Hallowed - don’t want to argue with anyone but you’ve seen my back pics and such and I don’t ever do more than 5 reps. or hardly ever. 5x5 or 5/3/1 without pussying out on the weight will work wonders. I can show you picks of when I was doing 10-12 vs now. Major difference in mass.
my french 2 cents
That’s a big MP rep pr. COngrats. That’s such a painfully slow moving lift for me. I like how you thank baked goods for your success. Ahhh delicious sweetness.
The people demand lifting vids.
Signed,
All of T-Nation
Hey Hallowed, question for ya, did you start out on 5/3/1 or did you do something else to build a bit of strength base first. I like your physique and it is kind of what my other half is aspiring to. She has agreed to let me train her starting new years.
Was thinking to start her out with starting strength for 12 weeks to teach her the basic lifts and concepts, and get a base of strength then switch to something more specific.
What are your (or other people’s) thoughts on that as a plan?
Her current training is whatever random crap the ‘Trainer’ in the gym gives her coupled with 30 mins on the running machine.
She really wants to get in better shape and is happy (unlike most women I know) to put on some muscle.
[quote]Cockney Blue wrote:
Was thinking to start her out with starting strength for 12 weeks to teach her the basic lifts and concepts, and get a base of strength then switch to something more specific.
What are your (or other people’s) thoughts on that as a plan?
She really wants to get in better shape and is happy (unlike most women I know) to put on some muscle.[/quote]
This is how most of ust started - 5*5 or basic strength. 5/3/1 will be good a couple months down the road. you don’t want her near max if her form isn’t settled yet.
great to hear she isn’t scared of a little muscle - good luck 
[quote]nlmain wrote:
[quote]Cockney Blue wrote:
Was thinking to start her out with starting strength for 12 weeks to teach her the basic lifts and concepts, and get a base of strength then switch to something more specific.
What are your (or other people’s) thoughts on that as a plan?
She really wants to get in better shape and is happy (unlike most women I know) to put on some muscle.[/quote]
This is how most of ust started - 5*5 or basic strength. 5/3/1 will be good a couple months down the road. you don’t want her near max if her form isn’t settled yet.
great to hear she isn’t scared of a little muscle - good luck :)[/quote]
IMO 5/3/1 is better for intermediates than beginners… progression template is a little too slow for those who are just starting out, use those newbie gains!
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]nlmain wrote:
[quote]Cockney Blue wrote:
Was thinking to start her out with starting strength for 12 weeks to teach her the basic lifts and concepts, and get a base of strength then switch to something more specific.
What are your (or other people’s) thoughts on that as a plan?
She really wants to get in better shape and is happy (unlike most women I know) to put on some muscle.[/quote]
This is how most of ust started - 5*5 or basic strength. 5/3/1 will be good a couple months down the road. you don’t want her near max if her form isn’t settled yet.
great to hear she isn’t scared of a little muscle - good luck :)[/quote]
IMO 5/3/1 is better for intermediates than beginners… progression template is a little too slow for those who are just starting out, use those newbie gains!
[/quote]
Totally!! I rocked 5x5 and made silly gains with that. And I still use 5x5 to this day, but admittedly, I’m not a PL type.
I also really like(d) volume, so I was a bit of an accessory whore. That was the most fun for me as a newb - trying out all the “new” exercises.
AND, laugh all you want, but I was introduced to lifting though the book “lift like a man, look like a goddess” (Cosgrove) and that had a pretty fun 6 month program. I tweaked it here and there to make a bit more challenging, but it taught me a lot about lifting.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
Hallowed - don’t want to argue with anyone but you’ve seen my back pics and such and I don’t ever do more than 5 reps. or hardly ever. 5x5 or 5/3/1 without pussying out on the weight will work wonders. I can show you picks of when I was doing 10-12 vs now. Major difference in mass.
my french 2 cents[/quote]
Oh thank you Frenchie. I can’t count anymore, so that’s nice to hear.
[quote]Cockney Blue wrote:
Hey Hallowed, question for ya, did you start out on 5/3/1 or did you do something else to build a bit of strength base first. I like your physique and it is kind of what my other half is aspiring to. She has agreed to let me train her starting new years.
Was thinking to start her out with starting strength for 12 weeks to teach her the basic lifts and concepts, and get a base of strength then switch to something more specific.
What are your (or other people’s) thoughts on that as a plan?
Her current training is whatever random crap the ‘Trainer’ in the gym gives her coupled with 30 mins on the running machine.
She really wants to get in better shape and is happy (unlike most women I know) to put on some muscle.[/quote]
Oh NOES I’m behind in my OWN LOG! Work is abso banana nutz right now but I want to address this before I play catch up.
I ACTUALLY Started with Body for Life! S’true!
SO here is my thoughts… I think that the best thing you can do to help someone get into this is to TEACH THEM THE PRINCIPAL of Progression. How each workout will be just that lil bit better than the workout before wether its one more rep or five more pounds on the bar. Teach her to write her own workout, track it and Make that progression every.single.workout. I was taught this early and it is what got me hooked so fast.
As a beginner you can progress every single workout for A YEAR OR MORE! Srs. Doing that tiny bit better each time kept me coming back and feeling like a winner and SEEING my strength progress. Plus for any of us with addictive tendencies this FULLY APPEALs… and also those of us who may be just slightly competitive. There aren’t many who have NO competitive streak at all. In this case you are competing against yourself and the weights.
SO, the principal of progression and teaching her two track her own workouts and always always progress is my numero uno advice for beginner weight training. Whichever program! Like I said I DID BODY FOR LIFE! Lol and look at me now. It was enough to hook me in.
x2 on starting with Body for Life. It shows you the basic structure that so many of us take for granted - eat right, lift heavy, be consistent, do it as a lifestyle.
