“some damage”… You guys crack me up.
[quote]GriffinC wrote:
“some damage”… You guys crack me up.[/quote]
Anyone ever go for all you can eat Chinese and ended up having an angry Asian man yelling, “You go now! No more food!”? Personally, I haven’t – at least not yet – but I have receive my share of dirty looks at all you can eat buffets.
what’s a dimel deadlift?u
and, do you plan to try to get your Dead numbers up at some point? how would you work that in?
thanks
sam
Now that you’ve done your fair share of bodybuilding do you believe its just as easy to add quality mass while following a strength training program as to a bodybuilding program?
[quote]binford wrote:
Now that you’ve done your fair share of bodybuilding do you believe its just as easy to add quality mass while following a strength training program as to a bodybuilding program?[/quote]
Yes and no… After 2 weeks of powerlifting training I noticed that my back and triceps are already noticeably thicker… off course, the fact that I’m ingesting around 4000kcals instead of 2400 doesn’t hurt either!
However, I feel that without auxiliary work, only doing powerlifting training cannot build a balanced bodybuilder physique because some muscles are overdevelopped by powerlifters AND the body has a tendency of recruiting the strongest muscle to do the job.
[quote]samicus wrote:
what’s a dimel deadlift?u
and, do you plan to try to get your Dead numbers up at some point? how would you work that in?
thanks
sam[/quote]
A dimel deadlift is a partial deadlift (very similar to a romanian deadlift) performed explosively for high reps.
[quote]MikeTheBear wrote:
GriffinC wrote:
“some damage”… You guys crack me up.
Anyone ever go for all you can eat Chinese and ended up having an angry Asian man yelling, “You go now! No more food!”? Personally, I haven’t – at least not yet – but I have receive my share of dirty looks at all you can eat buffets.[/quote]
Well, when I was training at the Centre Claude-Robillard with Jacques Demers and Mario Parente (two former olympic or commonwealth olympic lifting medalists) we would train twice a day. Between both sessions we would go eat at Mr.Chan’s chinease buffet. Now, Mr.Chan was a master lifter at our club and we ate for free everyday… man those were the days … no wonder I balooned up to 235 that summer!!!
[quote]GriffinC wrote:
“some damage”… You guys crack me up.[/quote]
Funny thing is that she can ingest about 3x the amount of food I can take in. Seriously, it’s not even funny.
A while ago one of my football players was leaving for his training camp and we had a big feast for him at a local all you can eat buffet. We were 20-25 former football players/active football players or coaches … the average bodyweight at the table must have been something like 250-260lbs with plenty 300 pounders. Well, Christiane ate more than all of them! Needless to say that she earned their respect that day!
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
GriffinC wrote:
“some damage”… You guys crack me up.
Funny thing is that she can ingest about 3x the amount of food I can take in. Seriously, it’s not even funny.
A while ago one of my football players was leaving for his training camp and we had a big feast for him at a local all you can eat buffet. We were 20-25 former football players/active football players or coaches … the average bodyweight at the table must have been something like 250-260lbs with plenty 300 pounders. Well, Christiane ate more than all of them! Needless to say that she earned their respect that day![/quote]
That’s awesome, I wish I had that type of appitite.
CT,
i only have one simple question,why you use a program similar to Westside style but not your own Pendulum Powerlifting?
Do you think Westside style is better?
[quote]Monster Wong wrote:
CT,
i only have one simple question,why you use a program similar to Westside style but not your own Pendulum Powerlifting?
Do you think Westside style is better?[/quote]
Pendulum powerlifting is great for someone who wants a mix of strength and size. However, since I’ve been doing bodybuilding work for 2 years I want to focus only on powerlifting.
PLUS I suffer from much of the same problem as a lot of coaches: I can’t stick to a fixed program. I always want to experiment a new technique or exercise. Westside allows me a lot more freedom since, beside the dynamic effort work, everything else can be changed anytime.
what is the purpose of your “extra workout” on workout 2 & 6?
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
binford wrote:
Now that you’ve done your fair share of bodybuilding do you believe its just as easy to add quality mass while following a strength training program as to a bodybuilding program?
Yes and no… After 2 weeks of powerlifting training I noticed that my back and triceps are already noticeably thicker… off course, the fact that I’m ingesting around 4000kcals instead of 2400 doesn’t hurt either!
However, I feel that without auxiliary work, only doing powerlifting training cannot build a balanced bodybuilder physique because some muscles are overdevelopped by powerlifters AND the body has a tendency of recruiting the strongest muscle to do the job.[/quote]
So you feel that if auxilary work for higher reps is done it can easier help someone develop muscle mass while still using powerlifing principles. Which now i am basically using the conjugage system with accumulation, intensification and explosion blocks built in like you mentioned.
So i’m not just focusing on the heavy side. And i dont just focus on heavy exercises for the 3 powerlifting movements, I also do max effort for pullups/chinups and some types of rows like chest supported rows.
But my problem seems to be I can’t fit all my needs into one workout. Like right now i’m in the accumulation block with my conjugate training. So i will do a 3-5RM or cluster on a push and pull exercises for upper body. Then i will do high rep dumbell presses and high rep upper back work. After i do all this there really isn’t much time left for triceps and delt work, which i know are important if you want to lift heavy. So i’ve slowly been starting to add extra workouts in for my triceps and delts using iron woody bands.
Do you think this is a good way to make sure those muscles get the attention they need to look good and to get strong or would it be too much volume?
CT,
Any strongman implements used in your training? Come down to Poliquin Performance Center East and train events for one day, You’ll be hooked !
CT,
400 meter sprints vs 100 meter sprints. Which is better at fat loss?
Yeah good question billberg. I recently read your Running Man article b/c I want to add some cardi… err, energy work to shred some fat, and it is clear that you like 400m, interval training, and build up work.
I know you don’t like the shot gun approach, but I am also interested in gaining some speed and maybe even some size along the way (maybe converting some of those retarded ST fibers into potentially large muscled, explosive FT fibers if that’s even possible). Would the buld up approach be solid for this as well? or would running 100m at a 1:20 ratio or somehting similar be better for this?
Sooooo… a quick question, why don’t you use the Olympic LIfts anymore? You think that the speed work Westside incorporates can substitute for the Olympic LIfting?
Good luck with training Christian!!
coach CT,
Could I trouble you to take a look at my olympic lifting program witten below? Any possible imput would be appreciated. thank you
-John
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Yeah, I’m built to squat, but just about anybody in the world can kick my ass in the deadlift!!! Heck, we have a young lifter at the gym, tons of potential (former sprinter), the guy weights around 165lbs, only squats 350lbs (while my all-time best is 600lbs) but he deadlifts 485 which is almost the same as myself.
Short legs, long torso and short arms = bad deadlift!!! [/quote]
CT, first off, I want to say that I have always enjoyed your articles. They make sense and are scientifically sound.
But it seems like a ~500lb deadlift would be a bit low for you, considering your squat numbers and olympic lifting background. Is this just while you’ve been dieting? I would have bet the house that you could pull 600 cold any day of the week.
Good luck with the training!
Also, are you considering doing a meet?