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Ha. I laughed at the “Recommended beginner workout.” I’m sure that’s what Bolton would advocate.
I got to see Andy at the Arnold I 2006. I was helping Big Chad Aichs and I got to see Andy’s great strength up close and personal. He is an amazing man, and there is no one I know who has a bad thing to say about him. He is great for powerlifting.
George
Great article.
Good read.
It’s interesting Bolton says he’s weak off the floor, I always thought that the best pullers were weaker at lockout as they have the better leverages for pulling.
Gives stubby guys like me hope. 
-Matt
Guess we’ll need to reconsider if the leg press sucks or not. In comparison to Boltons other lifting achievements, filling up a leg press with as many plates as it can hold and cranking out 10 reps should be a piece of cake. I wounder how much he’d need to leg press in order for it to actually benefit him. Maybe he loads it up with 100lb plates.
[quote]FightingScott wrote:
Guess we’ll need to reconsider if the leg press sucks or not. In comparison to Boltons other lifting achievements, filling up a leg press with as many plates as it can hold and cranking out 10 reps should be a piece of cake. I wounder how much he’d need to leg press in order for it to actually benefit him. Maybe he loads it up with 100lb plates. [/quote]
I have read in 2 different places that the weight is 1200, could be wrong tho.
The leg press never “sucked” its just squats are better.
You guys should probably just post a message on the board he mods on if you’ve got specific questions.
Anyone notice how he seems to use a western(y) style periodisation model?
I noticed he does not seem to lift “Heavy.” In the precontest programm(e), the heaviest to goes is briefly for 750, which presumably at the time is 75-80%, but for the most part it’s much less than that. He seems to favor explosive over heavy.
Yeah, he says he trains light like that to prevent injury. He also squats heavy before that so he does train his deadlifting muscles heavy. Its just the movement is to taxing to do heavy all the time.
He sometimes does clean pulls with 706 pounds… Insane…
[quote]Hanley wrote:
You guys should probably just post a message on the board he mods on if you’ve got specific questions.
Anyone notice how he seems to use a western(y) style periodisation model?[/quote]
I’m pretty much calling BS on his training routine that is in that article.
Consider the magazine that it’s in…it looks too much like they’re trying to say he does a Bodybuilding routine to make it so that crowd can identify with him better. There’s no chance he does that routine, I can promise that.
I dunno man, I have seen that routine in 3 different places and a picture of him leg pressing with all the plates on the machine.
[quote]Dominator wrote:
Hanley wrote:
You guys should probably just post a message on the board he mods on if you’ve got specific questions.
Anyone notice how he seems to use a western(y) style periodisation model?
I’m pretty much calling BS on his training routine that is in that article.
Consider the magazine that it’s in…it looks too much like they’re trying to say he does a Bodybuilding routine to make it so that crowd can identify with him better. There’s no chance he does that routine, I can promise that.
[/quote]
From the man himself;
“yes mate my week is
monday bench
shoulders
rear delt
ab work
wed
sqts d.lifts
thur
tricep
leg assistance
back assistance
biceps”
[quote]daraz wrote:
He sometimes does clean pulls with 706 pounds… Insane…[/quote]
Kinda makes you wonder how much he can clean…
[quote]undeadlift wrote:
daraz wrote:
He sometimes does clean pulls with 706 pounds… Insane…
Kinda makes you wonder how much he can clean…[/quote]
I say at the minimum 405 without training, probably fuck up his wrists doing it tho.
[quote]Hanley wrote:
From the man himself;
“yes mate my week is
monday bench
shoulders
rear delt
ab work
wed
sqts d.lifts
thur
tricep
leg assistance
back assistance
biceps”
www.powerliftinguk.com/showthread.php?p=71308#post71308
[/quote]
That’s cool that he responded like that, but I must say I’m shocked. I figured what was published was nothing more than a way to keep the bodybuilding community interested in what a Powerlifter did as far as training.
The only thing that I didn’t see there is the mention of cardio, but I wouldn’t be surprised that he does some form of cardio whether it by sled or machine.
One thing I’ve noticed is that some of the very elite lifters are now training 3 days per week, or using a 10 day week to make 4 lifts in a traditional Westside model. You can never discount recovery.
^^ I think he’s said he does 35-45 mins of walking on a inclined thread mill 3x a week. Not too sure on that one tho.
Keep an eye on that thread anyway. It might develop…
Found this in his interview on “Critical Bench.”
“I started weight training at age 18. Right from the start I was strong. The first time I ever lifted I squatted 500lbs and deadlifted 600 pounds. Lads from the gym thought I had trained before, but no, it was my first time. That’s when it all started.”
Puts the term “genetic freak” in perspective.
-Matt