Do some heavy, frequent Prowler work. There’s your intensity. Don’t fuck with the TM though. Add more assistance if you’d like — WITHOUT beating yourself to a pulp for the next workout.
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Hey Young Duke
First thing first.
Really happy for you to finish 11 grade and going out on a high note acing the tests i awesome.
What are you going to do for next year?
Then as the Hog would say keep grinding, I’m sure the weights will catch up on you sooner or later. Better later.
And as Brett says manipulate a bit on the tempo or the rest.
I’m not that familiar with Cube is it a bit like 531 where you’re upping the TM every 3 weeks or so. If it is then you’ll put on a massive 150 lb or 75 kg on the tm in a year… If the lifts are still easy should you then up the TM more or trust said program? that had put 75 kg on your TM and gotten your true 1RM a lot higher.
Work on your technique if it is that easy, really taking the time to setup every rep, brace hard on every rep, do a slow eccentric and explode from the bottom.
You could also try for your own and win or fail.
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This. Trust the program. Don’t program hop. Trust me on this.
Lol.
Well yeah
Thanks man. Im going to do year 12 next year
I don’t really know much about the cube method. I’m just doing it because i felt like doing a program for my squats and it looked decent. Plus brett recommended it to me so i got the program off of him and yeah. I despise following programs so i dont view it as a program. On the day im training i just look at it and see what i have to do for the day, so im like tricking myself into thinking i planned it sort of.
Well my neurotype responds the best to weights in the 80% -low 90’s%. From personal experience so far I’ve found it to be true, leading up to my front squat max i was doing sets mainly in the 80% range and a bacm off set at 70% and heavy front squat walkouts two weeks to get used to the weight. With push presses I’ve been doing 90% and a back of amrap set, adding reps each time to both the sets then upping weight and its increased alot.
" Each has its positives and its negatives. If you adopt a training style that doesn’t match your psychological and neurological type, you simply won’t get results from it, no matter how well-designed the program is."
This is true. If i do a program like 5/3/1 i would fail. Therefore program doesnt matter as much.
“Type 1 lifters need a lot of variation in their training. They’re your typical “I can’t follow a program” guys. They always want to try something new. If you put them on programs like 5/3/1 or The Power Look (programs based around doing the same stuff over and over) they’ll get de-motivated and won’t get results.”
"We often say that we need to stick to a program to make progress, but in their case it’s not necessarily true. Remember, whatever helps you train the hardest will give you the best results. On a static program, novelty seekers get bored easily and will lose focus if the training is too repetitive. In their case, a lack of sufficient variety is actually a stressor. "
Training the hardest beats programming in the case of a neurotype 1. That being said you cant train like a dumbfuck and get good results. A program with variation like cube method is good though. It has variation like dynamic days etc.
I find myself naturally training alot like a type 1
“Type 1 athletes do better on lower reps of explosive or heavy work. Longer-duration reps, especially on big compound movements, will decrease their motivation. For the big lifts, they should stick to sets of 4-6 when trying to build muscle and 1-3 reps when focusing on strength.”
“Type 1’s don’t do well on a percentage based progression model. They lose interest and feel trapped. The RM system – using the most weight they can in good form for the prescribed rep – is more effective. It makes the workout look more “open” or adaptable.”
So when i said todays front squats were too easy, this is what i meant…
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Btw this is excellent man
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You are a strongman right. If you decide that cube isn’t you then:
Go to Brian Alsruhe AKA Alpha and look at his Darkhorse program.
Found on his website neversate.
3 weeks pounding on a variation lift followed by a comp lift 10 sets of 3 emom set. New variation every 3 weeks.
I’ll bet that one will have you working hard. like real hard.
I dont hate the cube yet lol. Just if it stays easy then i will adjust accordingly. I think its interesting, in fact I’m looking at buying the cube method for strongman.
I havent even looked at that yet! I saw the results you guys got from it and was very impressed with the effort yous put in. It looked very challenging. After my strongman comp in april I’m going to settle down a bit and i think something like darkhorse will be good. Im pushing it constantly and my bodies going to need a break. I have to increase my strenght alot in order to compete in april… i missed 8 months of training and comp weights are heavy as hell for a novice comp. from what I’ve seen darkhorse is more conditioning and fatigue accumulation am i correct?
This is true.
This is more true. If you stick with the compounds and progress them in a feasible manner, you will progress. Then again, this in and of itself is a form of programming.
Brian is a strongman competitor himself so the programs reflects that.
