my first cruise

[goliath23]

im starting my first cruise. i blasted for 8 weeks and im taking 1 cruise week. im looking for some input on my plan. im gonna workout on monday and thursday. using the same split but only training on those 2 day. i am only gonna do straight sets but was wondering if its a good idea if i do 2 sets for bis, shoulders, tris and possibly chest. how much cardio would be ideal

[Massive G]

2 weeks for cruising is the recommended minimum.Remember that the whole idea of the cruise is to take a break from the heavy intense lifting to give your body a chance to recuperate so in answer to your questions I don't think it matters exactly what you're doing as long as you're scaling back on the intensity..no rest pause of course...try out some different exercises if you feel like it...scale back on the eating a little too...then when the time comes you'll be ready to go full force once again

[USMuscle9403]

For 8 weeks of blasting, you wouldn't be able to only take one week to cruise and be ready to go back at it again full force unless you have superhuman genetics. Like FH said, for 8 weeks blasting it's definitely atleast two weeks off, sometimes more for some people.

The sets are nowhere near as intense, you eat one less meal a day, your stretching is not as intense (though you still do it), and this is a time to just take a break from it all. That's why they call it a cruise...it's a vacation from heavy intense lifting, stretching and eating. You're not necessarily lifting light, but you most certainly are not going to failure either. Stop a few reps short.

[jimpaul]

Hell, my first cruise I took three weeks off, but I needed it. It's the difference in knowing your body and not. Two weeks should definitely be the minimum as recommended.


jim

[USMuscle9403]

Check out 'Blasting and Cruising Clarified' in the DoggPound.

[USMuscle9403]

Yup Jim, hell as I went further and further into the program I was needing 2 weeks after only 4 weeks of blasting towards the end. Albeit I was sick, though. Someone may even go as far as to need blasting = cruising.

[goliath23]

i am going to see how i feel after 1 week maybe im gonna need more. this 1 week is not set in stone its simply a basic outline. if i need more which is what most of you guys are predicting, then by all means i will take more. ive never taken a break from lifting at super high intensity so this is definitly a change. one point that im not sure about is how much cardio i should be doing in cruise. more than the amount when youre blasting or less. and at the same low intensity. thanks

[asim]

I remember on my first blast on the 1st of june i believed that i was gonna be able to go through maybe 10 weeks and only have to take a 1 week cruise and then jump right back in. But after 7 intense weeks, i was ready for those 2 weeks. You may feel like you jus wanna jump straight back into ur workouts after 1 week but believe me some more time off can benefit you. Cause you'll come back with even higher intensity and get stronger.

[Massive G]

i am going to see how i feel after 1 week maybe im gonna need more. this 1 week is not set in stone its simply a basic outline. if i need more which is what most of you guys are predicting, then by all means i will take more. ive never taken a break from lifting at super high intensity so this is definitly a change. one point that im not sure about is how much cardio i should be doing in cruise. more than the amount when youre blasting or less. and at the same low intensity. thanks

What is it with all of these kids that KNOW better than us?...LMAO

Yeah...cruise for a week....no offense bro but your questions clearly show that you do not WTF you're doing.....

[goliath23]

What is it with all of these kids that KNOW better than us?...LMAO

Yeah...cruise for a week....no offense bro but your questions clearly show that you do not WTF you're doing.....

obvioulsy i dont know WTF im doing IVE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING IT. im pretty sure on youre first go around you didnt know everything. that would be the point of writting questions.

[jimpaul]

Well goliath, we want you to do it right and gain properly. If you underestimate your needed recovery period, you might come back weaker and not benefit from it.

Just read up a little and you'll see what we're talking about.

good luck
jim

[goliath23]

i read everything i can get my hands on . im pretty sure i read in the sticky" blasting and cruising clarified" that one of the options was blast for 8 weeks and cruise for 7-10 days. thats were i got my cruise for 1 week idea. i try not to pull anything out of my ass when i dont know much about it.

[jimpaul]

This is what Dante said:

"With Natural guys, they usually go 5 weeks to 14 weeks blasting and then take a 2 week cruise--the norm seems to be somewhere between 7 weeks blasting and 12 weeks blasting. You read this by being in tune with your body and when you start feeling worn out and not really wanting to give the logbook an ass kicking--its time to cruise. But dont make a major mistake that some nattys do which is simply refusing to take a day off. Sometimes that rectifies the whole situation right there. At that moment because of various problems, lack of sleep, stress, etc you read that as a time to cruise but basically all you need is to skip a workout and pick up the schedule on the next day and your right back to normal. Now if you take a day off and you get that 3-4 days of straight rest and still feel listless and unmotivated, hey then its time to cruise. I will give you some examples of what some of my nat trainees do

7 weeks blasting 2 weeks cruising
12 weeks blasting 2 weeks cruising
5 weeks blasting 7 days cruising
8 weeks blasting 7-10 days cruising

As you can see above its personal choice how long you want to blast and cruise. Some guys take the 2 weeks cruise some guys like it shorter. Its up to you. I also have some guys that train pretty hard with straight sets during this time (but short of failure) and some guys that kind of just wing it (either way is going to work--your just maintaining)"


Okay, I say, do what you think is necessary, but, try to make sure that your ready to come back to blasting when it's time. If you feel you need more time then definitely take it!

good luck
jim

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