do 8 and retest every week.
Love how you explain exercise selection in what order and why. An explanation of your programs, what they offer and who would benefit would be a good video. I know this is tacked on to the end of some of your videos but I think a whole video would be so helpful.
great idea
I used to do the math to figure out my lifts. Then this guy comes along and says "Lift until it's heavy the get to work" So simple, but so great.
Love this mini series! Once my exams come round in a few months I'll have to cut down from 5 days per week (shoulders and arms/chest and back/legs and abs) to 3 days full body. I'll use this so thank you!😄👍
you betcha
Great videos!
No nonsense. Straight to the point.
Can't wait till Friday I'm very interested in hearing your take on the full body workout.
I appreciate you doing this. I’ve been lifting for around 10 years and over the last 3 weeks I’ve been doing the full body workouts (after watching Jeff Nippard’s video). I like it a lot so far but I’m definitely having to experiment with volume, intensity, and rest.
absolutely takes some time to figure out where you need to be right!
Great video John, thank you for explaining the reason you picked each exercise. Looking forward to hearing your final thoughts on full body training.
Of course fullbod training works.
As a 3 or even 4 day a week split.
Did wonders for the iron pioneers as Park, Grimek, Stephan, Reeves, Haislop, etc. it can do wonders again today.
Also good for those short on time due to life/work schedule.
Huuuuge thanks for that, John. I saw Jeff's video about full body workout and notice how excited he was about it. That got me excited too. His arguments were pretty convincing, but it's amazing to see someone as experienced as you giving your thoughts and exercice selection. I'm looking forward to the final video and your final view. Thanks again!
I don’t leave reps in the tank, I just do fewer sets on full body. But I do full body, and two days off, repeat.
Love warming up the hamstrings before squatting. I always start with a deadlift variation on leg day. Legs three times a week on an upper lower split.
I'm stoked to see the whole program on here! This looks awesome so far John! Keep up the good work👊
This is a great mini series! Thank you for your continued honesty and expertise, John.
Another awesome full body workout! I also like hitting leg curls before a leg workout. Great feeling when those full hams hit the calves at the bottom!
Thanks John. We are going to a wedding this weekend... hence, no workout Saturday (tomorrow). Good time to plan this workout in tonight. As always great info. Respectful presentation and packed with helpful tips... excellent.
welcome!
Great information and great tips John fair play to ya.....all the way from Bournemouth England !
waiting for this video since monday!great work...greetings from austria, vienna
Been trying out a 3x week powerbuilding full body thingy too for a month now, sometimes it feels like a lot of volume trying to do accessories after passing thru the 4 main lifts. Not giving up tho, heard it can take a while for your body to get used to the frequency
@@sh0ckwavex Yeah I often skip abs and arms, completely drained after 6 exercises. I'm following one of OmarIsuf's plans, with a slight variation to have more overhead pressing, less flat bench. I believe this week is the week where I get accustomed to it, unfortunately I haven't had much time yet.
@Jonathon Jones it's probably worth to do it sitting once out of the 3 times, it'd be stricter too. Good idea thanks
Hey man! What plan from Omar are you following? He covered some routines in some videos with various intensities and they looked pretty solid! Thinking about using it as a template for my next workout
@@BillEubanks7 i'm doing the 3x/week full body one from this video: /watch?v=xfMn5AYRgkY&t=720s
Got me a trainer... Welcome to the full body workout... 3 days a week... 1 to 3 excersise per body part...3 sets 10 reps.. and also super sets tri sets and giant sets... very intense one hour workout... Been with the trainer 6 months and he trains me in many variations of the full body workout.... My trainer tells me this type of training is old school
Another good one big John like the t shirt matey 👍👍
John your videos are so authentic so real... love the little insights you give... In this New Year YOU will hit a 1,000,000 subscribers dear friend!!!
i hope so!
Brillant john love ur work out programs .. god bless from mick n spain
Always a good video just when I'm off to bed!! Can't complain though, interesting as always!
Awesome workout and tips, John. I’m enjoying these workouts.
Good idea to explode. I pulled my hamstring sprinting few months back. Maybe this new technique you just taught me will keep me on that track.
I'm currently on your 3 days a week program (full body).. doing amazing just want to thank you for putting something out here for us part-timers out here...
Keep it up!!!
Fullbody training is the best
Wish I could get one of those bars for squatting! I’ve been dying in my lower back today after leg day that hasn’t happened this bad in awhile lol
are you coming for Arnold?
mountaindog1 not this year, I really wanted to but I’ll wait till next year probably
Awesome workout split! Great content as always my homie, and appreciate you stepping out of your comfort zone!
Thanks for diagnosing my elbow pain, looks like I need to got back to the bands.
