Have you torn your chest before? Your one pec is different from the other & mine is like that also. I'm so much stronger with my good lookin pec. I don't know what's up with it. Your thoughts would be great
Mad respect for experimenting with this! Regardless of what you think after it's done, I always love how open minded you are. We gotta get it in again soon man!!
Dearly missed Mr john!!! Thankfully theres soooo much incredible knowledge he gave us we can still learn. Even after ges gone hes still teaching us solid gold!!!
You and Jeff nippard both have helped my lifting gains tremendously, you sound like one of my college professors in a kinesiology labs solid information/ no BS, doing cardio and watching your videos is a daily must at the point, thanks for the daily motivation Mr. Meadows
Hey do you have good Results? Gaining weight? Or getting shredded ? Because im Amateur bodybuilder training since 10 Jears 5 Times a week but now my time is gone, to go so often , so im looking for some 3 days Routine Thx 4 an answer
Damn you're doing a full body workout 3 times a week! That's impressive. I just do a 10-minute workout everyday and every single day of the week is a difference focus, whether it's leg day, core day, arm day, etc. I do my workouts in correspondence with certain days of the week, (and every day of the week is a different chakra Focus to) like yesterday was Thor's day (Thursday) which is my day for the full body workout. I don't even mind when people comment on my channel and laugh at the idea that I called different days of the week by the god they were named after. 😅😅😅 I guess it's my own little way of reminding myself of which day I'm supposed to do what, 😂😂😂
Your open mind is what makes me like this channel so much. The more experience you have on a subject the more you close your mind, which can limit you from learning more
5:00 I really like to do these without any support, I find that they build a surprising amount of hamstring stability and strength. I used to do them everyday when the only thing I had available was a pair of dumbbells and they transitioned surprisingly well to the conventional deadlift which I was able to get in position for the first time I tried.
@thespiritbomb If it is your first time deadlifting you should always have people coach you to ingrain proper form. Fortunately for me the my Uni had a strong powerlifting team that were very helpful :)
Excellent video thanks for all the videos I've seen an improvement in my arms and legs. John you're the greatest extremely humble, your videos are to the point and not all over the place. RIP brother until we make it to the other side.
1 BB Incline press- work up to 1x8 heavy set 2 DB Row with head support 3x8 3 DB Y Raise high incline 3x12 4 Closegrip BB Bench 3x8 5. BB Curls 3x10 6. Hexbar Deadlift work up to 1x5 heavy set 7. KB RDLs 3x15 Do not count warm up sets
I love the way you say "I'm not sure I'm a fan of that." It's a subjective thought you express in a modest way. Nice! This and Ryan Humiston's channel have become two of my favs. Also will shout a smaller TH-camr called Jon Mango. Great content as well.
some days do calisthenics, some days heavy compound movements, some days more isolation exercises That's how I do it but there are countless possibilities, I look forward to this series.
About half way through my second year of weight training and I'm close to John's age. Started full body to start my second year and I'm having much better results than I did in my first year which I know is odd. Due to limitations in equipment it kills me that I'm always needing alternatives to compound excersises but I'm blessed to even be healthy enough to train in the first place. Very grateful for this channel!
I think the only difference is Jeff’s program starts with the biggest muscle groups and alternates, rather than doing all upper consecutively, then lower, etc. Either way, I was a lot like JM and I never wanted to believe in this, but I’m three weeks in to Jeff’s program and I’m making strength gains and my little nagging injuries are healed somehow. Thanks for trying this JM, love that you’re willing to walk us through different things.
I don't understand who would dislike this video I love John, only TH-cam channel I come to for advice and tactics to better myself and avoid injury which should be everyone's main concern, keep up the great videos 🙂
I've always loved full body training much more than any style of other training and it keeps me motivated to train. If I'm only doing 1-2 exercises to failure per muscle group I can do way more high quality work then doing body part splits. Definitely looking forward to this John!
I’ve been doing this for over 25 years. I’ll do a full body workout for 2 1/2 - 3 months and switch back to a traditional back & biceps, chest & triceps, legs & shoulders, etc for 3 months. The key to full body workout is to always mix up the exercises every time you train so as to maximize muscle confusion and to keep workouts as new and interesting as possible. I love getting a full body pump.
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...
I love how you put your head on the bench for rows. I do that for my barbell rows and it takes so much stress off my lower back and makes it much harder and no cheating!
I can only train 3 days a week due to work so 3 days full body makes much more sense than doing a push pull leg where I would only be working each part once a week.
That is a good idea. But most people on those types of splits want too much out of it. They say "how can I do squats, deadlift, chin ups, bench, flyes, rows, tricep cables.. Etc. Etc" Fact is you can't. You need "bang for your buck exercises". They expect to do full body sessions but start them with 10 sets of bench press. It's silly.
