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@darksoul999 I’m working aggressively to refine the shape of my muscles. Hypertrophy all the way, baby! I have a coach who has devised this plan—if it were up to me there is no way I would come up with a program involving all these reps! 😂 Over the summer I was struggling with bilateral tennis...

@darksoul999 That’s a great idea re: chest supported! I find it hard to remember to engage my core throughout to avoid straining my lower back with a bent over row—I’ll try that post-competition when I have a bit more flexibility. My current program overall is pushing for hypertrophy with...

@darksoul999 That’s a solid chest/back day—I hate bent over rows with a passion. I can see why you’d be wiped after all of that, especially if you’re going to failure. Could you look at increasing your rest between sets to give you a bit more gas in the tank? I’m in competition prep at the...

@darksoul999 It’s interesting how certain days on an Arnold split can feel more/less intense than others. On my current program, chest/back day feels like my easiest, leg day is moderately hard, and my arm day is brutal and takes the longest (2.25 hours)! What are you doing on chest/back day?

@darksoul999 I’m not a fan of PPL personally, but I think you can do at least 4-5 days per week and still recover properly. I like the Arnold split and find that I get enough recovery time. I increased my strength training from 2x/week to 6x/week to train for my first fitness competition (4...