quickest way to gain strength

[LeanBeast]

what kind of routine would you suggest?

[3v1lj03]

lift heavy stuff a few times eat alot

[toolwtf]

I don't care if most of america recommends something it doesn't make it right or even close to right. I have written ad nasuem on GAS general adaptive syndrome so you can search on it. but the body has to recovery locally and as a WHOLE. your neurlogicial and endocrine systems take 2-3 days minimum to recover from a stressful situation (regardless of the stimuli). just keep that in mind when making a program. even every other day is too much. obvsiously the status quo in mainstream training ignores proper training but you can better yourself by ignoring them and actually looking at what takes place in your body from what we do.

I disagree with this, but we've gone round and round on this before and so has Bouncer so we won't get into it again - we'll just agree to disagree. I don't need 2 days to recover from a chest/quad workout before I can do back/rear-delt/hams.

[Stonecold54]

I disagree with this, but we've gone round and round on this before and so has Bouncer so we won't get into it again - we'll just agree to disagree. I don't need 2 days to recover from a chest/quad workout before I can do back/rear-delt/hams.

well that depends on the context of the situation. your example is so open ended of course in some certain situations that it could be true. a person who just picks up a weight for the first time could do that and be okay. in fact a person who trains for 6 months could probably get away with that and be okay. or if a person just came from a two week layoff they would be okay. but my whole point in trying to get people to realize what General Adaptive Syndrome is so I don't hear - why aren't I getting stronger, why do my knees hurt, why do my shoulders hurt, why do my elbows hurt, why can't I get bigger, why do I need lots of drugs to grow, etc..... the literature is out there. read The Stress of Life by Hans Seyle and then let me know how you feel about the ins and out of endocrine reaction to stress stimuli. I am not talking about how we "feel". I am talking about what is actually going on in the body from a workout.

[Bouncer]

something else that nobody has mentioned is diet. i am not saying you need like a fatass to get stronger but upping the cals a bit will almost certainly help.