Training splits I think it's just a matter of personal preference when I first
started training when I was a teenager I trained six days a week
I trained everybody part twice a week Monday was chest shoulders triceps
Tuesday was legs quads hams calves Wednesday was back and biceps
Thursday repeat start back with chest shoulders and tris Sunday we rested Monday
were back in the gym doing it again we were going all week but you know I was
a young kid man I remember uh you got to understand the first time I went to
Metro Flex I got to train with Ronnie this guy mark who's Ronnie's work out
partner who got me into working out and Brian Dawson who was the owner of
Metroplex and you know trained all of us and I remember a couple months into
it I got trained at the whole summer for my first competitions and I
asked a question I was like man why are we doing it like this and why are we
doing so much and mark slapped me in the back of the head and he said shut the
fuck up don't ask no questions and do what we do I did and guess what it
worked sometimes you just don't need to overthink it and uh you know the point
there that I'm trying to get across is be consistent you know hard-ass work and
heavy weight there ain't no substitute when I start
going to school working my way through school I didn't have six days a week to
to dedicate to the gym you know if I'm gonna actually get through college and
pass so I cut it back to four days a week and I started studying dorian and
you know what he was training well he would do like you know that one set to
failure boom next exercise he was able to generate enough intensity on
that one working set to get everything he needed to get done so I tried that
for a little bit and it worked but for me and I just want to be in the gym
I want to do more so sometimes you got to go buy feel so I cut back to four
days a week when I did that I got bigger and stronger faster than I ever had all
right and then the light goes off alright ding ding ding all right on to
something here you know I'm giving myself more time to rest and recover I'm
each body part every 7 days instead of twice in six days and
it worked so eventually that schedule turned into you know five days a week
reason I did that was I was able to prioritize my body parts I need to bring
up by doing five days a week so if I need to bring my upper body up I prioritize
that on Monday and I train you know my back or my chest or whatever it was I
was focusing on to bring those up you know shoulders was my first priority to
bring up you know if you got Crazy Legs man you got to have broad shoulders
or it ain't gonna work so I brought my delts up got them capped off next thing I need
to do I need to bring my back up so I came up with a plan I prioritized my
back training and it took a few years but I brought my back up all those
things came up I started winning big shows
Johnnie and I trained together the first time I believe in 2001 people asked well
how did you you know compete against each other and worked out together
the answer is very easy it's just a mutual respect when we're in the gym I'm looking at
him and I'm like this is my competition right here you know if I can't beat this
guy I ain't got a chance at winning the show what happened on the stage we never
brought to the gym you know I have too much respect for the man and as a
bodybuilder and most importantly as a friend it don't hurt today so I'm
gonna just go what we got
If I didnt train with that intensity and train heavy and you know do what I do I would
never have been a pro bodybuilder you know people want to criticize oh why
you do this and that well you know what it works for me and the bodybuilding it's not
rocket science guys it's about getting these much blood into the muscle as
possible when you're training working that muscle to failure tearing it down and
then recovery recovery is proper nutrition proper supplementation and
plenty of rest and go back to repeat repeat repeat it's just being consistent
with those things year after year after year it's a long marathon and you know
they want to your form and this and that you know what my form I'm in control of the weight at all times
you know so you use momentum I don't use momentum dude I'm in control of the
weight and all I'm doing is I'm trying to do as many repetitions with a maximal
amount of weight I can handle until I can't do it anymore
then I rest recover and do it again and I was in a seminar one and somebody
kind of challenged me on that and I said you know let me put it to you this way how many
National Championships have you won none how many Pro shows have you won how many arnold
classics have you won how many mr Olympia's you won exactly but you're telling me I'm
doing it wrong you got to figure out what works for you and once you figure
it out stick to it