Body for Life is for gurlz.
oh, right…carry on~
Hoping for more H training notes.
[quote]Hallowed wrote:
[quote]Cockney Blue wrote:
Hey Hallowed, question for ya, did you start out on 5/3/1 or did you do something else to build a bit of strength base first. I like your physique and it is kind of what my other half is aspiring to. She has agreed to let me train her starting new years.
Was thinking to start her out with starting strength for 12 weeks to teach her the basic lifts and concepts, and get a base of strength then switch to something more specific.
What are your (or other people’s) thoughts on that as a plan?
Her current training is whatever random crap the ‘Trainer’ in the gym gives her coupled with 30 mins on the running machine.
She really wants to get in better shape and is happy (unlike most women I know) to put on some muscle.[/quote]
Oh NOES I’m behind in my OWN LOG! Work is abso banana nutz right now but I want to address this before I play catch up.
I ACTUALLY Started with Body for Life! S’true!
SO here is my thoughts… I think that the best thing you can do to help someone get into this is to TEACH THEM THE PRINCIPAL of Progression. How each workout will be just that lil bit better than the workout before wether its one more rep or five more pounds on the bar. Teach her to write her own workout, track it and Make that progression every.single.workout. I was taught this early and it is what got me hooked so fast.
As a beginner you can progress every single workout for A YEAR OR MORE! Srs. Doing that tiny bit better each time kept me coming back and feeling like a winner and SEEING my strength progress. Plus for any of us with addictive tendencies this FULLY APPEALs… and also those of us who may be just slightly competitive. There aren’t many who have NO competitive streak at all. In this case you are competing against yourself and the weights.
SO, the principal of progression and teaching her two track her own workouts and always always progress is my numero uno advice for beginner weight training. Whichever program! Like I said I DID BODY FOR LIFE! Lol and look at me now. It was enough to hook me in.[/quote]
Thanks for the feedback (and to everyone else)
That was kind of my thinking. Keep it simple, focus on teaching the basic thinking behind training and keeping logs etc
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Hallowed, your pictures distract me from the writing. Well done on the MPs![/quote]
Oh Sank You BootifulL!
[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:
Karma is a bitch. Today I was stuck under the bar doing incline bb chest-press during a super-set, thankfully I have fans at the gym who are always watching my every move and so they performed an emergency rescue. Anyways, I’m never posting that GIF again!
Oh and, whats the dress code?[/quote]
Pft… I bet you pulled it off like a boss.
Um. VELLY VELLY STRICT DRESS CODE at Hallowd Incorporated. No Dresses. Ever.
[quote]Jeffrey of Troy wrote:
[quote]Hallowed wrote:
[quote]Jeffrey of Troy wrote:
TUT = Time Under Tension[/quote]
Ah! Got it and might I say I am astoundingly dumb sometimes.
[/quote]
Naw, like most women, you just need a good spankdown once in a while.[/quote]
QFT
Yup, he was just training his powerlifting pause.
No dresses? I stick to that most of the time. Somehow I look more manly in a dress. Like a bad trannie.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
Hallowed - don’t want to argue with anyone but you’ve seen my back pics and such and I don’t ever do more than 5 reps. or hardly ever. 5x5 or 5/3/1 without pussying out on the weight will work wonders. I can show you picks of when I was doing 10-12 vs now. Major difference in mass.
my french 2 cents[/quote]
And no one BUT NO ONE could argue with dat back!
or um, dat ass.
or um, dat ERRRYTING!
Gotdam!
[quote]Nadia Comeandeat wrote:
That’s a big MP rep pr. COngrats. That’s such a painfully slow moving lift for me. I like how you thank baked goods for your success. Ahhh delicious sweetness. [/quote]
Sank You!
I think for me slow moving too… probably for all of us OHP and BP just painfully slow increases for girls. Thats just a theory. I will add 5LBS to my max for next cycle for sure though.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
The people demand lifting vids.
Signed,
All of T-Nation[/quote]
Naw. I’m just NOT set up for it. I tried twice and no go I will halfheartedly try again but really I’m there to lift not dick around with the video repeatedly failing yucko.
[quote]Cal Jones wrote:
Yup, he was just training his powerlifting pause.
No dresses? I stick to that most of the time. Somehow I look more manly in a dress. Like a bad trannie.[/quote]
I don’t buy that for one damn minute. I has seen your beautiful face silly.
Um my dresscode also has a name it is “Bringing Sexy Back”
So really… be as hella sexy as possible and you’ll be in compliance.
YAY!
Sneakin in to Merry your Xmas didn’t want to forget!
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
x2 on starting with Body for Life. It shows you the basic structure that so many of us take for granted - eat right, lift heavy, be consistent, do it as a lifestyle.[/quote]
Das wassup! and oooooh lala PMPM I Hella <3 U where u been @ gorl!?
[quote]Edgy wrote:
Body for Life is for gurlz.
oh, right…carry on~[/quote]
BUT Body for Life also says YOU CAN DO THIS. HERE IS HOW. It made a believer out of a fat sick girl… and look at me now Okay enough but for beginners I standby BFL as awesome I know several amazing hardbody chicks that started out with it.
[quote]2busy wrote:
Hoping for more H training notes.[/quote]
YES I has a DL workout to post I am just CLUSTERFUCKED AT WORK ITS HEINOUS!!! The office is closed yet here I am FML.
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
Sneakin in to Merry your Xmas didn’t want to forget! [/quote]
Me too!! Have a good one gorgeous!!!
Oh, and before I forget, I said “lift like man…” was by Cosgrove, but its actaully by Lou Schuler.