Yep Iv’e been lifting almost everyday, just too lazy to log the workouts.
[quote]BangkokHustle wrote:
Yep Iv’e been lifting almost everyday, just too lazy to log the workouts.[/quote]
Are you following the program I wrote, or something else?
I am doing something else. I will do 5/3/1 BBB when my back completely heals. But I think that I have to be training much harder then starting 5/3/1 now. I need to prepare myself for football in early August.
[quote]BangkokHustle wrote:
I am doing something else. I will do 5/3/1 BBB when my back completely heals. But I think that I have to be training much harder then starting 5/3/1 now. I need to prepare myself for football in early August.[/quote]
I think you’re making a huge mistake by trying to get a ton of progress in the short term, especially while you’re not 100 percent healthy.
5/3/1 can be modified to be low volume while you are in football as well. It is literally the perfect program for said goals. It can be modified several ways.
There is nothing slow about 5/3/1 either. In 5 months you will be doing AMRAP sets with 50 pounds more on your squat/deadlift, and 25 lbs more on your bench/overhead press.
That is a ton of progress in a very short amount of time if you do it properly.
I am telling you bud, you don’t need some super revolutionary program that promises you a year’s worth of progress in 4 weeks, and you definitely don’t need a program that is going to beat you up right before football. That would be counterproductive.
That being said, there are a lot of other programs we could look in to running, but they are all going to require that you start light, and stick with them for more than 4 weeks.
You are making the mistake EVERYONE makes. You are living for 4 weeks from now, and not next year.
Have you thought about hashing out a 2 year plan for your training yet?
[quote]trivium wrote:
[quote]BangkokHustle wrote:
I am doing something else. I will do 5/3/1 BBB when my back completely heals. But I think that I have to be training much harder then starting 5/3/1 now. I need to prepare myself for football in early August.[/quote]
I think you’re making a huge mistake by trying to get a ton of progress in the short term, especially while you’re not 100 percent healthy.
5/3/1 can be modified to be low volume while you are in football as well. It is literally the perfect program for said goals. It can be modified several ways.
There is nothing slow about 5/3/1 either. In 5 months you will be doing AMRAP sets with 50 pounds more on your squat/deadlift, and 25 lbs more on your bench/overhead press.
That is a ton of progress in a very short amount of time if you do it properly.
I am telling you bud, you don’t need some super revolutionary program that promises you a year’s worth of progress in 4 weeks, and you definitely don’t need a program that is going to beat you up right before football. That would be counterproductive.
That being said, there are a lot of other programs we could look in to running, but they are all going to require that you start light, and stick with them for more than 4 weeks.
You are making the mistake EVERYONE makes. You are living for 4 weeks from now, and not next year.
Have you thought about hashing out a 2 year plan for your training yet?[/quote]
I wish i had this advice when I first started out Trivium this guy is very lucky to have someone like you helping out fair play
My main priority right now is to just get my back better. I won’t be able to play football with a bad back. When I start 5/3/1 again I want to have a long time to do it for because it does not seem worth it to start it and run it for a month and then stop and then restart it all over again after football. For now I will try to strengthen my back and prepare myself for football as well as I can.
[quote]BangkokHustle wrote:
My main priority right now is to just get my back better. I won’t be able to play football with a bad back. When I start 5/3/1 again I want to have a long time to do it for because it does not seem worth it to start it and run it for a month and then stop and then restart it all over again after football. For now I will try to strengthen my back and prepare myself for football as well as I can.[/quote]
Is there a set program that your coach has structured for you, or for the team, to prepare for the season? Does it incorporate some or all of the big four lifts that are the hallmark of 5/3/1?
You can certainly incorporate plenty of rows, pull-ups, pull-downs, hyperextensions and whatever other assistance work you so choose into 5/3/1 - specifically to target muscles that yield a stronger back.
5/3/1 can also be tapered down to almost nothing, which will allow you to CONTINUE TO TRAIN DURING THE SEASON.
Let me repeat. YOU SHOULD NOT STOP LIFTING BECAUSE OF THE SEASON HAS STARTED.