@@jjwp-ql5rvI usually just do 1 compound exercise for each bodypart for 3-4 sets i.e benchpress, weighted chin ups, military press, dumbbell row, squat, deadlift for example then do a few sets for biceps and triceps at the end, I have 3 workouts and just alternate them.
Every day of the week is a 10-minute workout for me and every day of the week is a different focus on the body. Just like yesterday was Thor's day or should I say Thursday as everyone knows it. which is my own little fun reminder to tell me which day of the week I'm supposed to be doing what. I honestly don't mind that people kind of giggle at my channel for calling different days of the week by Woden's day or Thor's day. Woden's day for me being middle of the week is also the heart chakra where I just get my heart rate up for 10 minutes. And Thor's day is the one day of the week I do a full body workout. 😅😅
I made crazy gains on every other day full body. On the offdays you load up on food and when you train you're always fresh from that quality rest and calories. Joints always feel good and hard to overtax CNS on this. So progress is very consistent.
Full body lends itself to naturals whereas you can smash up an individual body part when taking steroids , so I can see why John dislikes the full body approach
As a pro wrestler, I like a full body workout. For 4 weeks, I do 5 days on, 2 days off. It's not as taxing on the body when you wrestle every night, it doesn't take up loads of time and all your muscles stay flexible enough. Every day I do different exercises. The schedule is usually: - abs - chest - biceps - legs - back - triceps - shoulders Would be great to get some feedback.
I do a similar routine. I also like feeling the pump, so I go into every work out with priority on a certain muscle group/ muscle. I'll do maybe 2 or 3 extra sets of isolation work at the end of the muscles main movement. Then the next workout I prioritized a different muscle. It was the best of both of worlds for me. Keep up the amazing content my man.
I started out with 3 day full body dumbbell workout at home before i started going to the gym. Now i switch between 3 day full body and upper lower 4 day split every 3 months or so.
Like you John I am 2 weeks in to a full body routine and i feel buggerd. I'm so use to volume but I am a natural trainer so I have given the volume away due to your advice as well as Jeff's.
Awesome! Very interested to see how wed and friday go. Your straight up honesty added to your master knowledge make your channel my main source of training study everytime. To see a pro, try something different infront of the camera and admit that they are not sure what the outcome will be, until they have tried it, is great, it makes you monsters seem more real and it makes me as a much smaller guy realise that nobody starts out as an expert, it makes me feel better about trying new things too. Love all your content. It literally has changed my life, from sleep, to food, training to mental health and remembering whats important in life. Thankyou so much! P.s defo want to see another vid with J.Nippard
I just looked up the 'Jeff Nippard' recommendation - Please don't sell out to increase your following - You are an ambassador of HARDCORE TRAINING. Your usual content is so inspiring in an industry riddled with fads and soft options, so here's hoping John Meadows gets back in the trenches soon! :)
Ha! Basicly what I'm doing. 5 sets 6-8reps Low bar squat Pendlay row Incline bench press Side lateral raise Skull crushers Hammer curls Then quick 3 exercise an circuit. Rope pull Hanging leg raise Bicycle crunch Monday and Friday Wednesday is slightly different exercises with bands working on that pump.
Starting Jeff Nippards program today. Went pretty close to failure today on legs(leg emphasis day) and tomorrow I'm going to blast my chest. Done alphadestiny's way as well in 2018. FBW 2-3 timed a week. Honestly, hardest I've ever trained. It paid off for a while, but I realized I was missing out on a few accessory movements that I wanted to do. My workouts would be 2,5 hours long and I'd really tired for the next 48 hours. I could definitely feel that I needed the recovery. These workouts take 1 hour and they aren't as draining. I hope the frequency will work it's magic.
great stuff John, as a beginner lifting under a year, most sources convince me to use a full body split every other day. altho what I'm uncertain is my choice of exercises, I do the same exercises every workout day. bench, pullup, incline bench, row, squat, RDL, incline bicep, face pull/lat raise/tricep pushdown; that kinda thing. would love to follow this mini series and see what you find of it
It'd be good to have a focus per session. Say: Monday: Full body (push focus) Wednesday: Full body (pull focus) Friday: Full body (leg focused) Just an idea, mate.
I think I spend more time just going with the flow and not being so strict with it. just listening to my body but staying at 10 minutes. a minimum of 10 minutes though usually I end up doing more, 😅😅😅
I usually train full body 3 days a week. My analysis: it’s good if you want to be moderately strong, moderately fit, and have a time limit for the gym. I sometimes vary it with a four day upper/lower split but I really enjoy the full body. But then again, my goal isn’t the physique of the mountaindog or jeff nippard.
I love that you are doing this!! I like how you are open to experiment. I found out about you and your channel by following Jeff Nippard. I think it was a NFL workout you coached him through. I immediately found your channel and watched a couple videos which led to me promptly subscribing to your channel. On my way over to remind Jeff about that back workout 😝 .. thank you. Have a great day!
