Hey I was wondering what some ideas for your energy system train, for stage III. for the Mutation Series, I tried the sled dragging, using a 35Lb. plate with the Dip belt, attached it to a strong rope, worked pretty well, even ran with it, you recommended sled walking, is there anything eqivilant to this, i loved the 100m sprints, i did around 6-8 per session from stage 2 have lost close to 15 lbs during the first two stages of the program
[quote]Ejonesunt wrote:
Hey I was wondering what some ideas for your energy system train, for stage III. for the Mutation Series, I tried the sled dragging, using a 35Lb. plate with the Dip belt, attached it to a strong rope, worked pretty well, even ran with it, you recommended sled walking, is there anything eqivilant to this, i loved the 100m sprints, i did around 6-8 per session from stage 2 have lost close to 15 lbs during the first two stages of the program[/quote]
I now have my athletes (and myself) perform a GPP circuit consisting of sled walking, heavy sandbag lift and carry, sledgehammer striking.
You could also use wheelbarrow walks, or grab walking with the sled.
[quote]Ejonesunt wrote:
i did around 6-8 per session from stage 2 have lost close to 15 lbs during the first two stages of the program[/quote]
Man, that’s some good progress! Keep it up.
CT,
your new article “Locked & Loaded” is very good for me. it solved my question about when training age increase, rep range decreased…
but it seems i’m slow twitch dominant (just dominant, not very/extremely dominant), that means i should use 120rep/musclegroup/week.
now i’ve been training for 8 years(mainly bodybuilding style), how many rep should i decreased to? 100? or 80?
CT I had PM’d you but I know your super busy
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What do you think of the books from sportinvy? In particular the weightlifting yearbooks?
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What do you think of Dr.Yeiss books “the soviet research” worthwile?
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I’m mainly seaking hypertrohpy did, your Power Look routine on tuesday, tomorrow’s thursday and with shoulder I want to do clean and jerks, would that be a problem or do I need more time in between
Hey coach, I shot you a e-mail today but no answer so far, so I thought I’d re-post here to avoid you two-timing your answer. Here goes: in your recent article Locked and Loaded, you mentionned both wave-loading and pyramid loading. There seems to be little difference between the two. I read in Coach Poliquin’s Modern Trend in Strenght Training that he does the second wave with 2.5-5% more weight. Is that the only difference, and if not, could you explain a little, or point to a good source for infos?
Thanks
[quote]Monster Wong wrote:
CT,
your new article “Locked & Loaded” is very good for me. it solved my question about when training age increase, rep range decreased…
but it seems i’m slow twitch dominant (just dominant, not very/extremely dominant), that means i should use 120rep/musclegroup/week.
now i’ve been training for 8 years(mainly bodybuilding style), how many rep should i decreased to? 100? or 80?[/quote]
Man, you guys have got to stop with the “game plan” questions 
… I only used the total reps to give you a broad example.
[quote]bigpump23 wrote:
CT I had PM’d you but I know your super busy
- What do you think of the books from sportinvy? In particular the weightlifting yearbooks?
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The yearbooks are somewhat similar to the NSCA journals … good info. The books are geared more toward olympic lifting, but there is still tons of stuff about strength and power training that can be used by everyone.
[quote]bigpump23 wrote:
2) What do you think of Dr.Yeiss books “the soviet research” worthwile?
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I owned a few back in the days. Some good articles, but I would personally not invest in it. I own Yessis book on Soviet training and found it pretty basic comnpared to stuff like Supertraining.
[quote]bigpump23 wrote:
3) I’m mainly seaking hypertrohpy did, your Power Look routine on tuesday, tomorrow’s thursday and with shoulder I want to do clean and jerks, would that be a problem or do I need more time in between
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You should be fine. Go by feel. If you feel some trap tigthness, skip the ol and perform them later in the week or early next week.
