Strength increase

warrior111 · 02-29-2008, 10:02 PM

i need a huge increase in my strength right now. i have a round a month to train(already training now and have been for past 2 years) but i need to just get stronger
what should i be doing

thancks

KM · 02-29-2008, 10:06 PM

Eat more.

What's your current routine? What specifically do you want to strengthen?

warrior111 · 02-29-2008, 10:12 PM

Monday-chest bi's
tuesday-back tri's
wednesday-calves abs
thursday-sholders traps
friday-legs
saturday-little cardio. shoulders traps agian

Arms and core body strengthing

KM · 02-29-2008, 10:17 PM

Take Saturday off, give yourself a break. Continue doing Cardio if you want.

What exercises are you doing for each muscle group?

blue524432 · 03-01-2008, 09:53 AM

If you want an increase in just raw core power start doing more of squats, power cleans, deadlifts, bench, etc. and less on auxillary exercises. If you are just wanting raw power I would do very minimal cardio. I would put my calves and abs into my leg workout also and also take Wed. off and definetly like KM said take Sat. off. Rest is the biggest key in gaining power if that is all you are looking for right now and only have a month just stick to the basics and rest alot more.

**YM123** · 03-01-2008, 10:48 AM

why a month!?

**Kaboom** · 03-01-2008, 02:33 PM

Prob getting ready for some sport.
I would workout 4 days a week stick around 8 reps and like they said do your basic excersises.Squats,deads,flat bench barbell curls stuff like that

**under construction** · 03-01-2008, 04:37 PM

just giving you an old stand by
5x5 for strength it kicks ass and on your compounds throw in doubles and triples for hard core strength gains.

warrior111 · 03-01-2008, 06:54 PM

thanks heaps. i acually got a mma fight comming up so ill start doing what your telling me

Hercules_the_strongest · 03-02-2008, 12:04 PM

For strenght, you should do around 6 reps per set. For ultimate strenght (you have to be very pro and been training for years because there is a high risk of injury) you do 1 rep per set and it has to be very very difficult to do.

**Kaboom** · 03-02-2008, 03:01 PM

Good luck on the fight man.Ive been asked to fight again but I havent decided if I should or not.

**ZiR RED** · 03-02-2008, 07:24 PM

If the fight is a month away lifting weights should be the least of your concerns. You should be lifting right now to maintain your size and strength, which doesn't take a lot of volume.

The majority of your energy should go into training specifically for the fight. Skills, technique, conditioning. Adding 10 pounds to your bench will do you no good come fight day.

Now, had we more time to prepare for this, say 6 months (26 weeks), we would set up a program that looked something like:

weeks 1-6 hypertrophy
7-12 strength + hypertrophy
13-18 strength + power
19-24 power + skill
25-26 maintainence, final preparations.

And your exercises throughout the entire cycle would place a certain (depending on where you are in the mesocycle) on balance and core strength.

Br