Thank you for making this video John. I was hoping to hear your opinion on full body workouts! I'm looking forward to your Wed and Fri workout videos and hearing your feedback!
People tend to lose sight of what is really important.Every one is looking for the most optimal way to train, be that an upper lower split, a full body workout, a push pull legs, or whatever.Finding what is optimal for you is good, but what's more important, is that your workout is enjoyable to you.You need to have a routine that makes you want to go the gym consistently.It doesn't matter if your routine is the best there is, created by the best minds in sports science, if it makes you feel like skipping workouts.
Good for you, sir! I've been doing a full body 3-day/week for a couple of years now; kinda based on Tactical Barbell (really solid stuff, I just don't like percentage training). I do miss the body part splits and I don't nearly have the size I used to... BUT, I'm never sore since I don't exceed my weekly recoverable volume and I'm stimulating all muscles at least 3 times in a week. I like this approach as I can have conditioning dedicated days and still make headway with strength.
jeremy ethier does the same full body split mon wed fri,but rest days on weekends and obviously different exercises,but its nice to see him,john and jeff approach to this splits.I think its a great way if your low on time eg studying ect
@Mountaindog1 I wonder if you’d get a pump doing a cluster set on the hex bar instead? Really liked the exercise selection in this full body routine. Very thoughtful.
I follow you and jeff. I just recently got Jeff's program. It was neat to see you give it a try with a open mind. I sure am I compete also. I enjoy the challenge and twist you give to everything. I would be curious if like a multi phase of 1,2,3 and 3 having your style finisher set of doom lol. Been a trainer for 11 years now and thank you for a quality channel to follow.
THANX SO MUCH JOHN. I realy like the fact that you only used barbells and Dumb Bells. I have a selfmade home gym. And have only acces to B bells and D bells, and has been wating years to find somebody willing to show a full body w out with limited equipment. 😁
Talk about weight discipline. I know you're a pro - but bar/weight paths you did were amazingly smooth and controlled - even at top sets. Important stuff to remember.
I love the full body pump from full body splits. The workouts are more fun to me for some reason. If a body part doesn't feel pumped at the end I just throw in a little more work until it does
I do mon Wed fri full Body bench row squats overhead press heavy deadlifts instead on rows on wed Tue/Thur WEIGHTED pull-ups/dips/arms Rest the weekend been working so far
Looking forward to watching this, typing before I watch because ironically I'm coming off a push/legs/pull routine for almost 2 years and started a full bodywork out for the first time starting this week. 3 x a week. I'm really into old school bodybuilding and the look, some of the greats only did full body back in the day, example Steve Reeves. It's funny, I'm seeing this resurrection with a full body workout lately.
Just sharing. I used to do full training as, Monday; Bench deadlift leg extensions Wednesday; stiff legged deadlifts Dumbbells rows leg presses flies Friday; shoulders traps arms claves abs weekend rest. Disciplines would vary, for example I would do pull downs instead of dumbbell rows. Worked for me.
Great video. Always love that you have diff things to try n show. Big inspiration as I’m in late 40s n seeing u train! Thank you John ! Big fan from Massachusetts! Brian from Boston 🙏💪
Been training recently based on Your PPL training You did for M&S and after some small ex changes loving it!!! Great work, great channel, great attitude! Looking forward to Your opinion on this FBW !
Nice content again John. I just started full body this week. 6 day on with one major muscle group focus per day with undulated periodization. Not experiencing that much of a pump though. Just saw Jeff's science explained.
Did full body MWF and Endurance and Calesthitcs on Saturday, for 4 years in High School. I was the rare case that went 100% every time all the time. I progressed extremely fast, got huge quick. By my senior year, I was benching 415 squatting 605 and Deadlifting 525. Then all the injuries piled on all at once. Fell apart at the seams. Never took rest periods such as three days off or something just to recover. Now 12 years later and I still have to baby my shoulder and my left knee when I workout. I don't recommend it at very high intensity.
very interesting choice and order of exercises,I can hardly wait to see next variation. I was "experimenting " with full bofy before and ,as with many other stuff,with time I got all into that and into all details. However,thats just a one way of doing it,sometimes or some periods (or as a variation when you dont have much time in a week,combined with other splits or whole week of full) ,but not "forever"...
It can be a little awkward sometimes to not get a big pump, but it is also a matter of adaptation. I've been doing full body 5/6 times/week now for a few months, and I get a pump just from one working set, is awesome! And just to clarify, training full body doesn't mean we are lowering the intensity... It just means we do only 3-4 sets per muscle group, and that allows the body to recover faster buy not accumulating much fatigue. For exemple, I can go to (or almost) failure in my last set of Bech Press on Monday, and do Incline DB Press next day with no recovery issues. And thank you so much John to try this out, I'm looking forward to see your experience! :D
I love full body workouts. I don't do them all the time. Instead, I do them 3 days a week for, 2-3 weeks. I feel they're great for explosive energies, towards my regular lift days. I feel they also do a little more fat burning.
