Is being "on a program" really necessary? I lift full

if you want to progress and keep improving then yes. if you just want to stay in shape then no.

>>41201623
I mean, I'm still progressing and seeing positive changes.

If you are in the first couple years no. So long as you lift heavy and often it doesnt matter. When you progress and progression slows down then yes it helps optimize your workouts to get gains.

>>41201694
wait until you have been training for some years. one you start moving decent weight you won't be able to progress fucking around doing random shit at the gym.

like >>41201747 said, it doesn't matter for beginner and to some degree intermediate lifters. you will progress no matter what as long as you stay consistent.

>>41201784
I'm not fucking around doing random shit, though. I do 3 sets of 6-8 in bench press, shoulder press, bent-over rows, pull-ups, dips, squats, and deadlifts. My lifts are going up and I feel like it works everything it should.

>>41201609
How to get body like Danny Craig?

>>41201609
Are there other programs other than 5x5 SS or 5/3/1 shit that work?

I love lifting, but I cant lift heavy on barbells because i have no spotter.

>Tfw none of my friends lift.

>>41201694
The title of the part of 'Practical programming for strength training' which deal which the novice is 'Everything works. Some things work better than the others'. If you re a beginner you can progress well on anything, but it wont last forever. The more advanced you get, the more tricky the routine programming becomes.

>>41201609

OP, Arnold would just walk into the gym, look at what muscle he wanted to grow in the mirror, and then hit it hard.

In short, a program is not necessary, especially for the elite and seasoned bodybuilder

It's like being a skilled artist ..... when you start painting you might use pencil sketches to paint over, but eventually you will just skip the sketches and get right into the painting and deliver a masterpiece.

This is all very logical if you think about it.

>>41201914
on what exercises? the only problem i'd see going heavy without spotter is bench and even then you could do roll of shame depending on weight or simply not go to total failure but stop when you know you will struggle on next rep.

can't you ask random people at the gym to spot? doesn't your gym have power rack?

>>41201928
Exactly this. Except the canvas is your body and the brush is the other mens cocks you will be rubbing all over it

>>41201928
yeah but arnold looked like shit... not a very good example but i know what u mean

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>>41201983

>>41201997
whatever

keep sucking arnolds dick but u and me both know his proportions were awful

>>41201866
crossfit

>>41202071
>i know more than mr. olympia judges

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>>41202071

His goal was to get those 'awful' proportions. He wanted to create the V-taper and look 'ridiculous' to normie standards.

Obviously this isn't exactly 'well-balanced' again by normie standards but he was a bodybuilder and did it on purpose. This action figure body looks fucking sick and beats nowadays mr.olympia physiques 100-0

>>41201928
That is absolutely not how he started, or was at the intermediate level. Arnold's beginners program is called the Golden six and is a full body routine he learned in the first gym he went to in Austria.

>>41201847
that sounds like a program to me

>>41202295
It's a plan, but it's not a "program" per se, such as Starting Strength or 5X5.

>>41201609
For strenght gains, you need a good program.
For bodybuilding, not really, just lift with some basic rules, amount of sets,rep ranges and such.

>>41201609
You're on a program already

>>41201928
>Arnold would just walk into the gym, look at what muscle he wanted to grow in the mirror, and then hit it hard.

so i should just walk into the gym, do biceps and keep doing biceps every day until they grow? cool thanks friend

>>41201947
>Gym doesnt have power rack
>No other gym nearby

Wat is the roll of shame?

Also, according to 5/3/1 you need to add weight every week to your PR, wont that grantee death by barbell without a spotter on bench.

>>41201609
With 13 I thought Daniel Craig was big in Casino Royal, 11 years later I'm bigger than him.

>>41203682
youtube it. you basically roll the bar over your chest and your stomach or don't place safety pins on bar and just tip the bar to the side if you fail a rep and let the weight slide off

I do something similar. Big 5 plus front squats 3 days a week. Moved into TM but but decided to bench more , then decided to do DUP 6 main lifts 3 sessions, fuck off the machines and just do some pull ups and curls etc. Depends on your goals, if you want to get strong or look buff prob best to follow a professionals advice. I just like the old 1950- 1960 old school stuff.

You need to train regularely and keep track of your progress. I progressed more in a month doing SL 5x5 than in a whole year fucking around.