Training for soon-to-be marine.

HOUSTON TEXAN · Post by **HOUSTON TEXAN** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:45 am

Hi, you may have seen me post on here before. I am 17 yrs old but whenever I turn 18 I will officially be in the Marines.

I was wondering with strength training, would it be better for me to do:

Muscle Mass: 6-12 reps

or

Strength: 2-5 reps

Christopheel · Post by **Christopheel** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:48 pm

Mix the two ... 2-6 reps donsen't mean you will only gain strengh, you will gain mass too if you eat well, for the 8-15 reps ... may be good for mass and strengh too, just mix the two. But if your goal is too be a performent marine, I would better follow a strengh program, Swanso from here can help you more than me !

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:50 pm

i'd go for strength but some muscle increase is always good...try the Waterbury Program by chad waterbury which is a good mix of both and easy to follow

HOUSTON TEXAN · Post by **HOUSTON TEXAN** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:40 pm

swanso5 wrote:i'd go for strength but some muscle increase is always good...try the Waterbury Program by chad waterbury which is a good mix of both and easy to follow

So would it be good to do 3 sets of 2-5 reps of a lot of weight then 2 sets of 8 reps of not as much weight?

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:56 pm

that's meant to be the waterbury method actually...do that program as written

HOUSTON TEXAN · Post by **HOUSTON TEXAN** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:05 am

swanso5 wrote:that's meant to be the waterbury method actually...do that program as written

I can't find the Waterbury method without looking at Chad's bookc.

HOUSTON TEXAN · Post by **HOUSTON TEXAN** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:28 am

So basically use 10 x 3 on one exercise then 4 x 6 on the rest?

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:30 pm

that's it

HOUSTON TEXAN · Post by **HOUSTON TEXAN** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:41 pm

Thanks for the tips with the Waterbury thing, legs haven't been this tired in a long time.