Let me put that differently…YOU NEED TO LIFT YEAR ROUND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE IN-SEASON.
You are spinning your wheels by taking time off like that. Even if you make no progress, you need not take time off to do absolutely nothing and lose all of your progress.
Think about how weak you will be if you take 10 weeks off and then you make the playoffs!
Do you think NFL prospects lift for 35 weeks out of the year and then stop for training camp and the season?
Should I continue to lift three days a week when I am in season?
[quote]BangkokHustle wrote:
Should I continue to lift three days a week when I am in season?[/quote]
No. We will adjust down to 2 days a week, and one of the days will be on the weekend so that it does not make you busy while you’re trying to balance school and your football practice schedule.
You don’t want to be sore and messed up for football if football is the main priority. Just train to make a few small PRs, and improve form.
You can train like a mad man in the off season.
One big thing I want you to learn is how to problem solve.
You can make progress with so many programs. 5/3/1 is just the easiest to program because the main lifts are the only ones that matter. So you can do 4 days a week in the off season, then you can do 2 days a week in season. The possibilities are endless, and the main work will stay the same regardless of the chosen template.
What’s up man?
You there?
[quote]trivium wrote:
You there?[/quote]
Damn this guy is so lucky but then disappears for weeks at a time…
[quote]arcee49 wrote:
[quote]trivium wrote:
You there?[/quote]
Damn this guy is so lucky but then disappears for weeks at a time…[/quote]
I am not sure what to do haha.
Sorry about what happened… I’ve been on vacation with my dad and we were taking a road trip to Yellowstone National park
I Haven’t had a chance to check T Nation and the Internet around here sucks. We’re going to be driving up to Glacier national park today and the Internet probably going to be even worse there. My back has been feeling great since I haven’t worked out in like 6 days. I was planning on doing special Ops bodyweight training to stay in shape when we have a chance but I haven’t had a chance yet. We’re going to be doing a lot of cardio since we’re backpacking a lot so that should help. By the time I get back from vacation hopefully my back will be fully healed.
[quote]BangkokHustle wrote:
Sorry about what happened… I’ve been on vacation with my dad and we were taking a road trip to Yellowstone National park
I Haven’t had a chance to check T Nation and the Internet around here sucks. We’re going to be driving up to Glacier national park today and the Internet probably going to be even worse there. My back has been feeling great since I haven’t worked out in like 6 days. I was planning on doing special Ops bodyweight training to stay in shape when we have a chance but I haven’t had a chance yet. We’re going to be doing a lot of cardio since we’re backpacking a lot so that should help. By the time I get back from vacation hopefully my back will be fully healed. [/quote]
Good. Glad to hear it man.
I hope you’re enjoying your vacation.
That sounds like a badass trip.
Keep us update on your back if you can.
Remember you can always do stretching daily.
The limber 11 is not too involved. I would look into doing whatever you can from the limber 11.
I kinda hurt my back again because I tripped on a rock. But I have 10 more days on this vacation so I’ll just rest it completely and do rehab exercises in the morning and evening. I’ll also roll out my glutes with a baseball which also really helps.
[quote]BangkokHustle wrote:
I kinda hurt my back again because I tripped on a rock. But I have 10 more days on this vacation so I’ll just rest it completely and do rehab exercises in the morning and evening. I’ll also roll out my glutes with a baseball which also really helps. [/quote]
Good. That is most of what the limber 11 is.
I think it is useful as a general primer for lifting.
I don’t think I can link it because it is “competition” to this website (I have had links to eliteFTS taken down in the past), but if you search a bit, it is easily available.
Actually, I found it on youtube.
I went to metroflex gym yesterday in Long Beach California and I got to meet Mike Rashid. The guy is so friendly. I also tried squatting and I went up to 185. My back was a little irritated that night but after I woke up in the morning and did my rehab exercises my back felt much better. My hamstrings have been really tight lately, even if I stretch them they get tight again after a few minutes. Any suggestions? I’ve been doing the limber 11 as part of my rehab. I think I need to strengthen my back and glutes before I go back to squatting or deadlifting.