One Great Workout Plan

When I got sick, I was on the last week of a year-long workout plan from Men's Health. It's the Homegrown Muscle plan developed by Mike Mejia. The plan comes from the magazine's 2005 poster workouts, but it's still among the most popular pieces of MensHealth.com judging by discussions about it on the message boards.

So if you're looking for something new, give it a try. One note: I did modify pieces somewhat. For instance, in Phase 1 I expanded the rest periods between supersets because I found myself too fatigued, which led to some lousy form on the next superset. Also, I do know of one woman who tried and liked the program.