....I haven't been able to reach my back in the shower for good 2 years. I highly recommend a loofah on a stick, brother ;)

I gotta get one of those. Im currently using this long braided girly looking thing made of baby blue bath poof material that I can stretch enough to hold in both hands and drag back and forth across my back. Dont tell anyone.

What up C! I actually do the same thing on occasion. And these days, I'm all about dropping some exercises in favor of ones that I know are more taxing.

....I haven't been able to reach my back in the shower for good 2 years. I highly recommend a loofah on a stick, brother ;)

too many guys view it as an actual routine to run thru the year.it can be done but you'd have to figure out a small deload phase then restart at beginers workout and work back up.at 45for me,it's too much volume to run for too long.i respond to both high reps and low volume like max-ot very well but i just have to listen to my body to know when the time is right.about to hit it again this week until oct when i can get back to either 5/3/1 or a HST type of routine.not really looking to break records or make people say "oooo,wow" anymore.just want to pack on as much size as i possibly can.if i can hit 450 on flat bench and break 500 on squate this year i'll be happy but no longer my main goal.pure growth is it for me now...

I haven't experimented with the rep variation like that, sounds interesting. I typically start at a weight were I am able to do 15 reps, but I only do ten. By the time I'm on my tenth set at that same weight, I am typically only able to do 8 reps. I agree, I could never do GVT year round, I pulse it for maybe 2-3 weeks a few times a year, and I am amazed at the mass I can add by doing it.

yes,i like a m-w-f routine myself when doing strictly compound movements or go to the advanced stage of a 10x6 routine but with that you increase slightly each set going down to 4 reps then back up to 6 reps for what you did on your set of 5 reps with giving you a slightly higher percentage increase.takes alot out of you which is why it's made for only 4-6 weeks out of the year.

too many guys view it as an actual routine to run thru the year.it can be done but you'd have to figure out a small deload phase then restart at beginers workout and work back up.at 45for me,it's too much volume to run for too long.i respond to both high reps and low volume like max-ot very well but i just have to listen to my body to know when the time is right.about to hit it again this week until oct when i can get back to either 5/3/1 or a HST type of routine.not really looking to break records or make people say "oooo,wow" anymore.just want to pack on as much size as i possibly can.if i can hit 450 on flat bench and break 500 on squate this year i'll be happy but no longer my main goal.pure growth is it for me now...

yes,it is taxing.too many guys try and do too much cause it looks like a noob routine on paper until you hit it the way it's supposed to be done.TUT hits the muscles with such intensity your body has to respond.i only chose to go the 5/3/1 route because i wanted to get past certain strength points but as far as hypertrophy goes GVT is among my top workouts.

Well said. It does take much longer in mist cases. I have been known to bring a whey shake and banana with me... you can also train 3-4 days a week using gvt and see great gains. Sometimes that's all I can handle because I get so sore.