CT,
After reading “Thibadudeau Talks Training” and your recently posted forum article “Things that don’t matter much…Things that do,” the oustanding theme is to create the proper physiological response for your body to maximize growth on a given day (or pay attention to your strengths and weaknesses on a given day, and take advantage of those areas of more strength for optimal growth). I also have read your “What I am doing now” thread which is - as expected - consistent with the aformentioned articles.
Now for my question . . .
I forget where I read this, but you said a warm-up should include light enough weight for a particular exercise to perform 50 reps. I was wondering what type of warm-ups you use–or what would you consider a “Thibaudeau Warm-Up?” Obviously, with 50 reps, that acceleration will definitely overpower that mass! Thanks for your dedication to training and T-Nation.
[quote]Eric Buratty wrote:
CT,
After reading “Thibadudeau Talks Training” and your recently posted forum article “Things that don’t matter much…Things that do,” the oustanding theme is to create the proper physiological response for your body to maximize growth on a given day (or pay attention to your strengths and weaknesses on a given day, and take advantage of those areas of more strength for optimal growth). I also have read your “What I am doing now” thread which is - as expected - consistent with the aformentioned articles.
Now for my question . . .
I forget where I read this, but you said a warm-up should include light enough weight for a particular exercise to perform 50 reps. I was wondering what type of warm-ups you use–or what would you consider a “Thibaudeau Warm-Up?” Obviously, with 50 reps, that acceleration will definitely overpower that mass! Thanks for your dedication to training and T-Nation.[/quote]
I never said that!!! I never do long warm-up sets… ever.
In fact, I don’t do warm-ups at all.
I do ‘feel sets’ or ‘practice sets’. Basically I start my ramping/work sets at 50-60% of my max. Any set before that is considered a feel set, to gradually get used to the weight. I normally do these for sets of 1 to 5 reps starting with around 20-30% and working up toward my first work set. You want as little fatigue as possible.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Eric Buratty wrote:
CT,
After reading “Thibadudeau Talks Training” and your recently posted forum article “Things that don’t matter much…Things that do,” the oustanding theme is to create the proper physiological response for your body to maximize growth on a given day (or pay attention to your strengths and weaknesses on a given day, and take advantage of those areas of more strength for optimal growth).
I also have read your “What I am doing now” thread which is - as expected - consistent with the aformentioned articles.
Now for my question . . .
I forget where I read this, but you said a warm-up should include light enough weight for a particular exercise to perform 50 reps. I was wondering what type of warm-ups you use–or what would you consider a “Thibaudeau Warm-Up?” Obviously, with 50 reps, that acceleration will definitely overpower that mass! Thanks for your dedication to training and T-Nation.
I never said that!!! I never do long warm-up sets… ever.
In fact, I don’t do warm-ups at all.
I do ‘feel sets’ or ‘practice sets’. Basically I start my ramping/work sets at 50-60% of my max. Any set before that is considered a feel set, to gradually get used to the weight. I normally do these for sets of 1 to 5 reps starting with around 20-30% and working up toward my first work set.
You want as little fatigue as possible.[/quote]
Thibs, I think you misundertood him, I think he meant that you would warm up with a weight that you can lift 50 times meaning something like 50 percent or whatever of your 1RM, not that you would do the actual 50 reps with the weight
When you say you don’t do warmups at all do you only mean “warmups” in regards to before a particular exercise or are you in fact referencing warmups before a session itself aka a routine tailored to each session that will raise core temperature while activating the nervous system, address various mobility issues, shoulder issues, dynamic stretching etc. (i.e. John Paul Catanzaro strength warmup, magnificent mobility and so on)
On the subject of warmups, do you employ “cooldown” routines after a session and if so could you provide an example. Thank you for taking the time to read this post and I look forward to your response.