Beyond Bodybuilding: The "Strong as you look" series

[Be Water]

Hello Everyone,

I hope someone can give me some advice or their two cents.

I'm working on the "strong as you look" series of training from the book Beyond Bodybuilding. However, I notice that there are not any specific exercises recommended for the abs and shoulders days.

I was wondering if anyone who is using this program what exercises, sets and reps would they do on those abs and shoulders days.

I am assuming something like 3X6 janda situps
4x5 saxon side bends
5x5 full contact twist

I am not too sure what type of shoulder exercises would best fit this program though.

Thanks for reading my post,

Be Water

[EricJMoss]

there were plenty of exercises for shoulders since the entire book wants you to be as strong as you look

sots press
bent press
seesaw press
kettlebell clean and press
deadlift (yes its a shoulder exercise too)
lateral raises
one arm press behind the neck

just pick the one that you think best works for you and put it in your program

as for abs Im a big fan of the dragonflags and the suitcase deadlift

[RMS70]

do some laterals for shoulders. putting another pressing movement in would be overtraining the front head of shoulders. janda situps for abs.

[mrwhy]

The recommendatin for shoulders was clean and press ladders.

Adding an overhead movement will NOT overtrain the front head of the shoulders. An overhead movement will add balance to the entire program and help keep your shoulders strong and healthy and helps to balance out the bench pressing.

(There is a myth that in order to balance benches, you have to do rows. It is actually overhead work.)