One more work out to add your muscle building 💪 life to learning. Like your open aproche to seeking a new way new day 👍. See you Wednesday after the gym 💪😎.
I do total body workouts focusing on compound exercises primarily. After I’m done with that I do a body part in which I’m lagging on the most. Then the next day I’ll repeat and do that second body part I think I’m lagging on. Etc, it works for me. M
I like to throw in full body every few weeks just to shock the system, but I go really intense. Right were I can barely keep my breath. I have found that for me it's fun to mix it up, but I also feel it helps break through plateaus.
Hey John! I like the exercise selection, overall the idea of FBW is very fine to me, But i realy do belive we should start workouts liek this with legs.
i actualy been enjoying full body workouts for some time now . i cycle them . i do a more traditional training regimen and ocasionaly do the full body workouts . variety is good !
It's good that he's experimenting with this; this is perhaps the best way to train if you're natural - especially early on... Splits can be good once your level of conditioning has gone up, after perhaps a few years of training - wherein you'll need higher volume per session. And of course, your gains will be naturally diminished anyway at that point... So it would seem like regular body part splits - or at the least, A/B or upper/lower splits - are for the more advanced. One of the big downsides to regular splits is that it takes each body part 5 or 6 days to fully recover, but with full body you get quicker recovery and 3x a week protein synthesis... Sounds good to me. Just some thoughts. I'll be starting my own 3-day full body routine soon, with my own twist: 1. Barbell work (primarily) * Rest 2. Light upper (to give my upper body somewhat of a break)/complete lower (hamstring and calf work in addition to squats) * Rest 3. Dumbbell work * Rest * Rest ...Great flexibility with full body training, it seems; you can hit different exercises on each day (flat presses for the chest on day 1; inclines on day 3, for example). I've never done this before either, but I'm going to give it a go.
This is a must see playlist if you are natty: th-cam.com/play/PLNAUreWTt_Sh0oNrGMhzEFZoN9zMZhhvY.html
Have you torn your chest before? Your one pec is different from the other & mine is like that also. I'm so much stronger with my good lookin pec. I don't know what's up with it. Your thoughts would be great
Your head is a little bit blue be careful with your health
3:43 u just found an amazing way to do seal rows without equipment lololol, i'll try that shit out
Thank you 41 yr natty still competing
is just me or you are looking bigger?
Mad respect for experimenting with this! Regardless of what you think after it's done, I always love how open minded you are. We gotta get it in again soon man!!
Are you back in Florida now homey?
The videos with the two of you are my favorites. Can't wait to see your next collaborative video.
thank you!
I have watched your collab few times please do more of these both of you
Jeff Nippard Don’t forget the lube
1.Incline bench press
2.Standing dumbbell rows
3.Chest supported lateral raises
4.Close grip bench press
5.Barbell curls
6.Trap bar deadlift or dumbbell
Each exercise 3 sets of 8-10 reps.
Dearly missed Mr john!!! Thankfully theres soooo much incredible knowledge he gave us we can still learn. Even after ges gone hes still teaching us solid gold!!!
You and Jeff nippard both have helped my lifting gains tremendously, you sound like one of my college professors in a kinesiology labs solid information/ no BS, doing cardio and watching your videos is a daily must at the point, thanks for the daily motivation Mr. Meadows
We miss you John
You were like a big brother in bodybuilding world ❤️🙏
For years I trained a full body workout. Monday, Wednesday, Friday then weekends off. I always felt the 2 days off weekend was important for recovery.
Hey do you have good Results? Gaining weight? Or getting shredded ? Because im Amateur bodybuilder training since 10 Jears 5 Times a week but now my time is gone, to go so often , so im looking for some 3 days Routine
Thx 4 an answer
Damn you're doing a full body workout 3 times a week! That's impressive.
I just do a 10-minute workout everyday and every single day of the week is a difference focus, whether it's leg day, core day, arm day, etc.
I do my workouts in correspondence with certain days of the week, (and every day of the week is a different chakra Focus to) like yesterday was Thor's day (Thursday) which is my day for the full body workout.
I don't even mind when people comment on my channel and laugh at the idea that I called different days of the week by the god they were named after. 😅😅😅
I guess it's my own little way of reminding myself of which day I'm supposed to do what, 😂😂😂
@@unskilledxd6970 have you tried it? How did it go?
Wow, way to stay open minded even though u have so much success behind you.
The way that bar was going up so smoothly on the incline press, I thought you were on a Smith machine. Crazy control!
my favorite exercise
It's so true, it really did look like Smith machine. that control and form are mighty impressive.
@@rychier6994
That's what 30 odd years of practicing technique gets you.
