Victor Martinez has often stressed upon the importance of developing a well-balanced physique where each body part is equally developed. He has always ensured that his body never had any part that was perceived weaker than others.<\/p>\n
He achieves this by training every body part at least once a week. Martinez even went ahead and targeted the lagging parts of his physique twice or thrice each week to bring it at par.<\/p>\n
Of course, Victor Martinez\u2019s training approach changes with the specific goals he is working towards. For instance, he would change things up and work with heavier weights for lesser volume when strength gain is the purpose.<\/p>\n
Victor Martinez does not subscribe to any extreme or radically different ideology when it comes to training. His training philosophy revolves around consistency to make long-term gains in terms of strength and muscle gain.<\/p>\n
Over the years, Martinez has had to deal with personal tragedies and unforeseen circumstances that could have broken most humans. However, Martinez has continued to evolve with dogged determination and maintained laser-like focus on getting better each day.<\/p>\n
Victor Martinez was fortunate to get a good trainer early on in his bodybuilding career. This helped him not only to train the right way but also to avoid things that could be detrimental to his growth as a bodybuilder. Martinez once said:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cA good trainer also identifies exercises you need to incorporate to address weak points and exercises you don\u2019t need to spend time on. But understand that no one person knows all the answers. I try to get different opinions.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nCardio and Recovery<\/b><\/h3>\n
Victor Martinez is not averse to cardio workouts. He performs cardio two to three times every week during the off-season. But rapid fat loss is not the primary goal of this. Martinez prefers to cut down the calories for fat loss as it is a far more time-efficient way to achieve this. He performs the cardio sessions primarily to maintain cardiovascular health and improve circulation.<\/p>\n
Martinez gives as much importance to rest and recovery as he gives to intense training. He usually trains four to five days every week and takes the rest of the days off. Although he changes the training routine from time to time as per the specific goal of the time, this is what Victor Martinez\u2019s typical training week looks like:<\/p>\n
Day 1 \u2013 Chest and Biceps<\/b><\/h4>\n
\u2018The Dominican Dominator mixes up free weight and machine exercises in his workouts and does not rely too much on either of these. His chest training session includes pressing and flying movements that help in complete overall development of the upper body pushing muscles like chest, triceps and anterior deltoids.<\/p>\n
Martinez clubs this with an antagonistic muscle group \u2013 biceps. He uses two to three effective movements to isolate the biceps. He stimulates the biceps with moderate weight and high volume as it is a small muscle group.<\/p>\n
Overall, the chest and biceps workout consists of:<\/b><\/p>\n
Chest<\/b><\/p>\n
Biceps<\/b><\/p>\nDay 2 \u2013 Quads and Calves<\/b><\/h4>\n
Martinez\u2019s massive calves have been one of the most impressive aspects of his physique. He splits his leg training in two different sessions that target quads and hamstrings. Quad day also includes calves movements.<\/p>\n
A typical quad-dominant leg day in the Dominican\u2019s training looks like this:<\/b><\/p>\nQuads<\/b><\/h4>\nCalves<\/b><\/h4>\n
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Day 3 \u2013 Shoulders and Triceps<\/b><\/h4>\n
On the second half of the push day, Martinez tackles shoulders and triceps. To stimulate all three heads of the deltoids \u2013 anterior, lateral and posterior \u2013 Martinez incorporates specific exercises in the workout. He ensures that the neglected muscles like posterior and lateral deltoids get enough attention in the training routine.<\/p>\n
For triceps, Martinez focuses on working the muscles from different angles and levels so that all three triceps heads get the work, resulting in overall development of this muscle group.<\/p>\n
The training session includes:<\/b><\/p>\n
Shoulders<\/b><\/p>\n
Triceps<\/b><\/p>\nDay 4 \u2013 Rest Day<\/b><\/h4>\nDay 5 \u2013 Back and Hamstrings<\/b><\/h4>\n
Martinez dedicates an entire training session to work the entire posterior chain of muscles. A strong posterior chain is essential for performing most day-to-day activities and to maintain good posture. Although this workout is classified as back and hamstrings, it targets the entire posterior chain of muscles.<\/p>\n
Typically, it consists of:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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