I’m a little late to the conversation, but re: John Rusin:
Remember that each author is trying to stand out from the crowd. There’s four hundred billion fitness authors and counting writing pretty much the same shit online, so you need to do what you can to get noticed, and that requires having a niche.
Dave Tate’s articles are all going to be about shifting massive poundages, either through training or accomplishing the mindset required to do so; Thibs has made a name for himself as being the go-to go guy for “perform like an athlete, look like a bodybuilder” type stuff; and Bret Contreras is the number one guy for all things booty-related.
So Rusin is all about orthopaedic health. It’s actually pretty refreshing, I think, to see someone preaching its importance. Used to be you had Eric Cressey and Mike Robertson waxing lyrical on the topic, but they’ve not written for T-Nation in millenia. The old Cressey/Robertson articles about rotator cuff health and hip mobility are what brought me to T-Nation in the first place all those years ago.
I’ll admit that statements like “you should goblet squat [whatever] before you can [whatever]” are pretty annoying, but he’s saying that to carve out his niche, and probably even be a little controversial (it gets people talking, as evidenced in this thread, and the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about).
So, yeah; I’m actually a pretty big fan. @dt79 you should read some of his shit, particularly the cool stuff about increasing shoulder stability for benching and shit like that.
Why do you have to stop at 10 reps? You could go for 20, pause at the bottom, go lower than you already are or even do 1 and 1/2 squats. There’s lots of ways to make the movement harder.
READ? Do you realise the opportunity cost of doing that would be not stalking Emma Stone on her Instagram?
Joking… I’ll check it out.
Also, I agree with the point that these guys are trying to market and differentiate themselves. Though some of them really write a lot of stupid shit, there is usually some stuff worth using. I’m not a fan of that Assman or Butt Boy or whatever he’s calling himself though.
Great so my girlfriend broke up with me cant eat or couldnt sleep all night , so no sleep and food and i still have to go to school but i know what will happen il break down and i dont want to break down in front of everyone.
Gotta pull myself together.
Think of it this way it might help. You and your girlfriend have split up, that’s out of your control mostly but still training and eating right isn’t. Focus all your extra energy on it and do the best you can. I hope you’re as okay as you can be mate.
Bros are like your hands and feet. Chicks are like clothes.
Actually, maybe it’s not that ancient but who gives a fuck. Get over it. And next time, read your fortune cookies before you eat them. They’ll teach you the meaning of life.
*Yeah, yeah I’m aware that I’m now going to be branded a xenophobic, racist, bigoted, fascist, misogynist…
“”“This offends me as a vegan transgender atheist who vapes and crossfits 4 times a week and im also a male feminist as I identify myself as a pastafarian apache helicopter dog mega multi combo god of hyper death and if you dont agree with me You’re an ignorant arrogant globaphobic sexist lesbian”“”
No gym today, next session is Thursday. Im thinking i might ditch heavy shoulfer pressing and dumbell benching because my shoulders like lighter pressing and dont mind it . Whilst im going for strength at the moment i can still gain strength in a higher rep range so thats what il do. I might do more sets and reps for chest and shoulders since il be focusing on lighter weights and it might produce some good muscle growth. My back grows from pullups and heavy rows because you know what they say you gotta row to grow. And a bigger muscle is a stronger muscle so i wont worry about chest and shoulder strength
Shit sorry didnt do my log anyways yesterdays training
Smith machine front squat
80kg ×5
×5
90×5
100×4
×3
And just was feeling crao yesterday so just did random upper body stuff
Was this Smith machine front squat or have you changed it up?
I’d try to figure out why so next time, that won’t happen
Just think:
Were you hydrated?
Did you sleep well?
What did you eat the day before and leading up to the training session?
Did you miss meals or were there big gaps between them?
Were you focused on what you were doing?
When you find the reason make sure it doesn’t happen again
