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Pick 1 Exercise Per Muscle: Essentially the program works by targeting a group of motor units, exposing them to an extensive volume of repeated efforts, specifically, 10 sets of a single exercise. This forces the body to adapt to the huge amount of stress it’s put under by hypertrophying the targeted fibres (put simply, the muscles get bigger and stronger to cope with the stress.) It’s important to choose a large compound movement for each body part (e.g. bench for chest, squat for legs.
Perform 100 reps: For each one of these exercises, you will be performing 10 sets of 10 reps. Begin with 50% - 60% of your one rep max and aim to perform each rep with strict form. There is no need to train to failure, use forced reps or negatives since German Volume Training is taxing enough on the body.
Tempo: Since you are performing such long-range movements (such as dips, squats, bench and chin ups) try using the 4-0-2 tempo, this is basically where you lower the weight for 4 seconds and then straight away begin lifting the weight for 2 seconds.
Rest: Whilst there are many variations of this type of training, experts tend to agree that 60-90 seconds is the perfect amount of time between sets. Any less than 60 seconds and you may find you have to drop the weight since your muscles aren’t being given enough time to recover.
Incremental Changes: Once you are able to do 10 sets of 10, with strict form, 60-90 seconds of rest and the perfect 4-0-2 tempo, try increasing the weight you lift by 5% and repeat the entire process.
Since German Volume Training puts such a lot of stress on the body, it’s important that you stick to a strict routine and resist the urge put superset or throw in isolation moves. One of the most popular routines is as follows:
Day 1: Chest and Back
Day2: Rest Day
Day 3: Legs and Abs
Day 4: Rest Day
Day 5: Shoulders and Arms
Day 6: Rest Day
Day 7: Rest Day
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