I may have struggled to do a 3kg windmill today, despite my super strong shoulders and chest. 
Kids want you to move and run, they don’t really care how much you press when you’re planted to the floor.
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My heart just made a jump! Paul says MPS is, at least for a longer period, elevated when you are on 
Must be absolute horseshit to “adapt” training accordingly to drive that part of our gains when “on”…
We actually covered that in the podcast.
Not really. It means that you’re more training sensitive and less likely to go catabolic.
You’re still back to square one where it doesn’t improve your systemic ability to recover from stress. Maybe you should go back to reading abstracts on studies you don’t understand.
Dammit! I had dreams of looking like The Rock.
I finished this newest episode. I think the biggest take away I got from it is that 5-7 year of training natural, whether you’re training a body part 1,2,3x a week you will probably hit your genetic potential. That’s good for ppl to understand (myself included)
So train a muscle 2-3x a week and you end at 170 lean body mass
Train a muscle 1x a week and you end at 170 lean body mass.
Genetics play a larger role than your split.
Lol, a lot of people are gonna see this and think they’ve hit their natural limit because they’ve been training for X amount of years. I think we should clarify that hitting your genetic limit requires X amount of years of PROPER training. I know I spent a good amount of time not doing myself any favors, and having to relearn lots of stuff (like alot of us are changing our training habits based on this thread alone). It’s like I tell my piano students - practice DOESNT make perfect. Practice makes PERMANENT. Unlearning bad habits takes twice the time. PROPER practice makes perfect. Some people can fuck around for years and get nowhere.
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Well I feel that goes without saying. Of course going in and training with 4/10 effort leaving 5 RIR on every set never breaking a sweat horrible diet etc isn’t going to reach anything of significance even based on their on genetics.
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There have been people in this very thread discussing stuff like that, and it SHOULD go without saying, but people have a fucked up way of looking at pieces of information and twisting it to fit their own opinions.
I don’t remember who it was, but someone came in the thread early on and was like “Paul thanks so much for your advice, totally agree, I’m gonna do a program with a shitload of volume now.”
There’s a guy in another sub forum asking why his arms aren’t growing, and when I asked him for his program it turns out he was doing 77 sets a week on them. No exaggeration.
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Yeah point taken. I recall that actually. I try to give ppl the benefit of the doubt. And assuming ppl that have read this far, if they read it all, are on the same page.
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Ok well then if volume was the driver then why weren’t his arms like 20 freakin inches?
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Yup, literal proof of diminishing returns.
How do these principles apply to powerlifting?
Is maintaining a certain level of sub-maximal volume on accessory movements important for building strength or can that be cut down in favor of 8 sets to failure/week?
Should these techniques be used on main lifts or just for accessories?
If this has been covered above please point me there.
“Natural Limit” : How best to asses that?
There are mathematical formulas out there…what do you think about those?
( on muscle for life, for example)
Have a read of Programming with 350 Method on Paul’s website.
Mathematical formulae are fine if you’re a triangle.
Gazz
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Sir, you have a solid workout program concept right there. Time to make money.
“Hypotenuse hypertrophy”
“180 degree sets”
“Hit every muscle from 3 angles” (don’t mind basic biomechanics)
“Keep your Muscle Pythagorean Synthesis elevated with the Anabolic Angle Transformation Formulae.”
Don’t be a square.
Remember this post when it gets big.
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How best to asses natural potential?
Working really really hard for many many years on end. There’s your natural potential.
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Hitting the muscle from different angles is actually tied in with biomechanics and better muscular development.
One on spectrum are the guys that overthink everything. The other spectrum are dudes who are shouting “basics! Just lift some f’n weights! It’s all the basics!!!”
It’s like the lifting version of Eastwood’s character from Gran Torino.
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True. Because of the understanding of principles rather than methods only.
I just needed my dad joke to be coherent without any deeper thought. I think a training ADD newbie’s head will implode if stressing the muscle at different lengths is thrown into the mix.
The different resistance curves are really fun to play around with, Paul. So thanks for reminding us of that (basic) tool.