I thought exactly the same, it was like a piston pumping up and down
I need to just give this a try. I’m 43 and I think the change will be good for me mentally and physically. Nothing to lose.
Your open mind is what makes me like this channel so much. The more experience you have on a subject the more you close your mind, which can limit you from learning more
5:00 I really like to do these without any support, I find that they build a surprising amount of hamstring stability and strength. I used to do them everyday when the only thing I had available was a pair of dumbbells and they transitioned surprisingly well to the conventional deadlift which I was able to get in position for the first time I tried.
@thespiritbomb If it is your first time deadlifting you should always have people coach you to ingrain proper form. Fortunately for me the my Uni had a strong powerlifting team that were very helpful :)
The great Leroy Colbert always preached full body workouts 3 days a week. May he rest in peace.
Excellent video thanks for all the videos I've seen an improvement in my arms and legs. John you're the greatest extremely humble, your videos are to the point and not all over the place. RIP brother until we make it to the other side.
R.I.P John. I hope you are smiling in heaven, knowing that you are still influencing the fitness universe
I hope he made it to heaven
1 BB Incline press- work up to 1x8 heavy set
2 DB Row with head support 3x8
3 DB Y Raise high incline 3x12
4 Closegrip BB Bench 3x8
5. BB Curls 3x10
6. Hexbar Deadlift work up to 1x5 heavy set
7. KB RDLs 3x15
Do not count warm up sets
I love the way you say "I'm not sure I'm a fan of that." It's a subjective thought you express in a modest way. Nice! This and Ryan Humiston's channel have become two of my favs. Also will shout a smaller TH-camr called Jon Mango. Great content as well.
some days do calisthenics, some days heavy compound movements, some days more isolation exercises
That's how I do it but there are countless possibilities, I look forward to this series.
About half way through my second year of weight training and I'm close to John's age. Started full body to start my second year and I'm having much better results than I did in my first year which I know is odd. Due to limitations in equipment it kills me that I'm always needing alternatives to compound excersises but I'm blessed to even be healthy enough to train in the first place. Very grateful for this channel!
My all time favorite coach...Ladies and Gentleman ...Mr.John Meadows
I think the only difference is Jeff’s program starts with the biggest muscle groups and alternates, rather than doing all upper consecutively, then lower, etc. Either way, I was a lot like JM and I never wanted to believe in this, but I’m three weeks in to Jeff’s program and I’m making strength gains and my little nagging injuries are healed somehow. Thanks for trying this JM, love that you’re willing to walk us through different things.
I've been doing this Mon wed and Friday and gained quit a bit of muscle in a few months 👍🏻
I don't understand who would dislike this video I love John, only TH-cam channel I come to for advice and tactics to better myself and avoid injury which should be everyone's main concern, keep up the great videos 🙂
I've always loved full body training much more than any style of other training and it keeps me motivated to train. If I'm only doing 1-2 exercises to failure per muscle group I can do way more high quality work then doing body part splits. Definitely looking forward to this John!
Interesting
Thanks for the feedback
I’ve been doing this for over 25 years. I’ll do a full body workout for 2 1/2 - 3 months and switch back to a traditional back & biceps, chest & triceps, legs & shoulders, etc for 3 months.
The key to full body workout is to always mix up the exercises every time you train so as to maximize muscle confusion and to keep workouts as new and interesting as possible. I love getting a full body pump.
@@rpdrpd4153 how do you progressively overload confusion?
@@emiel7479 By getting more confused every workout.
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...
I love how you put your head on the bench for rows. I do that for my barbell rows and it takes so much stress off my lower back and makes it much harder and no cheating!
Thanks John!!! my recovery time is suffering, looking to change my routine.
I can only train 3 days a week due to work so 3 days full body makes much more sense than doing a push pull leg where I would only be working each part once a week.
That is a good idea. But most people on those types of splits want too much out of it. They say "how can I do squats, deadlift, chin ups, bench, flyes, rows, tricep cables.. Etc. Etc" Fact is you can't. You need "bang for your buck exercises". They expect to do full body sessions but start them with 10 sets of bench press. It's silly.
@@jjwp-ql5rvI usually just do 1 compound exercise for each bodypart for 3-4 sets i.e benchpress, weighted chin ups, military press, dumbbell row, squat, deadlift for example then do a few sets for biceps and triceps at the end, I have 3 workouts and just alternate them.
3 days a week worked for steve reeves
@@ukguy
Sounds like a good idea mate.
Every day of the week is a 10-minute workout for me and every day of the week is a different focus on the body.
Just like yesterday was Thor's day or should I say Thursday as everyone knows it.
which is my own little fun reminder to tell me which day of the week I'm supposed to be doing what.
I honestly don't mind that people kind of giggle at my channel for calling different days of the week by Woden's day or Thor's day.
Woden's day for me being middle of the week is also the heart chakra where I just get my heart rate up for 10 minutes.
