If you would be willing to talk in detail about the program you set-up for those lucky blokes that would be great! I have a decent squat and deadlift but my bench is an unmitigated disaster.
How narrow is your grip?[/quote]
Sure, hit me up in my Q&A thread… I still got a whole bunch of un-answered questions in there, anyway. Gotta take care of those finally.
My grip is just wide enough to allow for a full tuck at the bottom of the rep (or maybe a bit wider than that, depends on what feels comfortable that day).
No shoulder problems or pec tears, and I feel infinitely more stable/tight that way than with a wide grip… Bit more ROM, but whatever… I don’t think ROM is everything if you have the right amount of shoulder and arm strength… That grip requires a bit of arm flexor work (pinwheels) though, they’re more involved there on the negative and at the top.
When training for BBing, I just count that as a tricep exercise. When pulling the bar apart, that setup is all triceps, back, delts.
If you would be willing to talk in detail about the program you set-up for those lucky blokes that would be great! I have a decent squat and deadlift but my bench is an unmitigated disaster.
How narrow is your grip?[/quote]
Sure, hit me up in my Q&A thread… I still got a whole bunch of un-answered questions in there, anyway. Gotta take care of those finally.
My grip is just wide enough to allow for a full tuck at the bottom of the rep (or maybe a bit wider than that, depends on what feels comfortable that day).
No shoulder problems or pec tears, and I feel infinitely more stable/tight that way than with a wide grip… Bit more ROM, but whatever… I don’t think ROM is everything if you have the right amount of shoulder and arm strength… That grip requires a bit of arm flexor work (pinwheels) though, they’re more involved there on the negative and at the top.
When training for BBing, I just count that as a tricep exercise. When pulling the bar apart, that setup is all triceps, back, delts.
that routine (pendlay/starr) was the best one (results-wise) i hved ever done, but the hardest too (which makes sense i guess). if you really push the weight on the 5x5 squats, once you go through the unload (3x3) you’ll really see the gains. i’m not as strong as most people in internetland but my squat went up to 365 first go, then 405 the next go. i was happy.
i arsed up the pulling part, messing with singles & stuff, i should’ve kept to the 5x5 deads…needless to say, my dead went nowhere…my fault for tinkering.
Obviously this isn’t always wrong or right, but does anyone alternate a 5RM rack pull with normal deadlifts on Friday’s workout or does that defeat the purpose of the way Texas Method is set up? They might not be necessary but I was wondering where people throw in partial benches, partial overhead presses, rack pulls, snatch grip deadlifts or deadlifts off a box, if they do. I’m curious as I haven’t seen a Texas method workout include them yet.
You can use whatever exercises you want on the texas method. All accessory work is done after the main lifts on mondays. Curls and situps and stuff can be done on wednesday since they don’t affect the main lifts.