Bodybuilding Truths Review on Training Routines

I got my hands on two of Nelson Montana's books so far and I'm testing out the routines he has in his first book titled Bodybuilding Truths. Needed a new fresher routine so I started to read up on his routines and too me they make sense. I decided to try out the leg and calve routine yep I'm a sucker for punishment.
I knew it was going to hurt but my calves have always been hard to develop and my legs I cannot train heavy anymore so a high volume routine seemed good and I have been neglecting them lately so it was time for them to feel the pain.
I like the authors writing style no BS straight to the point and tells the truth. Today the day after my legs hurt like hell along with my calves but I was fully expecting that.
The routine for legs is really really hard and you will not want to do this routine in a full gym you might get kicked out.
The Leg routine is all tri sets which really suck for legs unless you love pain but it is mind over matter. Do a good warm up and warm down for this routine. The weight you pick for squats is a balancing act, I stayed with the same weight from start to finish but as I go I'll do a heavier set for the first one and strip off some weight for the second set in each tri set.

Tri Set one no rest between exercises
squats 20 reps
leg extensions slow pace 4 secs up and 4 down 4-6 reps
squats 20 reps
rest 4 min

Tri Set two no rest between exercises
squats 20 reps
legs curls slow pace same as leg ext 4-6 reps
squats 20 reps
rest 2 min

Tri Set three no rest between exercises
squats 20 reps
leg presses slow pace 6-10 reps
squats 20 reps
rest 5 min

Tri Set four no rest between exercises
squats 20 reps
hack squat slow pace 6-10 reps
squats 20 reps

Go to the bathroom and puke and your done for legs. . Remember to do a warm down.

Calves
Pick either standing or sitting calve raises. Use a weight you can do about 20 -25 reps with.
What you want to do is 75 reps total.
So do your first set to failure then no more then 10 secs rest and then grind out more reps till failure rest no more then 10 sec grind out more to failure keep repeating this till you do 75 reps total. You will curse, cry or whine but it will hit the calves really hard and you will feel it the next day.
Both routines are down only once per week.
I going to try most of his routine in this book so I'll be writing some more on this as I go.

tri sets rule if you're training to failure. i try to use tri sets on all large muscle groups

Well I have been doing this leg routine for over a month and it still sucks but it works. I missed one week and I payed for that. First leg routine where my legs are mildly sore for 3 to 4 days afterward. For results I have found I can add more weight on the first set of squats in each triset but the second set the weight is coming down. When I first started it was the same weight or less for all squat sets. One variation I have been doing just to make it hurt more is dropping the leg ext,curls hack squat and leg press and replacing it with the old fashion hack squat with a barbell. This really roasts the quads by the time you finish this routine.
I tried the bicep exercise described in the book with the cable crossover machine and it rocks. My biceps are crying halfway through this exercise and it is slowly paying dividends which for me is excellent. My arms have always been hard gainers.
My current routine for arms is the above exercise 5 sets 10-15 reps with one minute rest between sets and incline bench dumbell curls(45 degrees or less) 5 sets 10 reps with 1 to 2 minutes between sets. That is it performed once per week and that is it for biceps. This routine isolates the biceps and makes it really hard to cheat so you will feel it.

Decided to deadlift for my leg routine today and go heavy just to see where I was at. Well I haven't deadlifted for over 2 months and I pulled 430 lbs for 5 reps. That is my best result in over three years!! I can only link this result to my leg routine.

Originally Posted by tyalana

Decided to deadlift for my leg routine today and go heavy just to see where I was at. Well I haven't deadlifted for over 2 months and I pulled 430 lbs for 5 reps. That is my best result in over three years!! I can only link this result to my leg routine.

awesome job tyalana.

Strong work on those Deadlifts Tyalana ... I think your correct that your "sick" leg routine had something to do with your sudden Deadlift strength improvement.

Tyalana,

Have you had any signs of overtraining on that program? That looks very intense. I think I may try it today for legs but it would seem that would be a lot week after week. What are you taking for protein and supplements?

Holy Mother of $#@!!!!! I just crawled back from the gym after doing that routine. I only used 185 lbs. on squats because I wasn't sure what it would be like and I think I picked it about right. The two minute rest between the second and third set is just MEAN! I thought after the second set, why aren't there more hamstring exercises? Why is there only one set of six reps for them? I'm gonna add some straight sets of leg curls after my workout. I just remembered as I am writing this that I forgot to do that. Could it be because my legs were on fire and I almost fell down walking to the drinking fountain? I wonder. And the calves....yeah. enough said. Thanks for the pain Tyalana!

LOL !!! Good to see somebody else likes too self inflict pain. No signs of overtraining yet I'm at about week 7 and my tolerance to this routine is getting better and my leg soreness is getting less. My weights are not going up very much but I'm not expecting it too. I'm going to change up the routine soon perhaps just do two sets of this routine then some heavy deadlifts or cleans.
The first time I did the calf routine my calves where f..... for 3 days, I had to take flexorall from the doc so the muscles would relax LOL
I take torque and a custom blend of protein and that is it for supplements. The custom is 20% 520, 20% super plasma, 60% tri-fx.

Just did my second leg workout like that and I'm up to 225 on squats now. Not bad for a total of 160 reps. I did add three sets of leg curls though and I felt a lot better.