And Thor's day is the one day of the week I do a full body workout.
😅😅
I made crazy gains on every other day full body. On the offdays you load up on food and when you train you're always fresh from that quality rest and calories. Joints always feel good and hard to overtax CNS on this. So progress is very consistent.
Natural? How long had you been training? What kind of gains?
Full body lends itself to naturals whereas you can smash up an individual body part when taking steroids , so I can see why John dislikes the full body approach
Even in between cycles I like doing full body and use the enhanced periods to build up lagging parts
Watching John lift reminds me of watching my dad lift. There’s something about them “old men” hittin it....good video
Nice exercise selection. With a full body session I would rather start with large muscle groups, like legs, back, chest, delts, tri & bi.
A good one I like is:
Squat
Chin up
Dips
Really basic but a great one, if intensity is high. And it hits a lot of muscles in one workout.
As a pro wrestler, I like a full body workout.
For 4 weeks, I do 5 days on, 2 days off.
It's not as taxing on the body when you wrestle every night, it doesn't take up loads of time and all your muscles stay flexible enough.
Every day I do different exercises.
The schedule is usually:
- abs
- chest
- biceps
- legs
- back
- triceps
- shoulders
Would be great to get some feedback.
I do a similar routine. I also like feeling the pump, so I go into every work out with priority on a certain muscle group/ muscle. I'll do maybe 2 or 3 extra sets of isolation work at the end of the muscles main movement. Then the next workout I prioritized a different muscle. It was the best of both of worlds for me. Keep up the amazing content my man.
Nice to see you doing a full body split, I started 2 weeks ago I add calves at the end I do miss the pump of my other splits
Im going to do the same as you see how I feel at the end of the week. thanks for all the inspiration you give us!
I started out with 3 day full body dumbbell workout at home before i started going to the gym. Now i switch between 3 day full body and upper lower 4 day split every 3 months or so.
Like you John I am 2 weeks in to a full body routine and i feel buggerd. I'm so use to volume but I am a natural trainer so I have given the volume away due to your advice as well as Jeff's.
Awesome! Very interested to see how wed and friday go.
Your straight up honesty added to your master knowledge make your channel my main source of training study everytime. To see a pro, try something different infront of the camera and admit that they are not sure what the outcome will be, until they have tried it, is great, it makes you monsters seem more real and it makes me as a much smaller guy realise that nobody starts out as an expert, it makes me feel better about trying new things too.
Love all your content. It literally has changed my life, from sleep, to food, training to mental health and remembering whats important in life.
Thankyou so much!
P.s defo want to see another vid with J.Nippard
Awesome I love that you are trying something new! Cant wait to see the results
The 6 dislikes are the people that have paid for v-shreds content
lol!
Haha
I just looked up the 'Jeff Nippard' recommendation - Please don't sell out to increase your following - You are an ambassador of HARDCORE TRAINING. Your usual content is so inspiring in an industry riddled with fads and soft options, so here's hoping John Meadows gets back in the trenches soon! :)
don't you worry Charlie :)
I'm excited to see how you like it MD. I'm currently doing DC training and I really enjoy training more than one or two muscle groups in one session.
An open mind? I’m sure that’s always been rare in the fitness world. Kudos to you, John for even attempting this. Hope this works for yuh👍🏻
Ha! Basicly what I'm doing. 5 sets 6-8reps
Low bar squat
Pendlay row
Incline bench press
Side lateral raise
Skull crushers
Hammer curls
Then quick 3 exercise an circuit.
Rope pull
Hanging leg raise
Bicycle crunch
Monday and Friday
Wednesday is slightly different exercises with bands working on that pump.
Starting Jeff Nippards program today. Went pretty close to failure today on legs(leg emphasis day) and tomorrow I'm going to blast my chest.
Done alphadestiny's way as well in 2018. FBW 2-3 timed a week.
Honestly, hardest I've ever trained. It paid off for a while, but I realized I was missing out on a few accessory movements that I wanted to do. My workouts would be 2,5 hours long and I'd really tired for the next 48 hours. I could definitely feel that I needed the recovery.
These workouts take 1 hour and they aren't as draining. I hope the frequency will work it's magic.
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great stuff John, as a beginner lifting under a year, most sources convince me to use a full body split every other day. altho what I'm uncertain is my choice of exercises, I do the same exercises every workout day. bench, pullup, incline bench, row, squat, RDL, incline bicep, face pull/lat raise/tricep pushdown; that kinda thing. would love to follow this mini series and see what you find of it
It'd be good to have a focus per session. Say:
Monday:
Full body (push focus)
Wednesday:
Full body (pull focus)
Friday:
Full body (leg focused)
Just an idea, mate.
