Strength & Conditioning >> Actor's workouts

vermonter - 

snakepitz - I recall speaking with Gerard Butler and he was telling me how he was not seeing the results he wanted doing the tire flipping and sledgehammer type routine they had the cast do for 300 and he would do another typical bodybuilding session in the evening as he was super motivated

He said he was never more unhappy in his life and very sore and always irritable lol.

Clearly he was overtrained...I dont recall what his nutrition was though...he did tell me too

Huh... I could swear i recall GJ saying Butler never stepped foot in there for the workout the other actors did. He had his own trainer already, and stuck with that.

snakepitz - 

vermonter - 

snakepitz - I recall speaking with Gerard Butler and he was telling me how he was not seeing the results he wanted doing the tire flipping and sledgehammer type routine they had the cast do for 300 and he would do another typical bodybuilding session in the evening as he was super motivated

He said he was never more unhappy in his life and very sore and always irritable lol.

Clearly he was overtrained...I dont recall what his nutrition was though...he did tell me too

Huh... I could swear i recall GJ saying Butler never stepped foot in there for the workout the other actors did. He had his own trainer already, and stuck with that.

He said he did the workouts that the production company wanted him to do...then snuck off and did his own thing with his trainer....which was a typical BB split

What Gerard he told me in convo...but who knows

william795 - For the sole purpose of getting "buff", nothing has ever worked better for me than a bodybuilding split of chest/tri, back bi, legs, 2x a week. M,T,W,TH,F,S, rest Sun. 4 sets of 12 reps, 1 min rests. Add weight when you get all 4 sets.

Nothing that I've tried gains muscle for me quicker. It's not the best for strength or conditioning, but for muscle it is (for me).

People can say it's over-training, but for me, my body adapts. I switch it up a lot for conditioning or strength purposes, but I know that in 3 weeks time of doing that program that I can be noticeably bigger(where people comment).

And I guess for what it's worth, I don't see very good muscle increases from more power based programs (starting strength, 5/3/1, 5x5). Good strength, though.

timessquare - 

william795 - For the sole purpose of getting "buff", nothing has ever worked better for me than a bodybuilding split of chest/tri, back bi, legs, 2x a week. M,T,W,TH,F,S, rest Sun. 4 sets of 12 reps, 1 min rests. Add weight when you get all 4 sets.

Nothing that I've tried gains muscle for me quicker. It's not the best for strength or conditioning, but for muscle it is (for me).

People can say it's over-training, but for me, my body adapts. I switch it up a lot for conditioning or strength purposes, but I know that in 3 weeks time of doing that program that I can be noticeably bigger(where people comment).

And I guess for what it's worth, I don't see very good muscle increases from more power based programs (starting strength, 5/3/1, 5x5). Good strength, though.

 How many different exercises per body part? This is how I used to train over 10 years ago and I agree it leads to good muscle gains. I used to do 4 different exercises per bodypart, including biceps and triceps. That seems crazy to me now but it definitely worked.