[quote]Zen warrior wrote:
Hey coach, I shot you a e-mail today but no answer so far, so I thought I’d re-post here to avoid you two-timing your answer. Here goes: in your recent article Locked and Loaded, you mentionned both wave-loading and pyramid loading. There seems to be little difference between the two. I read in Coach Poliquin’s Modern Trend in Strenght Training that he does the second wave with 2.5-5% more weight. Is that the only difference, and if not, could you explain a little, or point to a good source for infos?
Thanks[/quote]
I sent you an answer at 7pm
Third week on the EEB and I decided to mix it up today, night session, back squat 135X12 supersetted with 50# DB Romanian DeadLift with 45 second rest. After 5 sets I almost cried.HA
Superset that.
hey CT
About 3 or 4 weeks ago I was doing bent over DB rows when I had kind of a weird feeling in the back part of my armpit where my lat goes into my arm. about a week after that I was doing cleans when I felt sort of a tearing feeling. I havent been able to do any lifts that involve my right arm since then.
I was thinking it might be my rotator cuff but im not sure. I cannot raise my arm when it is out to the side. I was going to see if you had any suggestions as to what this might be. Also, if I had to lay off the weights for several weeks, how much would this effect my progress?
Thanks in advance
JAK27
Thanks for the Motivation and Program,even though I never go below 7 X 4 in the Morning. Thanks again
[quote]JAK27 wrote:
hey CT
About 3 or 4 weeks ago I was doing bent over DB rows when I had kind of a weird feeling in the back part of my armpit where my lat goes into my arm. about a week after that I was doing cleans when I felt sort of a tearing feeling. I havent been able to do any lifts that involve my right arm since then.
I was thinking it might be my rotator cuff but im not sure. I cannot raise my arm when it is out to the side. I was going to see if you had any suggestions as to what this might be. Also, if I had to lay off the weights for several weeks, how much would this effect my progress?
Thanks in advance
JAK27[/quote]
You might want to check this one out with Eric Cressey or Mike Robertson. Both know much more about injuries than me.
CT,
Where would you place yeilding isometrics along the contraction speed continuum or would you place it in a different continuum?
Thanks CT, I Noticed the biggest difference on stage 2, but have to admit, your carb rotation reccommendations helped me out a lot, and the 50 grams of carbs days kicked my butt, but its paying off, I did the HOT-ROX, Grow!, per lb of bodyweight, didnt keep with 500 grams of protein, but am staying close to 300 grams of protein per day in the last stage, I didnt have time to go out to a track so most of the time with the energy system training I would crank up the treadmill to almost 80, staying between 7.5-8.0 mph, on the sprints, the last week i did make it out to the high school track and managed only 6 of the 100m sprints, so i could definitely tell the difference, the triple sets on the last stage are killed, cant ever remember doing triple sets before, legs still sore from monday, but its a good feeling not so sore i cant walk, hehe. I can tell you added exercises and cute back on the cardio for the last stage, will keep you up to date thanks
CT do you think it is even worth to use the hypertrophy program on the Compex for funtional hypertrophy or should i just stick to the strength and explosive strength programs to prime the muscles. I also use the active recovery mode and it works well. thank you, pk
[quote]pkradgreek wrote:
CT do you think it is even worth to use the hypertrophy program on the Compex for funtional hypertrophy or should i just stick to the strength and explosive strength programs to prime the muscles. I also use the active recovery mode and it works well. thank you, pk[/quote]
I have used the hypertrophy program with injured athletes who could not train a certain body part.
Hey CT Im updating on stage for the existing program, I noticed you had more legs during this stage, wondering what the reasoning, behind this I do notice my legs have got weaker over the years, might also be because im going lot deeper, I have been recovering pretty fast my chest would be sore after Monday then recover which is a big difference between stage 1 and 2, so far my weight was at 207 12.7 percent body fat after stage 2, weighed 219 when started the program, I have put a little more weight back on maybe because of the less cardio, but right these workouts are so much more intense in thelast stage, I did strain my back some from the sled pulling, so might go back to the 100m sprints, was considering doing the parachute, to get the resistance up high or buying an actual sled, pretty pricey but worth it, thnx for your help