Also, as a beginner I'd say you don't need arm isolation. Not if you're benching and doing pull ups
It’s more about accumulating volume over the week with less intensity. It’s up to you what you prefer, intensity or volume
I think I spend more time just going with the flow and not being so strict with it.
just listening to my body but staying at 10 minutes.
a minimum of 10 minutes though usually I end up doing more, 😅😅😅
I usually train full body 3 days a week. My analysis: it’s good if you want to be moderately strong, moderately fit, and have a time limit for the gym. I sometimes vary it with a four day upper/lower split but I really enjoy the full body. But then again, my goal isn’t the physique of the mountaindog or jeff nippard.
I love that you are doing this!! I like how you are open to experiment. I found out about you and your channel by following Jeff Nippard. I think it was a NFL workout you coached him through. I immediately found your channel and watched a couple videos which led to me promptly subscribing to your channel. On my way over to remind Jeff about that back workout 😝 .. thank you. Have a great day!
thank you!
Thank you for making this video John. I was hoping to hear your opinion on full body workouts! I'm looking forward to your Wed and Fri workout videos and hearing your feedback!
People tend to lose sight of what is really important.Every one is looking for the most optimal way to train, be that an upper lower split, a full body workout, a push pull legs, or whatever.Finding what is optimal for you is good, but what's more important, is that your workout is enjoyable to you.You need to have a routine that makes you want to go the gym consistently.It doesn't matter if your routine is the best there is, created by the best minds in sports science, if it makes you feel like skipping workouts.
100%
Good for you, sir! I've been doing a full body 3-day/week for a couple of years now; kinda based on Tactical Barbell (really solid stuff, I just don't like percentage training). I do miss the body part splits and I don't nearly have the size I used to... BUT, I'm never sore since I don't exceed my weekly recoverable volume and I'm stimulating all muscles at least 3 times in a week. I like this approach as I can have conditioning dedicated days and still make headway with strength.
jeremy ethier does the same full body split mon wed fri,but rest days on weekends and obviously different exercises,but its nice to see him,john and jeff approach to this splits.I think its a great way if your low on time eg studying ect
Interesting subject. I'm going to watch the next two for sure.
This is great idea. I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes.
I just learned a lot watching this video , ways to perform excersize
I’m loving the video quality, its great.
@Mountaindog1 I wonder if you’d get a pump doing a cluster set on the hex bar instead? Really liked the exercise selection in this full body routine. Very thoughtful.
oh yea!
@@mountaindog1 your instruction on cluster sets has really helped me put size on my arms. I hope they'll work on the hex dead too.
I follow you and jeff. I just recently got Jeff's program. It was neat to see you give it a try with a open mind. I sure am I compete also. I enjoy the challenge and twist you give to everything. I would be curious if like a multi phase of 1,2,3 and 3 having your style finisher set of doom lol. Been a trainer for 11 years now and thank you for a quality channel to follow.
THANX SO MUCH JOHN. I realy like the fact that you only used barbells and Dumb Bells. I have a selfmade home gym. And have only acces to B bells and D bells, and has been wating years to find somebody willing to show a full body w out with limited equipment. 😁
there you go!
Talk about weight discipline. I know you're a pro - but bar/weight paths you did were amazingly smooth and controlled - even at top sets. Important stuff to remember.
in the groove as we call it..
I love the full body pump from full body splits. The workouts are more fun to me for some reason. If a body part doesn't feel pumped at the end I just throw in a little more work until it does
Another great video from best person humble guy of fitness industry. Respect from viewers sir. Wishing you success in life sir.
I do mon Wed fri full Body
bench
row
squats
overhead press
heavy deadlifts instead on rows on wed
Tue/Thur WEIGHTED pull-ups/dips/arms
Rest the weekend been working so far
arniebarb123 fixed ahahahah
I like full body to change up variation. I also love upper lower splits. Full body I need a few days before I can do it again though
Looking forward to watching this, typing before I watch because ironically I'm coming off a push/legs/pull routine for almost 2 years and started a full bodywork out for the first time starting this week. 3 x a week. I'm really into old school bodybuilding and the look, some of the greats only did full body back in the day, example Steve Reeves. It's funny, I'm seeing this resurrection with a full body workout lately.
Just sharing. I used to do full training as,
Monday; Bench deadlift leg extensions
Wednesday; stiff legged deadlifts
Dumbbells rows leg presses flies
Friday; shoulders traps arms claves abs weekend rest. Disciplines would vary, for example I would do pull downs instead of dumbbell rows. Worked for me.
Thanks! Gonna do this workout tommrr training full body rn n switching to upper lower doing both of those 3x per week
Great video very excited to see johns take on whole body!
Great video. Always love that you have diff things to try n show. Big inspiration as I’m in late 40s n seeing u train! Thank you John ! Big fan from Massachusetts! Brian from Boston 🙏💪
Thanks for the workout session, John. And I’d love to see you do a back workout with Jeff.
