If your at a plateau do you advise trying “strategic deconditioning” (I think thats what they call it). I’ve really hit one and have tried a few things to vary my WO’s but with no success. Will taking a few days of help more than hinder at this point?
Thanks for all the great advice already given. NEWMAN!
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[quote]Jonnyel wrote:
Coach,
It seems like all your hard work and dedication have paid off. What advice can you give, as far as marketing one's self as a professional in this field? (besides becoming the master of one's domain.)[/quote]
[quote]CharlesStaley wrote:
It’s a basic but porrly applied tenet that things should get more and more specific as the cycle progresses. There is no exact answer to this, but I’d focus on the 3 lifts and lots of FAIRKY heavy singles. Some aux work is fine, but it should taper off as you approach the meet.
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And what can be good parameters for a tapper week? I know that during these week intensity is fairly high but volume is at lowest level.
[quote]Dave0821 wrote:
I’ve enjoyed “The Ultimate Guide to Massive Arms.” Is it possible to looks like the guy on the cover without roids?
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Uhhh, let’s see…NO. But EDT will get you about as close as you’ll get given your genetics!
You use your gut instinct my friend
Just use Power Drive, follow serving suggestions!
Yes, normally Saturdays. next one in Phoenix sometime in April probably
Probably, yes. back off, enjoy life a bit. Coffee Haagen Daz helps a lot BTW. many of us get a bit too obsessed. can you relate?
[quote]tjv6165 wrote:
If your at a plateau do you advise trying “strategic deconditioning” (I think thats what they call it). I’ve really hit one and have tried a few things to vary my WO’s but with no success. Will taking a few days of help more than hinder at this point?
Thanks for all the great advice already given. NEWMAN![/quote]
Drew, based on what you’re telling me I probably wouldn’t lift. I’d try to accomplis the weight gain with nutrition. Try massive eating program here at T-Nation. It works in spades
[quote]drewpate wrote:
Charles
I have a question concerning boxing and gymnastics training. I know a weird combination. I train boxing skills monday, wed. thur. sat and sun. going through a bag/sparring/defensive drill workout wti hsome ab work, jumprope, etc thrown in. About 20-30 3 minute rounds with each workout. I do road work which consists of interval sprints, and that goes by very well.
I do two hours of gymnastics training on tuesday and thursday, nothing grueling, a little conditioning work, but my shoulders are left sore. I am wondering if I should include weight training right now as I have a high calorie diet. 3-4k a day., plenty of protein, remarkably clean.
I am doing no supps other than creatine and whey(can’t buy off the internet, so i have to make use of what i can scrape up) I am currently 136 and want to fight in the welterweight weight clas at 141 - 50. I am 5’ 5 1/2" I have not been in a fight before, but I have yearts of martial arts experience. and have progressed in boxing skills very rapidly. I have great strength from football for my size and age(15) with a 160 bench, 165 powerclean, 225 dead, and 270 squat, with pretty good form.
I want to incorparate lifting to gain mass, and have done so succesfully in the past, putting on 30 pounds of lean muscle in 2 months. I am not sure on my current body fat, i have floated at 12-15 % in the past, but I have been leaner than that before. I am wondenirg what kind and the frequency of a workout I should use, as I am a very heavy traininer and have overtrained in the past, and do not want to experience that again. pleasse help charles.
thanks,
drew pate[/quote]
I’d perform the program exactly as stated. We’ve done a lot of trial and error on this…don’t mess w the program, even if on MAG-10
[quote]Jason05 wrote:
I’d like to try using EDT while on a MAG-10 cycle. How would I do this most efficiently? Should I do the program exactly the same, split the normal (2) 20 minute or (3) 15 minute segments into a twice a day workout, or would it be best to perform the entire workout twice each day? Is some other breakdown ideal?
Also, I wanted to know if it’d be possible to do the EDT for arms program while on MAG-10, without putting the rest of the body on a maintenance schedule? I was hoping that the increased recovery given by supplementing MAG-10 would allow me to work a full body program in addition to the arm specialization.
Thank you for all of your help.[/quote]
Hello Charles,
I loved your videotape series with Thomas Incledon and Tim Larkin. I have a question regarding my painful/injured shoulders. I was a pitcher in baseball and a tennis player in college. In order for me to play in the old days I had to have the trainer give me ultrasound to loosen up my shoulders. My shoulders are in near constant pain. I have lost range of motion and my shoulders hurt if I try to lift anything overhead. I went to a local orthopedic surgeon. I have calcium deposits in my shoulders after obtaining my x-ray results from the local orthopedic surgeon. He told me the only option I have is surgery and to never lift weights again. This seems extremely harsh and also unacceptable. I asked him if I could do anything to strengthen my rotator cuff muscles or stretching to help and he said no. Do you know of any method to train with the above situation or an alternative rehab route? I have not lifted weights since the surgeon told me not to, but my body is deteriorating before my eyes. I am 6’5’ and 225 pounds in a relatively untrained state now(approximately 20% bodyfat). I want to be able to lift weights again. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for donating your valuable time to all of us here on the T-Nation forum.
