[quote]Carlitosway wrote:
austin_bicep wrote:
I’m going to disagree with the statement regarding bodybuilders switching to machines for safety reasons which implies bodybuilders don’t do the big three.
Now I do agree that every pro bodybuilder uses machines but I’ve seen many of the “greats” training videos and all the guys like Flex, Ronnie, Levrone, Ray, Priest, Cutler, Jackson, Warren etc do heavy ass benches, most do squats and free weights are the staples in each of there routines.
Many would do 500 benches and 405 inclines for reps right before a contest (Levrone in Maryland Muscle Machine M3). Chris Corimier comes to mind with some strong ass lifts in the big 3. I can keep going on and on but I figure that’d be enough for now.
Edit: I’m bringing this up as well because you said they “HAVE” to switch to machines which seems to be not the case at all for most.
Just wanted to jump in. You have to remember though, once they have a promotional video that comes into play. Bodybuilders most likely will go a lot heavier and use exercises that will allow them to showcase this better to create more “shock and awe”. Not saying they don’t train heavy most the time. Yet lets be real. If most trained as hard as they do in those videos day in day out, especially close to competition. They would be risking the chance of accumulating huge injures along the way.
Dante wrote:
Do you know what I would do if I was in that position and was asked to be in the most bought video in bodybuilding? I would say “screw those intensemuscle guys, multiple of thousands of people are going to be watching this, Im going to do everything in my power to use the heaviest weights on the heaviest exercises I can” and I would do just that for ego sake. You better believe I would be switching my logbook around to using some of my heaviest exercises on that bodypart day and I would be taking my sweet ass time between rest pauses if I could get away with it just so you guys would be hee hawing all over message boards saying “Fuck that Dante guy uses some big ass weights”…and Im not 100% positive but I do know what exercises Dave is extremely powerful on and guess what showed up in that video (so IM guessing Dave made sure those exercises were switched over to that workout day)
You guys that I train, what do i always tell you to do 2-3 weeks out from a show? What is Dave there 14 days out? I guess Ill answer…I always tell them to not get hurt, maybe even straight set all the way in from 2-3 weeks out, maybe add another exercise per bodypart but most of all feel your way thru the last couple weeks and dont push the envelope so you dont tear anything.
So let me ask you the reader something—your 2 weeks out from a show, youve been asked to do a Road to the Olympia video and just like we all know Ronnie aint doing 800lb deadlifts and 800lb squats every back and leg workout, nevertheless you want to make a good showing to the multiple of thousands of guys who are going to see that video. Are you going to say “oh well the intensemuscle guys are going to go bonkers if I dont follow the DC training mantra by the book” or are you going to present yourself in the best light with your heaviest exercises you can use 2 weeks out from a show but still in the DC training vein of thought (which he did). Again this isnt a “DC training by Dave Henry” video. I know you guys want some kind of ideal here but cmon you are getting a little bit crazy about this stuff. I saw Daves workouts for well over a year, I know exactly how Homon lifts…the proper things are getting done at the proper times.
I mean everything is purely individual. Yet you can’t deny machines play a beneficial role in a lot of peoples routines.[/quote]
Great Post.
Professor “keep fuc*in’ that chicken” X
