German Volume Training..anybody tried it? Results?

[JoeySon]

Just what the title says, I've done alot of research on a new routine and have decided on GVT. I'm really excited to start it and I was wondering if anybody has had luck with it? Also, I read that it is more of a "shocker" routine and should not be run for more than 4-6 week consecutively. Any truth to this?

Also any tips or advice from somebody who's run it before would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

[TomGreen]

let me know how it works for you man. i have always been skeptical of volume training, but never known anyone to straight up do it. Some say it will pack on mass and others say its overtraining and not going to failure wont prodice good results. is your routine 10x10 1 exercise per body part? but ya keep me posted

[JoeySon]

let me know how it works for you man. i have always been skeptical of volume training, but never known anyone to straight up do it. Some say it will pack on mass and others say its overtraining and not going to failure wont prodice good results. is your routine 10x10 1 exercise per body part? but ya keep me posted

Yea I'm going the 10x10 but I'm a little confused on the supersets

[fueledpassion]

It's amazing and works like something fierce. The question is not whether it works but if you can handle it. I cannot.

[TomGreen]

Yea I'm going the 10x10 but I'm a little confused on the supersets

what are you suppossed to superset?

[T-Bone]

I looked for a book on it on amazon but most were extremely dated. Charles Poliquin created it. I read This article about it from the man himself. Check it out, should be helpful.

[Bolanrox]

ive used it.

very good gains in strength decent muscle gain, and great imo to keep it if you are cutting.

It will wipe you out for sure. I would say maybe do it only for a month or two and see what you think

Plently of diffrent 3 day full body splits to choose from if GVT doesnt work out for you.

[JoeySon]

ive used it.

very good gains in strength decent muscle gain, and great imo to keep it if you are cutting.

It will wipe you out for sure. I would say maybe do it only for a month or two and see what you think

Plently of diffrent 3 day full body splits to choose from if GVT doesnt work out for you.

Yea I only plan on running it for 4 or 5 weeks then switching to a more standard hypertrophy program

[TomGreen]

are you planning on doing the gvt on your pro mag cycle

[Bolanrox]

Yea I only plan on running it for 4 or 5 weeks then switching to a more standard hypertrophy program

I would try it at least a full 2 months. then switch it up to something like Heavy Medium Light (with 20 rep squats) or some other 3 day full body

[JoeySon]

are you planning on doing the gvt on your pro mag cycle

Yes it's actually exactly what I'm doing lol that's the reason I don't want to run it more than 6 weeks cause many people have told me to not lift heavy and lower my intensity for pct to allow my body to recover

[TomGreen]

Yes it's actually exactly what I'm doing lol that's the reason I don't want to run it more than 6 weeks cause many people have told me to not lift heavy and lower my intensity for pct to allow my body to recover

hmmm, im not sure. i feel like youd want to keep pushing yourself hard through pct to keep gains, but i havent thought about the health consequences, maybe someone can say. i will be getting my pmag on monday! keep up posted on your gains

[chedapalooza]

Very interested in this as well. I did a Vince Gironda style 8x8 workout.. Only 30 seconds rest between sets.. Got very big and lean off it in 3 weeks.. Then burnt out.

10x10 seems good but I like vRiety in lifts or I feel like I'm not hitting the muscle from every angle.. If you settle on a routine, please post it up here?

Ideally I'd like to do something like:

Superset 10x10 exercises
Then accessory work

[JoeySon]

Very interested in this as well. I did a Vince Gironda style 8x8 workout.. Only 30 seconds rest between sets.. Got very big and lean off it in 3 weeks.. Then burnt out.

10x10 seems good but I like vRiety in lifts or I feel like I'm not hitting the muscle from every angle.. If you settle on a routine, please post it up here?

Ideally I'd like to do something like:

Superset 10x10 exercises
Then accessory work

I've run it for a week and really seem to like it. Although there does seem to be confusion on what polquin actually meant as a superset. Some say it's not really a superset and u rest the 60 secs between your sets and some say you do normal supersets. Ive seen countless people take both sides. I decided to superset normally and take the 90 sec rest periods. I've run this cycle twice (tweaked it a little):

Chest/shoulder/tris: (superset the first two)

Decline bench 10x10
Overhead shoulder press 10x10
Tricep rope pulldown 10x10

Legs: (superset first 2)

Squats 10x10
Lying hamstring curls 10x10
Calf press's 10x10

Back/biceps: (superset first 2)

Pulldowns 10x10
Barbell curls 10x10
Trap pulls 10x10

[JoeySon]

Also, I may add another day or just add more volume to the days I'm already doing

[kBrown]

Be sure to increase the weight per week.
Read this please: GVT Overview: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/hst6.htm
Then review the following:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/germ...e-training.htm
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/luis13.htm

I know you didn't ask for specific info.
Nor have done GVT specifically but I am doing volume for the next 5 weeks.

I hope you find some interesting info

[chedapalooza]

I've run it for a week and really seem to like it. Although there does seem to be confusion on what polquin actually meant as a superset. Some say it's not really a superset and u rest the 60 secs between your sets and some say you do normal supersets. Ive seen countless people take both sides. I decided to superset normally and take the 90 sec rest periods. I've run this cycle twice (tweaked it a little):

Chest/shoulder/tris: (superset the first two)

Decline bench 10x10
Overhead shoulder press 10x10
Tricep rope pulldown 10x10

Legs: (superset first 2)

Squats 10x10
Lying hamstring curls 10x10
Calf press's 10x10

Back/biceps: (superset first 2)

Pulldowns 10x10
Barbell curls 10x10
Trap pulls 10x10

Interesting.. U find back n bis to be ok like that?

[Swanson52]

I was under the impression that you SS a push/pull exercise. Ex. Incline bench and barbell rows.

Either way, it's brutal. I threw up on leg day the first 3 times I did it. It helped with joint pain and hypertrophy, though. I liked it quite a bit.

But brutal.

[JoeySon]

Be sure to increase the weight per week.
Read this please: GVT Overview: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/hst6.htm
Then review the following:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/germ...e-training.htm
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/luis13.htm

I know you didn't ask for specific info.
Nor have done GVT specifically but I am doing volume for the next 5 weeks.

I hope you find some interesting info

I was under the impression that you only increase the weight if you can get the full 100 reps..

[JoeySon]

Interesting.. U find back n bis to be ok like that?

Yea I mostly just like working tris and chest on the same day. May tweak this still, it's my first time experimenting with GVT so I'm trying to find what works for me.