Been training recently based on Your PPL training You did for M&S and after some small ex changes loving it!!! Great work, great channel, great attitude! Looking forward to Your opinion on this FBW !
I am doing 3 on 1 off 3 on. Full body each day but only 1 set. The exercise body order is exactly what you’ve chosen, lol
Nice content again John. I just started full body this week. 6 day on with one major muscle group focus per day with undulated periodization. Not experiencing that much of a pump though. Just saw Jeff's science explained.
Excellent video, thanks man
Did full body MWF and Endurance and Calesthitcs on Saturday, for 4 years in High School. I was the rare case that went 100% every time all the time. I progressed extremely fast, got huge quick. By my senior year, I was benching 415 squatting 605 and Deadlifting 525. Then all the injuries piled on all at once. Fell apart at the seams. Never took rest periods such as three days off or something just to recover. Now 12 years later and I still have to baby my shoulder and my left knee when I workout. I don't recommend it at very high intensity.
So cool you're trying this
Jeff! You gotta hit this back workout!
Great idea to try this. Very interested to follow along.
Glad to see you’ve taken time to work out with the homeless again. 😀
very interesting choice and order of exercises,I can hardly wait to see next variation. I was "experimenting " with full bofy before and ,as with many other stuff,with time I got all into that and into all details. However,thats just a one way of doing it,sometimes or some periods (or as a variation when you dont have much time in a week,combined with other splits or whole week of full) ,but not "forever"...
It can be a little awkward sometimes to not get a big pump, but it is also a matter of adaptation. I've been doing full body 5/6 times/week now for a few months, and I get a pump just from one working set, is awesome!
And just to clarify, training full body doesn't mean we are lowering the intensity... It just means we do only 3-4 sets per muscle group, and that allows the body to recover faster buy not accumulating much fatigue. For exemple, I can go to (or almost) failure in my last set of Bech Press on Monday, and do Incline DB Press next day with no recovery issues.
And thank you so much John to try this out, I'm looking forward to see your experience! :D
lower the volume to one set to failure 3x a week and you will recover and grow a lot!
I love full body workouts. I don't do them all the time. Instead, I do them 3 days a week for, 2-3 weeks. I feel they're great for explosive energies, towards my regular lift days. I feel they also do a little more fat burning.
Also, I don't like to go light. If I don't feel a pump, I feel like I've cheated myself.
One more work out to add your muscle building 💪 life to learning. Like your open aproche to seeking a new way new day 👍. See you Wednesday after the gym 💪😎.
I do total body workouts focusing on compound exercises primarily. After I’m done with that I do a body part in which I’m lagging on the most. Then the next day I’ll repeat and do that second body part I think I’m lagging on. Etc, it works for me. M
I like to throw in full body every few weeks just to shock the system, but I go really intense. Right were I can barely keep my breath. I have found that for me it's fun to mix it up, but I also feel it helps break through plateaus.
cardio and lifting thats a win win for fullbody training :)
Coming back to this series of videos ❤️
Congrats on the 300k, keep up the great content, i'm heading on to the Nippard site to request that back colab, well done.
Hey John! I like the exercise selection, overall the idea of FBW is very fine to me, But i realy do belive we should start workouts liek this with legs.
see Wednesdays session
I love those rows I do them laying on my stomach on the bench
i actualy been enjoying full body workouts for some time now . i cycle them . i do a more traditional training regimen and ocasionaly do the full body workouts . variety is good !
The wide range of content on your channel is excellent, Thank You.
Kabuki trap bar is supposed to be awesome, great design. Also looking forward to the rest of this series and a conclusion episode.
Just what i asked in previous video...thankyou sir...next push pull and upper lower
Yes please do the back workout collab with Jeff!! That was an awesome series!!
Ive been waiting for a full body workout.. Waiting on part 2
Always great stuff Mighty MountainDog
It's good that he's experimenting with this; this is perhaps the best way to train if you're natural - especially early on... Splits can be good once your level of conditioning has gone up, after perhaps a few years of training - wherein you'll need higher volume per session. And of course, your gains will be naturally diminished anyway at that point... So it would seem like regular body part splits - or at the least, A/B or upper/lower splits - are for the more advanced. One of the big downsides to regular splits is that it takes each body part 5 or 6 days to fully recover, but with full body you get quicker recovery and 3x a week protein synthesis... Sounds good to me. Just some thoughts. I'll be starting my own 3-day full body routine soon, with my own twist:
1. Barbell work (primarily)
* Rest
2. Light upper (to give my upper body somewhat of a break)/complete lower (hamstring and calf work in addition to squats)
* Rest
3. Dumbbell work
* Rest
* Rest
...Great flexibility with full body training, it seems; you can hit different exercises on each day (flat presses for the chest on day 1; inclines on day 3, for example). I've never done this before either, but I'm going to give it a go.
Nice one big John 👍👍