Comments on: How To Build A Big, Rock-Solid Chest

By: ed

ed — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:25:44 +0000

Hay mark my name is ed i am very interated to what would you suggest for a hard gainer to do in oder to Put on mass for size an straight or endurance straight an the meal plan would be what to eat confused please help a beginner in training thank you ed

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:25:13 +0000

@L. Yes a low carb approach will help with adding muscle and NOT gaining fat. But you need dedicated carb-up periods to fill the muscle with glycogen for optimal workout performance (this is what carb-cycling is). My free MANS diet is a carb-cycling bulking diet. See here…
https://musclehack.com/best-bodybuilding-diet-plan-revealed/

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:23:07 +0000

@Bazza. The flys are DECLINE, the incline bench press is INCLINED. Now, less is more here. Mine is about 35degrees I’d guess both for incline and decline.
The higher or lower the degree, the more you take stress OFF the chest and place it elsewhere. On the decline a steep angle starts to become an arm exerise, and on the incline, starts to become a shoulder exercise. So less is more here.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:20:28 +0000

@Spud87. I’m not a fan of a push-pull split. I designed the 5-day THT split as the optimal way of splitting the body up. As an experiment, you could try not taking the weekends off, and on Saturday doing your Monday workout again (and so on). You would hit each part every 5 days, although there is no systemic recovery. You may need a week off sooner than 10 weeks. Though, nothing wrong with experimenting with it.

By: L

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:28:46 +0000

Can I just eat fats and low carb for bulking without gaining too much extra bodyfat? I just hate eating carbs so much…
Oh and what’s carb cycling, Mark?

By: Bazza

Bazza — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:41:56 +0000

Mark what incline you got for partial flyes and incline barbell press.

By: Ntokozo

Ntokozo — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:40:22 +0000

Couldn’t have come at a better time, I’m just starting the 5-day split routine this week, boy am I psyched

By: Spud 87

Spud 87 — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:06:42 +0000

Hi mark Iv a quick question,, what’s ur view on using THT in a push/pull/leg split, training each body part every 5 days? Giving you enough time to recover but hitting each body part twice a week using the THT principle with 8 sets and between 8-12 Reps,, but as you be training shoulders with chest, you will only do 6 sets for shoulders after chest ( eg military press 3set, lat raises 3set) as ur shoulders are involved in the chest work. Plus if you miss a training session you don’t go 8 days before hitting that area again?

By: William

William — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:11:45 +0000

Chest is on Friday – CAN…NOT…WAIT! lol
Thank Mark

By: Philip

Philip — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:10:56 +0000

Great! Thanks for putting this together!