You’re working hard but the start of the workout is about working up to a 5 3 or 1 rep max on the variation lift, If you push yourself there then it’s tough, then you do backoff with 20% lighter weight doing that for an amrap set.
Then it’s the emom set I mentioned.
He puts the work as giant sets 4 exercises the last being either condition or Strongman event thing.
Assistance could be a strongman event of your own choice.
Go ahead have a look. I think you would love it.
If you are determined to be a “type 1” lifter then westside conjugate ME / DE training is what you describe.
You have a lot of reps on the standard lift to make before conjugate will benefit you…
Stick to a program and learn some discipline.
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No the Darkhorse is a conjugate based system that has max effort every time you enter the gym. If you are a type 1A you will explode on the Darkhorse. But it is a brutal teacher and will show you what deep CNS fatigue feels like. Believe me you haven’t seen it.
Does this feel like impending paralyzation under a squat bar even after a week-long deload?
Looks really good.
Are you a type 1 as well? Im a firm believer on neurotyping stuff, it just makes a shit tonne of sense and i feel i can understand myself better and how i should train alot more. I like how it explains why i do certain things that i do.
I can’t run this while i have school if its that fatiguing on the cns, i need a deload after 4 weeks of training and i turn into a zombie and i struggle to get shit done, irritable,very angry, dont sleep much etc. I hate that because that week is hell at school lol. I can run it next year early in the school year because the assessments and tests wont be piled up.
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Yeah man
Never thought of it like that, but yeah i guess it is a form of programming.
You know, you’re progress is quite good. You are limited on what you can eat, and the sleep you get and workout schedule, but you still get your training in and keep progressing.
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Effort trumps all, I guess. Lifting is more mental than anything else. Thanks for the compliment.
How are you hanging? I’ve hanged with 90kgs added and can get a stretch with 25kgs. Don’t try to contract your lats or to pull your shoulders down - let them go up, you can’t really feel the stretch otherwise.
Also, where do you keep the dip belt? (If you use one) if it’s too high your lower back can’t really stretch.
But if you’re doing it correctly, go ahead, just don’t go crazy
With my newfound expertise I can tell you that you can only be one neurotype (You’re probably a 1A) but it is correct that under prolonged stress you can move “down” the neurotype scale.
Type 1Bs need a lot of variation, and they get a lot of carryover from exercise to exercise. Type 1A can use the same exercises for longer as long as the intensity is there (just go and see my log, I’ve been doing heavy work 6 days a week for the last 6-7 weeks, and haven’t even though about switching yet. With volume-based,.“lighter” programs I really want to switch after a couple of weeks).
Also, CT has stated that the neurotype articles on T-Nation were published a bit too early; they have some false information.
Heavy for 1A, explosive for 1B to be exact.
If we go by neurotypes, darkhorse will fuck you up real good if you’re a 1A; too much volume, too little rest (=too much adrenaline > crashing dopamine) and overall too long workouts for a 1A. For a 2A (1B could probably tolerate it) it would work really well
Yes I’m a 1A. The program I’m running currently (high reps) is killing my ass and demotivating me, but it is good for me to train this way some so I do…
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You mean just hang there? When i did that the first time my shoulders felt messed up.
I wore it pretty low yesterday. My setup with the dip belt could still be improved though
Interesting. Alot of the type 1b questions i answered yes to. Is that because Im type 1a and they’re sort of similar?
I find i can do the same main lifts forever, but i have to switch up assistance exercises often or I just start skipping the assistance. I’ve started front squatting twice a week now and i thought it might bother me but not at all.
That sucks. So people cant understand neurotypes correctly without the course?
I don’t like explosive work much. Heavy is nice
My training sessions usually take an hour-1hr 30. Anything longer than that and i just want to leave lol.
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I have never payed attention to what sort of neurotype I am. I don’t think I do particularly bad with High Volume or High Intensity. I always want to switch my programs and hop from exercise to exercise but I just say fuck the boredom and keep digging.
This might be the dumbest thing this thread has heard in centuries but personally I feel like attaching yourself to a neurotype is kinda limiting. I’m pretty explosive and if I train it I can handle pretty long aerobic work well. I haven’t read much into it and from what I have I can’t find a neurotype that fits me… I just want all the good traits lol.
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That’s not dumb, That’s pretty smart. Up until a certain point though (Neurotype profile shouldnt be ignored) you cant just train in a way you’re not designed to. last year i trained more bodybuilding and higher volume and i would always get burned out and i made fuck all progress. My progress right now is incredible from training with lower volume and heavier weights.
I dont know what neurotype you could be, @danteism would know. Hes completed the neurotyping course.
Agreed.