Charles,
If you could train one athlete from (a) the past and (b) the present, who would they be?
Thanks,
-Thad
Coach Staley,
I’ve run into a new program by Leo Costa called Titan Training. They have a day that is focused like your EDT but with some differenceces that I’d like your thoughts on. They’ll pick a weight that is about the 8RM and then do a set of:
4 reps
rest 10 secs
4 reps
rest 10 secs
4 res
rest 10 secs
4 reps
rest 10 secs
Then rest 2 mins before repeating this whole “round” sequence again. Do this 3-4 rounds total. Gives one about 12-16 sets if counted individually.
This constitutes one “round”. This is done 3-4 “rounds”. They claim that this affords one opportuinty to have both volume with the appropriate intensity level for max growth.
Many coaches such as yourself and Chad Waterbury suggest multiple sets of heavier weights not taken to failure.
Is the Titan scenario rational. With only a 10 second rest between each set, then a 2 min rest between rounds, are you receiving sufficient recovery?
thanks coach,
Disc Hoss
Well I wouldn’t discount surgery entirely. If you’ve got calcium buildup, surgery is probably the only answer…no amount of strengthing or other exercise will get rid of that. There MAY be things you can do from a postural perspective to lessen pain, however w/o having you in front of me it’d be hard to say. Get 1-2 more medical opinions and go from there OK? I hate hearing about cases like yours. I wish you luck. Stay in touch and lemme know what happens eh?
[quote]deepsquat wrote:
Hello Charles,
I loved your videotape series with Thomas Incledon and Tim Larkin. I have a question regarding my painful/injured shoulders. I was a pitcher in baseball and a tennis player in college. In order for me to play in the old days I had to have the trainer give me ultrasound to loosen up my shoulders. My shoulders are in near constant pain. I have lost range of motion and my shoulders hurt if I try to lift anything overhead. I went to a local orthopedic surgeon. I have calcium deposits in my shoulders after obtaining my x-ray results from the local orthopedic surgeon. He told me the only option I have is surgery and to never lift weights again. This seems extremely harsh and also unacceptable. I asked him if I could do anything to strengthen my rotator cuff muscles or stretching to help and he said no. Do you know of any method to train with the above situation or an alternative rehab route? I have not lifted weights since the surgeon told me not to, but my body is deteriorating before my eyes. I am 6’5’ and 225 pounds in a relatively untrained state now(approximately 20% bodyfat). I want to be able to lift weights again. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for donating your valuable time to all of us here on the T-Nation forum.[/quote]
Wow, THAT’S an interesting thought! It depends if you mean from a personal or professional standpoint. I’ll go the personal route:
Past: Hmm, maybe Bruce Lee
Present: Andre Agassi.
[quote]ungarn wrote:
Charles,
If you could train one athlete from (a) the past and (b) the present, who would they be?
Thanks,
-Thad
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Doesn’t look like the best way to manage fatigue to me, however, anything can work at the appropriate time/place
[quote]Disc Hoss wrote:
Coach Staley,
I’ve run into a new program by Leo Costa called Titan Training. They have a day that is focused like your EDT but with some differenceces that I’d like your thoughts on. They’ll pick a weight that is about the 8RM and then do a set of:
4 reps
rest 10 secs
4 reps
rest 10 secs
4 res
rest 10 secs
4 reps
rest 10 secs
Then rest 2 mins before repeating this whole “round” sequence again. Do this 3-4 rounds total. Gives one about 12-16 sets if counted individually.
This constitutes one “round”. This is done 3-4 “rounds”. They claim that this affords one opportuinty to have both volume with the appropriate intensity level for max growth.
Many coaches such as yourself and Chad Waterbury suggest multiple sets of heavier weights not taken to failure.
Is the Titan scenario rational. With only a 10 second rest between each set, then a 2 min rest between rounds, are you receiving sufficient recovery?
thanks coach,
Disc Hoss[/quote]
Hey everyone, I want to thank you for the opportunity to answer your questions. I hope I provided some answers for all of you, despite the huge volume of questions thrown my way. If ytou enjoyed this we can do it again, so make your opinion known!
Thanks for your time.
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Charles,
How would you set up the training for a strongman competitor?
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Thanks, Coach Staley, for spending time here on the forums. This was a great read with lots of info, even if I did miss the “live” forum. You’re a class act, Coach!