You have a really great channel. You showcase all kinds of training programs. You actually do the exercises and show people how to do the exercises correctly which is great. The honesty about natural and enhanced athletes is great. I've been a natural powerlifter and bodybuilder all my life. I've been training for 30 years now. Being natural I notice that I have to be really careful about what exercises I pick, the frequency of exercises meaning it takes me longer to recover, and I can't do a lot of volume in one training session. For example 12-15 sets per bodypart doing 6-10 reps per set (the bodybuilding split) would overtrain me and I'd be in a lot of pain. From what I understand traditional bodybuilding splits are M/TH: Chest, back T/FRI: Shoulders, arms W/SA: Legs, abs. I don't know if I can take that much volume and still train really hard. I'm always looking for advice especially as I get older. When I was younger it seemed like the weights went up faster, I was stronger, and training was easier.
Hey John, continuing to love the workouts. You're a great inspiration. Looking forward to hearing what you think about full body "experience" on Friday.
Love your tshirt John classic 👌
Insane workout keep up yg he good work awesome content😎💪
That ivan drago shirt rules john. I'm very interested 2 see your opinion on the full body routine. I find push pull legs to be the ultimate split for me but may have to mix it up eventually. Thanks john!
Great channel thanks for your time and help
Ironically I am on my second week of full body workout. Coming back from an injury and it just felt better for now. It's been fun actually to switch things up.
Following right along with you, I felt strong today, well rested, no injuries 💪
see you Friday
Been training for 10+ years and never have done full body workout for a long duration of time. Gonna try this out with you and see how it goes. Thank you for the content and looking I’m going on this adventure with you lol 💪🏼
cool!
Thx, John 👍💪
awesome, i literally just finished your first video on this. back to back lets get it
Looking forward to this 🙂👊🔥🔥🔥🔥
Loving this!
Absolutely brilliant man
john we miss you brother. humbling to watch your videos knowing youve departed. you were too good for this world man
Good stuff, John. Thanks for trying and experiencing this for us to get feedback.
Awesome video as always John 💪🏻👊🏻
I just got started training. You're videos help a alot!
You should take the whole weekend off to recover. Keep it mon,wed,Friday every week. Looking forward to Friday’s video
it did cross my mind...
The hamstring machine is strangely work on calves as well.l did find it a great addition to my calves exercises regiment as well.
Been doing full body for about a year now, personally I got most of my strength gains from doing this type of program 👍🏽
Great video can you also make a upper and lower program excited to see next traning on Friday 👍👍
it's about 80% done
Great T-shirt!
You did the skwaats :) Your explosiveness is epic John. Banded pullups is going into my routine ASAP. Just want to say thanks man you are a true inspiration for me and many others.
Great workout
The best period.
I do full body 3x a week cause i live 30 miles from the gym. But I'm not nearly as intense at you!
30 miles?!?! Do you live in small town? Sorry to hear that
@@crazykorean2268 Yes! There are just1250 people in my town. I really don't mind the drive, and I really enjoy my time working out! Then I get to go to Wally World and people watch while I get any groceries I need lol.
@@IsaacNewton1966 where do you live?
Jay Park sarcasm?
@@idinhatam1583 where do you live?
I want your physique but will settle for the badass Tshirt! "Go for it" lol
I'm here for the yo-yos. But in all seriousness, the best intensity tips. Great video!
Great video John 👍
Yes! Got out of class today and this video was waitin on me.
Edit - Yezzir, I'll be back Friday for 3 of 3!
thank you!
Great stuff, I love your channel, thanks for the valuable free content.
I just work out for health, not nearly on your level and no aspirations of bodybuilding or powerlifting.
Have you checked out Rippetoe / Starting Strength method? It's the first thing I think of when I hear 3-day per week total body.
The novice progression is A(Squat,Bench,Deadlift) B(Squat,Press,Deadlift). It evolves into including power cleans / chins from there.
If you are doing just 3 workouts a week just the big compound movements really work well for novice / intermediates.
John is so advanced, obviously SS-Novice isn't for him, but it can be the foundation of a 3-day per week whole-body training program.
I actually do very well with 2 intense full body SS strength workouts a week.
Natural lifting where optimum recovery window is 48/72 hrs between sessions full body 3 days a week works well. Bro-splits (1 day a week per body part) don't do it for me.
I found RPE and estimating my remaining reps interesting to think about, but in practice It's really hard to know without failing, which isn't very fun / practical to do frequently (It sucks dropping onto the pins not to mention it's easy to get a tweak). With squats there have been many times where my minimum target is 5, when I get there I think I have 2 more left in the tank, and I do 5 more without failing.
Hi John,
I love all your content and thank you for the knowledge! Do you mind sharing what camera you use in these videos?
Thank you!
i'll have to ask..Im camera illiterate
Wow. I asked that too .. why not start with legs..hope I find my answers in this vid..
I listen!
Keep going ✌✌ your videos are really useful man
I like this full body 3 episode series a lot. I'm looking forward to your opinion on this program tomorrow. Do you recommend this program for all levels of trainees? Thanks for your great channel. ✌️👌
you'll see
I just did your shoulder and chest routine and I had to be wheelbarrowed out of the gym. 😂
lol
I don't use the barbel for anything. Machines,cable and dumbbells.
John I'm a stay at home dad and work out 4 days a week from home. I find I have to break up my sessions throughout the day sometimes. Is this going to hurt my progress? Any advice for a busy dad would be awesome. Love the channel keep up the amazing content.
not as long as you are getting the sets in!
