10 Old School Routines to Get Big

You know I'm always open to learning how lifting and nutrition was done back in the day, and here's a pretty cool recent blog I read, 10 Bulk Routines That Work.

There were a few things that I noticed about the routines:

1) There were some common themes running throughout most of the programs: Lotsa squats, lotsa food, just a few other exercises, and plenty of rest. Pretty basic stuff, but it bears repeating.

2) The workouts use some higher reps than you might expect for a size-building plan, but as we learned a few months ago, high reps do good things to growing bodies.

3) If you were to find pictures of all the guys who first came up with these plans, you'll notice that, while they did actually get big, they also got pretty "smooth." (That's the diplomatic way of saying that, more often than not, they gained plenty of bodyfat along with their muscle, but they never really cared because added size was added size.)

It's always a personal call, exactly how much bodyfat is acceptable on a bulk. But always remember, those pounds of fat you gain now will be more pounds of fat you'll have to deal with when it comes time to get ripped up again. I'm just sayin'.