I’ve noticed the exact same thing. In fact I use hand towels and fold them over to make a psuedo thick bar…for many pressing movements I find it easier on the old shoulder joings.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Loui.s wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Thy. wrote:
Great lifting, Thib! Heavy low-rep lifting all the way…
By the way, I don’t get what is the point of thick-bar in any pressing?
For some reason I find it to be much easier on the shoulders
I think that it has to do with the fact that one can’t grip as hard as one would be able to with a regular bar. There might be some connection between grip (when resistance exist AKA weight) and shoulder activation. I tried using a thicker bar for the lat pulldown and noticed it wasn’t as bad on the shoulders.
Yep, that’s the main part of m theory and Tim Hall, a doctor specialised in pain treatment agreed yesterday[/quote]
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Addweight wrote:
Thib, it seems like you use very low volume for improving strength. Do you
think that, the more advanced you are, the less volume you need (because
with every set you produce a big punishment) or, as some think, the more
advanced you are, the more sets you need to disrup homeostasis?.
Low volume? In that workout I did a total of 17 work sets… all pressing movements above 85% of my max… that’s not low volume!!![/quote]
But those were warm up sets. It’s like the 5x5 pyramid: the 4 prior sets are
warm ups, and the last set the work set.
[quote]Addweight wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Addweight wrote:
Thib, it seems like you use very low volume for improving strength. Do you
think that, the more advanced you are, the less volume you need (because
with every set you produce a big punishment) or, as some think, the more
advanced you are, the more sets you need to disrup homeostasis?.
Low volume? In that workout I did a total of 17 work sets… all pressing movements above 85% of my max… that’s not low volume!!!
But those were warm up sets. It’s like the 5x5 pyramid: the 4 prior sets are
warm ups, and the last set the work set.[/quote]
Coach Thib says that all pressing movements were done above 85% of his max. Those sets are more than just “warm up sets”.
[quote]Addweight wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Addweight wrote:
Thib, it seems like you use very low volume for improving strength. Do you
think that, the more advanced you are, the less volume you need (because
with every set you produce a big punishment) or, as some think, the more
advanced you are, the more sets you need to disrup homeostasis?.
Low volume? In that workout I did a total of 17 work sets… all pressing movements above 85% of my max… that’s not low volume!!!
But those were warm up sets. It’s like the 5x5 pyramid: the 4 prior sets are
warm ups, and the last set the work set.[/quote]
The 17 sets were all above 85%. I didn’t post the workout I did so how can you assume that they were warm-up sets is beond me! The warm-up (or practice) sets are those below 70% and are not counted in the equation.