I’ve changed to dumbbells time shows barbells mess the shoulders up
I know full body splits have been around since the inception of bodybuilding but I feel like it's just a fad right now as it will be shown to not be most optimal. Then again who am I and what do I kno. Honestly I just feel like it isn't the best for me but I do incorporate full body if I had to take a few days off for some reason and just wanna get a good pump for all my muscles for a day or 2 then I jump right back into my normal bro split. Also what we for me is like 3 months bro split then just like a quick 4 week superset split that I do chest and back together abs that seems to work very well for recomp. I'm 35 and just want to look and feel good idc about being the strongest guy in the room at all times!
Oohh you should try staggering sets of upper body and lower body exercises for Day 3. Wonder how that would feel...best of luck
we'll see!
I am eager to hear your final thoughts this workout looked brutal. I am going to do this one one time for fin
Great video, as always! Really appreciate your explanations. Quick question: what is your take on AthleanX's version of facepulls (palms facing each other, thumbs resting on the end caps of the rope) to avoid internal rotation of the shoulder when pulling? Thanks!
that version I like...I prefer to avoid internal rotation
Every time i do fullbody it ends up taking 2+ hours and i feel awfull afterwards, did it for some weeks but its not for me, i prefer a split. John is doing the dirty work for us now.
:)
Really super workout
Very good
I like your total body work out. I wished I could get a copy of this routine some how. I wished there was a way I could talk to u on the phone. By reading things about u, u have been thru a lot, but God has brought you thru it. He is an amazing God. I have been thru a lot myself and I have made a lot of mistakes. If it hadn't been for God, I would not be here.
Dude you're my fucking hero. Super informative and motivating as always. Getting me hyped for leg day tomorrow.
thank you!
I think that you're overstating the fatigue factor of full body training. When I do my full body HIT style workouts, I take that last set to failure each workout and will even do an intensifier for each body part at least once a week.
John, do you think pointing your feet in when doing hamstring curls targets more inner hamstrings and pointing the toes out targets more outer hamstrings?
yes slightly..
Thanks for the vid. I think I overdid pullups and developed elbow tendinitis like you mentioned in this video. It has lingered for quite a while even though I haven't done pullups in over a month and have taken it easy on other pull stuff. Any ideas on how to deal with this problem?
what do you think instead of 8-8-8, change it to 12-10-8?
any opinion?
that works!
Part of the problem with full body training is that you’re not giving your joints and connective tissues much rest, whereas a day of only legs gives your elbows and shoulders a full day with no irritation or a day of only upper body provides rest to your knees.
I think its quite the opposite if you do fb every other day, your joints are able to recover much better then on a ppl.
The idea is to do a little bit every day but to *accumulate* volume and productive fatigue by the end of the week. A lot of people might find full body more "refreshing" recovery-wise for this reason.
Hey John, how did you like the Superset Arm Pump, after doing the earlier heavy compound exercises?.
My arms always get pumped.
it felt amazing!
@@mountaindog1 Sweet man,
Leroy Colbert always talked about Full Body. I still do my full body workouts and I'm 54. 💪🏾
I'm looking forward to tomorrow's videos. Especially your thoughts on full body training.
Hey John, how can I prevent shoulder dislocation and problems with them? Lately been cracking a lot, sometimes my rotator cuff hurts a bit.
Big thanks big benefit
To me the biggest issue with full body is that to get variety and complete development, as in well shaped muscle, you end up changing to often and the body stalls out. I tried it years ago and even upper then lower body splits. Never works long for me. A month or so fine but after that I'm not hammering things hard enough. I do squats last because I cant even stand when done. I'm afraid and almost always fall into the squat rack so last I've got the least amount of weight. There is no way I can give anything else 100% after that.
totally understand
@@mountaindog1 I'm not knocking it just sharing my experience with it. I honestly wish it worked for me longer because you can get a lot of recovery time doing so.
I would find it nearly impossible to gauge whether I had five reps left in me. I find it hard enough to work at an RPE of 7 where I'd have three reps left. It's difficult to gauge. I think RPE work is a skill all of its own, and takes years to adopt. For full body training, or even upper/lower splits, I'd say percentages are a more consistent pattern to follow. RPE and RIR seems to suit pro-splits and PPL as you're focused on one muscle group throughout the session and therefore have a better 'feel' of what you're capable of. With full body training, by the time you've adjusted to a new movement pattern, it's time to move on again. That's great if you like big compound barbell movements where linear weight progression is your main source of growth, but doesn't seem so great for other people.
excellent post
Now you're dealing with my wheel house, John.
Do you have a whole rest day in between the training days? Or do you do any cardio on rest days or stretches.
rest day...but low intensity cardio would be good
Leg curl
Sq
Pull up
Incl bench
Face pull
Hammer curl
Rope pushdown
Calf raise
I know that rest is ESSENTIAL between work outs... but I’m so tempted to do push ups every day also. Will doing push ups ruin my progress?? Kill my gains?? Or will it just speed up the process??