[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Yes and just to add, there is an X factor in here (no pun) that I’m sure that Professor X will recognize. It’s tough to type out and I can’t point to a day or event when it happened, but one day I just realized that I was dialed in to my muscles. I knew when I tried an exercise whether I would do well with it usually in the middle of the first set.
It’s subjective. I knew after a workout how sore I would be or not be the next day and whether it was as effective as it could have been. The one major error I made my first time around was not eating enough after a few years and mistaking the lack of progress that caused with my having hit my genetic ceiling.
Again, I don’t mean to come off the wrong way, but some of the questions that get asked here by guys claiming to have been training for years I wouldn’t have asked after 6 months. There have been threads started by people claiming 8 or 10 years of gym time asking what goal they should have. I’m sure there’s plenty of things they are much better at than I am, but weight training isn’t of them.[/quote]
Word.
I like reading about topics which cover how muscle fibers respond to stimulus. I like reading about studies into the effect of nutrition on training. I like reading the ‘sciencey’ stuff.
All the simple stuff has extremely complicated systems behind it (exactly how a muscle grows) and people can use that information to train better.
However, the fundamentals have already been established and the guys who train hard and are dedicated know these. They’re not difficult.
Personally, I dip, chin, squat, deadlift and bent over [dumbbell/barbell] row . Thats it. It works. Nothing more to see here, other than growth. If I notice parts lagging or underdeveloped then I’ll adapt accordingly (whether that be changing exercise or adding in an isolation movement or whatever).
Most people who over analyse do so in the hope of finding a shortcut to making gains; whether that be the latest exercise or other dietary fad.
My basic feeling is that if you’re not in the gym busting your ass and doing what you need to to reach your goals by whatever means necessary (within acceptable reason), you need to quit asking questions and accept the fact that you’ll never make it - you’re just not ready mentally.