Unstructured workouts

[greemah]

Does anyone here not follow a particular routine, and just have a rough idea of what bodyparts you want to train and go to the gym and do whatever, and maybe try beat personal records every now and then?

If so, what results have you got?

Just been thinking about this after seeing the Mr California vids, and thinking it may be a fun way to train

[tomsammce]

Proper planning plus preparation prevents piss poor performance.

You see what I did there??

Going to the gym and doing whatever.. lol this is bodybuilding not instant kiwi mate.

[trainlikeafreak]

i lol @ people who have the exact workout they are following pre planned.. every exercise, every weight, every rep etc. brb can do 10 reps but stop at 8 cause thats what plan says...

and no its not the best idea to show upto the gym with no idea what ur training lol. afterall poor plan=poor results.. imo best way is to have a pre planned split that u can change around if needed, most ppl have a fair idea of what their gona do for each bodypart anyway so just go with it we are not robots.

[tomsammce]

i lol @ people who have the exact workout they are following pre planned.. every exercise, every weight, every rep etc. brb can do 10 reps but stop at 8 cause thats what plan says...

and no its not the best idea to show upto the gym with no idea what ur training lol. afterall poor plan=poor results.. imo best way is to have a pre planned split that u can change around if needed, most ppl have a fair idea of what their gona do for each bodypart anyway so just go with it we are not robots.

Some plans have a deload and you dont have to go to failure every set to grow or get stronger bro. Structure is important but it's only the gym and only really one way to train a bicep so to an extent doing whatever will work.

But we all want to achieve the maximal results in the shortest time frame, no point dicking about, so definitely have workout plan you believe in.

[FellowshipOfTheRon]

yeah its called instinctive training and seems to revolve heavily around listening to the body rather than just following what's planned out on paper.

apparently some people have no idea what part they'll even train that day they just go in to the gym and decide (sometimes just by feel, other times by assesing themselves in the mirror to find lagging parts). it's not completely random once decided though, they have a solid set of bread n butters that they'll do for each body part and the accessories they'll have favourites but sometimes may experiment with stuff that's not so important.

it sounds appealing and i sort of integrate some of it (like if im supposed to do chest monday but it's not recovered from last workout then i swap it with another bodypart for that week) but as a beginner i feel it's more important to stick to a plan and bang in consistency/experience before jumping in the deep end with something that relies heavily on good instincts to be successful.

[shane]

I find sticking to the same training can be boring as there's only so many barbell curls you can do so change exercise incline or supersets mix it up. If training chest I might do incline BB one next time might DB incline next time etc :grin:

[Darkmanx]

I havent planned a gym workout in years now. I rock up at the gym and i do what i feel in the moment is best for me. Now it important to know that im not a bodybuilder but more strength and conditioning orientated plus i have confidence in my training knowledge and in my abilities.

I thinks for for a beginner its important to follow some sort of structure esspecially BB. And as your training knowledge and your gains build up you can then start switching it up by maybe doing what is lagging in your gains by doing what you think is nessecary as it was mentioned by Fellowship.

The important thing here is that the human body adapts to anything you put it through. But some people make great gains by sticking to a plan even if it mind boringly numb and some make real good gains by not following a plan at all. So this is just my opinion and my experience. I guess my advice is to experiment. If you confidence in what you doing and the knowledge you have go for it. So prepare yourself for a yourney as It will not happen over night.

[PeterDolan]

I hardly ever plan a workout until the day, only thing structured is my training split

[Fitnation]

When I first began training with weights way back last century, my trainer who ran the gym, wrote out individual programs for everyone, these days most gyms charge for that. In those days Pts didn't exist, people were taught how to train hard from the beginning. After 6 months, he told everyone that instinctive was the way to go, that is how I have approached my training ever since. Occaissionally used a diary, which I might do again. For stuff like dealifts, squats, bench press, I like to use 5x5, the other stuff I will do drops sets, or 5x15-6. I do know that with 5x5 you need to deload from time to time. Unstructures is the way to go, if you have a good understanding of your body.

[tomleegolf]

Yeah but it's good to do compounds before isolation exercises unless you're advanced and trying to pre-exhaust a certain muscle.

I see skinny guys doing bicep curls before doing rows or pulldowns and doing triceps before benching which is just going to limit your gains. Newbies need a program but once you have a fair idea, you don't need one.

[FellowshipOfTheRon]

nice program for natty newbies viewtopic.php?f=33&t=17067