Hey StormtheBeach, are you going to post that article you’ve been working on about Reactive Strength?
[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:
[quote]georgeh707 wrote:
[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:
[quote]lumbahjack wrote:
Great blog man, gonna be following it.
I was going through some of the posts and one of the comments gave me the LULZ
??You cant knock Crossfit even the slightest amount. Obviously you fancy yourself a powerlifer there Beefy and just because you’re strong dose not mean you are fit. You rip on something just because the people involved have different goals then you and you think its bullshit, id like to see you do 100 chins followed by 100 box jumps, which mind you is only about half a workout at a Crossfit comp. Crossfit is to look good naked and be strong from and athletic stand point. Dont know many powerlifters that can run 5 min miles and have 30 inch verticals.??
He’ll be thinking of you during his fran…FOREVER 0_o[/quote]
Yea. Apparently, the crossfit journal doesn’t talk anything about energy systems and movement economy. I really don’t mind crossfit. Some of the higher level guys are fucking ridiculous… what I don’t like are people who think they know what they are talking about just because they did a “hard workout.” Those same guys talking shit about a 5 minute mile would have to go to the hospital if they tried a Speed Strength workout.
It’s all relative but every athlete, regardless of what the ultimate goal of training is, has to be good at everything. All skills need to be developed. Crossfit goes to the fucking extreme with it, making training so general that it would not be good for anything other than being good at crossfit. Personally, I would rather have many skills developed, then focus on a more centralized goal (like wrecking shit in a powerlifting competition) than just be good at exercising for the sake of competing against other ‘exercisers.’
Anyway, my best mile time is 6:09. And I’ve hit a 38inch vertical jump. So, fuck that guy. haha.[/quote]
If you don’t mind me asking howd you train for that vertical jump and speed. Awesome blog btw im already learning from it[/quote]
By doing a shit load of jumping and conditioning along with my Powerlifting training. That’s about it![/quote]
sorry to continually pester you but how would you incorporate sprints and plyo into a program like madcow 5x5 ans what specific exercises . thanks.
[quote]georgeh707 wrote:
[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:
[quote]georgeh707 wrote:
[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:
[quote]lumbahjack wrote:
Great blog man, gonna be following it.
I was going through some of the posts and one of the comments gave me the LULZ
??You cant knock Crossfit even the slightest amount. Obviously you fancy yourself a powerlifer there Beefy and just because you’re strong dose not mean you are fit. You rip on something just because the people involved have different goals then you and you think its bullshit, id like to see you do 100 chins followed by 100 box jumps, which mind you is only about half a workout at a Crossfit comp. Crossfit is to look good naked and be strong from and athletic stand point. Dont know many powerlifters that can run 5 min miles and have 30 inch verticals.??
He’ll be thinking of you during his fran…FOREVER 0_o[/quote]
Yea. Apparently, the crossfit journal doesn’t talk anything about energy systems and movement economy. I really don’t mind crossfit. Some of the higher level guys are fucking ridiculous… what I don’t like are people who think they know what they are talking about just because they did a “hard workout.” Those same guys talking shit about a 5 minute mile would have to go to the hospital if they tried a Speed Strength workout.
It’s all relative but every athlete, regardless of what the ultimate goal of training is, has to be good at everything. All skills need to be developed. Crossfit goes to the fucking extreme with it, making training so general that it would not be good for anything other than being good at crossfit. Personally, I would rather have many skills developed, then focus on a more centralized goal (like wrecking shit in a powerlifting competition) than just be good at exercising for the sake of competing against other ‘exercisers.’
Anyway, my best mile time is 6:09. And I’ve hit a 38inch vertical jump. So, fuck that guy. haha.[/quote]
If you don’t mind me asking howd you train for that vertical jump and speed. Awesome blog btw im already learning from it[/quote]
By doing a shit load of jumping and conditioning along with my Powerlifting training. That’s about it![/quote]
sorry to continually pester you but how would you incorporate sprints and plyo into a program like madcow 5x5 ans what specific exercises . thanks.[/quote]
I would add them in right after you warm-up, before any heavy lifting. Just 10-20 reps and no more. As far as specific exercises, explosive plyometrics. This means jumping with weight, jumping for max heights, kneeling jumps, braod jumps, vertical jumps, and every variation of these jumps. Keep track of weight and height records and break them constantly.
A lot of people argue that jumps and plyos before lifting will negatively effect heavy lifting. Well, this is true if:
- You are too weak to jump (in which case jumping will make you stronger)
or - You are in terrbile sahpe (in which case jumping will get you in better shape)
[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:
[quote]georgeh707 wrote:
[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:
[quote]georgeh707 wrote:
[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:
[quote]lumbahjack wrote:
Great blog man, gonna be following it.
I was going through some of the posts and one of the comments gave me the LULZ
??You cant knock Crossfit even the slightest amount. Obviously you fancy yourself a powerlifer there Beefy and just because you’re strong dose not mean you are fit. You rip on something just because the people involved have different goals then you and you think its bullshit, id like to see you do 100 chins followed by 100 box jumps, which mind you is only about half a workout at a Crossfit comp. Crossfit is to look good naked and be strong from and athletic stand point. Dont know many powerlifters that can run 5 min miles and have 30 inch verticals.??
