I never prescribe straight sets… people assume that I do.
I will write down something like 5 x 5 reps and people automatically assume that all sets are with the same weight. Never will I say ‘use the same weight for all sets’.
The problem is my olympic lifting background… all my life I trained ramping up the weight on every set, and all the guys I trained with did the same. So I assumed that everbody trained this way and forgot about it.
I probably wouldn’t be able to find it at this point but I’ve asked you in your old Q&A thread about it and you told me they were written as straight sets. You also said that you personally train with ramping sets on the bigger movements when trying to get stronger on them but when focusing on size, and always with isolation exercises, you do straight sets because you feel they’re better for hypertrophy.
You’ve got 47 posts. Would it be that hard to find?
47 posts but clicking on the threads doesn’t take me to my post so I’d be searching through hundreds of pages of info.
It’s not like I would make that up anyway, I’m just pointing it out.
Search for your own posts and you can jump straight to YOUR post.
If he did write this he would probably need to see in what context it was written. [/quote]
If that doesn’t work, just look at the date you posted and skip to that day in the thread.
If that doesn’t work, just look at the date you posted and skip to that day in the thread.[/quote]
4 people and your the only one who got what I meant.
In his threads it just takes me to the first page, even if I search my posts and click on it. So like I said it would have to be searched over hundreds of pages. I could care less about posting it, I’m just pointing that out and wondering why there is a contradiction.
If that doesn’t work, just look at the date you posted and skip to that day in the thread.
4 people and your the only one who got what I meant.
In his threads it just takes me to the first page, even if I search my posts and click on it. So like I said it would have to be searched over hundreds of pages. I could care less about posting it, I’m just pointing that out and wondering why there is a contradiction. [/quote]
Please. I just tried it on your posts. if you click the red arrow it takes you to your last post in the thread.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
Needmassquick wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
I never prescribe straight sets… people assume that I do.
I will write down something like 5 x 5 reps and people automatically assume that all sets are with the same weight. Never will I say ‘use the same weight for all sets’.
The problem is my olympic lifting background… all my life I trained ramping up the weight on every set, and all the guys I trained with did the same. So I assumed that everbody trained this way and forgot about it.
I probably wouldn’t be able to find it at this point but I’ve asked you in your old Q&A thread about it and you told me they were written as straight sets. You also said that you personally train with ramping sets on the bigger movements when trying to get stronger on them but when focusing on size, and always with isolation exercises, you do straight sets because you feel they’re better for hypertrophy.
You have 47 posts. You can’t find a question you asked him?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Needmassquick wrote:
anonym wrote:
If that doesn’t work, just look at the date you posted and skip to that day in the thread.
4 people and your the only one who got what I meant.
In his threads it just takes me to the first page, even if I search my posts and click on it. So like I said it would have to be searched over hundreds of pages. I could care less about posting it, I’m just pointing that out and wondering why there is a contradiction.
Please. I just tried it on your posts. if you click the red arrow it takes you to your last post in the thread.
Learn internet.[/quote]
He was clicking on the thread link instead of the red arrow. Then he tried making us look like the douchebags.
I probably wouldn’t be able to find it at this point but I’ve asked you in your old Q&A thread about it and you told me they were written as straight sets. You also said that you personally train with ramping sets on the bigger movements when trying to get stronger on them but when focusing on size, and always with isolation exercises, you do straight sets because you feel they’re better for hypertrophy.
You’ve got 47 posts. Would it be that hard to find?
47 posts but clicking on the threads doesn’t take me to my post so I’d be searching through hundreds of pages of info.
It’s not like I would make that up anyway, I’m just pointing it out.
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I’m not saying you made it up. But if you’re gonna quote someone, quote them.
I think this just shows that these guys who write articles need to specify who the article is for. In CT’s newbie articles, he explained different ways of loading: pyramid, ramping, waves, whatever. However if we look at one of his articles for traps, chest, “how to build big triceps”, kind of specialization routines, he just writes 4-5 sets, 6-8 reps, 120 sec rest. Newbies assume it’s straight sets, but they shouldn’t really bother with doing that routine anyway, and it’s not written for them.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Needmassquick wrote:
anonym wrote:
If that doesn’t work, just look at the date you posted and skip to that day in the thread.
4 people and your the only one who got what I meant.
In his threads it just takes me to the first page, even if I search my posts and click on it. So like I said it would have to be searched over hundreds of pages. I could care less about posting it, I’m just pointing that out and wondering why there is a contradiction.
Please. I just tried it on your posts. if you click the red arrow it takes you to your last post in the thread.
Learn internet.[/quote]
I have multiple posts in the same threads so again, too much work to find.
You think I’m lying or something and go on this forum to call people out for fun? The reason I bring it up at all is because it’s things like that, writing articles and then even saying he’s a fan of straight sets for hypertrophy, that confuse people when ramping comes up and they’ve never heard about it or at least not from the writers here generally.
[quote]Needmassquick wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Needmassquick wrote:
anonym wrote:
If that doesn’t work, just look at the date you posted and skip to that day in the thread.
4 people and your the only one who got what I meant.
In his threads it just takes me to the first page, even if I search my posts and click on it. So like I said it would have to be searched over hundreds of pages. I could care less about posting it, I’m just pointing that out and wondering why there is a contradiction.
Please. I just tried it on your posts. if you click the red arrow it takes you to your last post in the thread.
Learn internet.
I have multiple posts in the same threads so again, too much work to find.
You think I’m lying or something and go on this forum to call people out for fun? The reason I bring it up at all is because it’s things like that, writing articles and then even saying he’s a fan of straight sets for hypertrophy, that confuse people when ramping comes up and they’ve never heard about it or at least not from the writers here generally.
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WTF?
Clicking the red fucking arrow takes you to that particular post. That means you haven’t even tried this yet or you would know it.
Either that or you looked for it and couldn’t find what you claimed was there so now you blame it on the website.
Clicking the red fucking arrow takes you to that particular post. That means you haven’t even tried this yet or you would know it.
Either that or you looked for it and couldn’t find what you claimed was there so now you blame it on the website.
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Oh yea I forgot you’re at my computer and know exactly whats going on.
If you don’t believe me and actually care that much then go to my posts and click the arrow next to the threads. I just tried it on the Thib Q&A one and the Carb Cycling one where I have 4 separate posts and every arrow takes me to the same one at the bottom of the page.
I’m sure you could ask CT himself if you don’t believe me.
Clicking the red fucking arrow takes you to that particular post. That means you haven’t even tried this yet or you would know it.
Either that or you looked for it and couldn’t find what you claimed was there so now you blame it on the website.
Oh yea I forgot you’re at my computer and know exactly whats going on.
If you don’t believe me and actually care that much then go to my posts and click the arrow next to the threads. I just tried it on the Thib Q&A one and the Carb Cycling one where I have 4 separate posts and every arrow takes me to the same one at the bottom of the page.
I’m sure you could ask CT himself if you don’t believe me.
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I actually just did that, looked at all your posts in the Thib’s Q&A threads and didn’t see a single thing about rep ranges. You were asking all dietary related questions. (I’m very bored at work)
FWIW, I don’t think you were maliciously trying to stir up shit, just that you’re mistaken.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
Needmassquick wrote:
Professor X wrote:
WTF?
Clicking the red fucking arrow takes you to that particular post. That means you haven’t even tried this yet or you would know it.
Either that or you looked for it and couldn’t find what you claimed was there so now you blame it on the website.
Oh yea I forgot you’re at my computer and know exactly whats going on.
If you don’t believe me and actually care that much then go to my posts and click the arrow next to the threads. I just tried it on the Thib Q&A one and the Carb Cycling one where I have 4 separate posts and every arrow takes me to the same one at the bottom of the page.
I’m sure you could ask CT himself if you don’t believe me.
I actually just did that, looked at all your posts in the Thib’s Q&A threads and didn’t see a single thing about rep ranges. You were asking all dietary related questions. (I’m very bored at work)
FWIW, I don’t think you were maliciously trying to stir up shit, just that you’re mistaken.[/quote]
Every single post in every thread? There’s about 6-7 different ones he had. I really don’t care enough about proving it to go looking through all the Q&A’s he’s had. Again, I’m completely sure he said it and am just pointing it out because this is one reason there is so much confusion. He said he ramps for the big compound exercises for strength but does more straight sets for hypertrophy and always for isolations
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
Itchy wrote:
Here we go…eh, yes–that’s much better.
I heard she finally got topless in one of her movies. I’m excited about that.[/quote]
I don’t think so. Cuthbert actually lobbied pretty hard against The Girl Next Door to take a big part of the movie, a topless scene, out. I remember reading in and interview that she’d never ‘do that.’
In some isolation movements, yes, straight sets make more sense. For example if you can use 35lbs for straight-arms lateral raise I would rather have you perform 4 sets with 30-35lbs than use 15-25-30-35.
However, any movement you can use more than 100lbs with, you should ramp up.