He’ll be thinking of you during his fran…FOREVER 0_o[/quote]
Yea. Apparently, the crossfit journal doesn’t talk anything about energy systems and movement economy. I really don’t mind crossfit. Some of the higher level guys are fucking ridiculous… what I don’t like are people who think they know what they are talking about just because they did a “hard workout.” Those same guys talking shit about a 5 minute mile would have to go to the hospital if they tried a Speed Strength workout.
It’s all relative but every athlete, regardless of what the ultimate goal of training is, has to be good at everything. All skills need to be developed. Crossfit goes to the fucking extreme with it, making training so general that it would not be good for anything other than being good at crossfit. Personally, I would rather have many skills developed, then focus on a more centralized goal (like wrecking shit in a powerlifting competition) than just be good at exercising for the sake of competing against other ‘exercisers.’
Anyway, my best mile time is 6:09. And I’ve hit a 38inch vertical jump. So, fuck that guy. haha.[/quote]
If you don’t mind me asking howd you train for that vertical jump and speed. Awesome blog btw im already learning from it[/quote]
By doing a shit load of jumping and conditioning along with my Powerlifting training. That’s about it![/quote]
sorry to continually pester you but how would you incorporate sprints and plyo into a program like madcow 5x5 ans what specific exercises . thanks.[/quote]
I would add them in right after you warm-up, before any heavy lifting. Just 10-20 reps and no more. As far as specific exercises, explosive plyometrics. This means jumping with weight, jumping for max heights, kneeling jumps, braod jumps, vertical jumps, and every variation of these jumps. Keep track of weight and height records and break them constantly.
A lot of people argue that jumps and plyos before lifting will negatively effect heavy lifting. Well, this is true if:
- You are too weak to jump (in which case jumping will make you stronger)
or - You are in terrbile sahpe (in which case jumping will get you in better shape)[/quote]
Thanks a lot man
Nice blog, appreciate the lacross ball trick on the back of the knee area. Worked like a charm, just what I was looking for. I’ll be following your blog please keep it coming.
Little write up on why ZMA is awesome for you:
Does ZMA ever make you sick to your stomach? Personally I can’t handle it for some reason, to the point that I’ve thrown it up within 10 minutes of taking.
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
Does ZMA ever make you sick to your stomach? Personally I can’t handle it for some reason, to the point that I’ve thrown it up within 10 minutes of taking.[/quote]
You’ve got to watch out for stuff like calcium when you take it. Pretty much any and all dairy should be avoided for a couple hours before and after taking the ZMA. I’ve read some stuff that says ‘because it blocks absorbtion.’ I think its more so that it basically creates a home made pipe bomb in your stomach.
Also, make sure it’s straight ZMA. A lot of companies put a bunch of extra crap in there and you don’t really need it.
Good stuff STB… I signed up to follow your blog. Thanks for the great tips man.
I’m followimg. I appreciate all the info you put out there.
Great blog, bookmarked.
What I particularly like is that in every post, there’s one thing that can be applied immediatly. No BS, just one or two pieces of info that can be put to use.
Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
[quote]Enjoy The Pain wrote:
Great blog, bookmarked.
What I particularly like is that in every post, there’s one thing that can be applied immediatly. No BS, just one or two pieces of info that can be put to use.
Thanks for taking the time to put this together.[/quote]
Thanks man. That is exactly what I am trying to do. There is plenty of shit to read out there that doesn’t make any sense or is only applicable after you buy some assholes $100 e-book. I like things that can be used right now. A lot of other people who write about anything training related make it confusing on purpose so you pay to go to a bullshit seminar to hear somebody’s recycled “I’m different” training philosophy.
Anyway, thanks for reading, buddy.
Two girls, one bone density scan:
[quote]Enjoy The Pain wrote:
Great blog, bookmarked.
What I particularly like is that in every post, there’s one thing that can be applied immediatly. No BS, just one or two pieces of info that can be put to use.
Thanks for taking the time to put this together.[/quote]
Yes, for some reason, your ability to explain things is the closest I’ve ever gotten to real-life, personal help. Most articles and videos say the same thing (leg drive, push out your knees, pull the bar apart, yada yada), yet it never really clicks. However, the way you show things, and explain them, has IMMEDIATELY resulted in improvements in my Squat and Bench. So thank you for that.
Any chance you’ll be posting something on the Deadlift?? Just started to pull conventional (always did Sumo), and once again I’m at the point I’ve READ and SEEN what to do, but it’s still not ‘clicking’.
Going to hopefully make this a weekely thing… conditioning for guys that don’t want to look like girls and for girls that want to be fucking awesome:
You should really post the initial write up that you have on the Westside method… awesome thread and has quickly become one of my most favorite threads on the interwebz.
[quote]ahu2468 wrote:
You should really post the initial write up that you have on the Westside method… awesome thread and has quickly become one of my most favorite threads on the interwebz.[/quote]
Thanks for the suggestion. I will probably do something like that soon.
Upper Back Arch for benching:
Oh sweet baby Jesus… let the hate mail commence… a post on nutrition:
Also, a new DTF post:
In light of your newest post I’d like to ask what you think about beans/lentils and their place in nutrition. Black beans are great for you, high in protein and fiber, and generally delicious so they’re a big part of my diet, but I’m never sure how to count them when doing macronutrient breakdowns. Are they a protein? A carb? A vegetable?
I know this isn’t really in keeping with the spirit of your post but I’ve gotten a couple of different answers to this question and I’d be curious about where you fall on it.