Hey Thib, I was wondering if supplementing with Vanadyl Sulfate and Chromium Polynicotinate with Receptor Max be helpful with insulin sensitivity or useless and maybe even harmful? I eat alot of carbs during my mass phases and if I can get even more carb tolerant than I already am, the better. I just don’t want to do anything that will leave me hypoglycemic or ill. Thanks ahead of time!
Coach, i’m currently in a mass gain focus, my carb sources as of now include green veggies/tomatoes, Surge Recovery pre/post workout and trace amounts from nuts and protein powders. If i wanted to add some fruits for more variety and nutrients where would they fit best? With breakfast? Or in the meal following my post workout Surge? Or is adding fruits even necessary?
Thanks in advance and enjoy the well deserved time off
Hey Christian, quick question, I got your Get Jacked e-book and I was wondering for the protein portions given, is that the raw or cooked amount? The one I’m specifically wondering about is the chicken breast (the reason I ask is there’s a big difference between 75g raw and 75g cooked!). Thanks, looking forward to starting the program.
Hope this gets in before you’re done packing and leaving…
Ok, I have a question as to how to hit the lower traps hard enough to induce hypertrophy. I’m talking I want to get them to Dorian Yates proportions here. They show on him even when he isn’t strictly dieted down they’re so big. I can’t think of enough exercises that will really target that area with enough weight or overload to induce serious hypertrophy.
Exercises I can think of for lower/mid traps-- 10-2 dumbbell raises (backwards on an incline bench), snatch, OH squats, facepulls. That’s it.
The facepulls I have trouble feeling in my lower traps at all, the 10-2 raises limit weight too much to be effective for more than prehab/health, and the snatch, although one of my all-time fav. movements, is too demanding to do heavy given my current volume and intensity of squats/DL/GMs.
Any other exercises, or tricks or tweaks to hit the low traps hard? Superset combo’s you’ve tried and liked? Please?
question #2 – would you use Poliquin’s insulin sensitivity stack or Biotest’s Receptor Max if you were to do a rehash of your “squash my extra lower back fat” phase in your Thib Prep thread? Or do you use one of them now? Or both?
Coach I hope what I’m about to do is ok since you’re going on vacation but its technically a violation of your rules because I’ve asked this question before. So please please don’t blacklist me.
You said stutter reps would blow up the vm. I was wondering if you had any version that could do the same for the vastus lateralis.or what part of the lift bottom or top emphasized it. I already do close stanc hacks and leg press but didn’t know if there might be something else. Thanks
Sorry CT I didn’t see this thread until now, I’ll just paste what I put in the last one
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
pumped340 wrote:
Regarding “The Regressive Ketogenic Cycle” diet you wrote ( http://www.T-Nation.com/...ogram_dominance ) I know it hasn’t been too long but are there any changes you would make? I ask mainly because it is 4 weeks and you seem to recently be talking about no more than 2 weeks for this type of thing.
No no no no… I’m talking about 2-4 weeks fat loss blitz being the longer you can go on a super severe approach. The RKC only has 2 super restrictive weeks as carbs are added back in gradually.
pumped340 wrote:
Also I thought cardio should be only low intensity due to the very low carbs/calories but above you said you can somewhat go “all out”, does this apply with this 4 weeks too?
4 weeks is the maximum limit for a blitz. Most shouldn’t do it for more than 3 and 2 is safe for all.
pumped340 wrote:
Finally, what type of weight training is suggested during this time?
Heavy lifting
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Ok great, I’m excited to give it a shot after my next mass phase. 4 weeks of extremely tough work/dieting is completely worth it if I can actually drop 4-5%bf that quickly, seems like you could do it just twice a year to maintain a good bf% long term.
I’ll likely do 3 heavy workouts along with 4-5 cardio sessions mixing up walking(on workout days), intervals, and sled dragging.
I would think someone with not a lot of muscle mass (myself) would be able to go for the longer amount of time (3-4 weeks) because the body has less muscle it needs to “hold on to”
By the way CT, is there any reason most people don’t cut body fat this way? It doesn’t seem gimmicky (like how the V-Diet comes across to me) and if it works so fast I don’t understand why most bodybuilders or those just looking to get cut fast wouldn’t start with a similar approach.
hi coach
Thank you for doing this it is very generous of you.
I am hitting a bit of a plattue been on 5x5 pull push lower for a few months now. I noticed you did HST 10 rep phase. I was wondering would this be good to do for me to extract some size from the strength i have built from 5x5? Is that the best phase of the program? Or maybe i should just switch to a regular program for a while. Any input opinions appreciated.
Thib,
I’m not sure if you’ll get to this before you leave, and if not, have an excellent trip.
If someone were looking to make significant improvements in flexibility (at least in terms of what their ultimate individual potential would be), do you have any suggestions with regard to what method(s) and type of schedule set-up would help accomplish this in the most timely and efficient manner possible?
Hello, coach! Have a good vacation. Thank you for everything; your help and insights make a big difference.
After completing Get Jacked Fast, would you personally recommend any specific (strength) program for 2+ months of weight maintenance? If not, does a 4-day split with HIIT and some steady state sound reasonable?
Another question - for gaining mass, is HSS-100 still your most up-to-date program? Or will it be “replaced” by the mechanical drop-set series?
Finally… Do you subscribe to the idea that fat loss, like muscle gain, is cyclical? i.e. one can go for several days without significant fat loss, and then “shed” pounds quickly? I’m sure this must’ve been brought up before, but couldn’t find anything.
Once again, thanks for all your help, regardless of whether you answer this or not. Have a great time.
[quote]flamez wrote:
hi coach
Thank you for doing this it is very generous of you.
I am hitting a bit of a plattue been on 5x5 pull push lower for a few months now. I noticed you did HST 10 rep phase. I was wondering would this be good to do for me to extract some size from the strength i have built from 5x5? Is that the best phase of the program? Or maybe i should just switch to a regular program for a while. Any input opinions appreciated. [/quote]
Where did you read that? I tried the HST program once like 5 years ago and hated it.
As for what program to use, it depends on your goal. Hypertrophy or strength.
But generally speaking, when you hit the wall with a program it’s often effective to switch to its exact opposite for a short period of time.
If your program called for low reps, do high reps
If it called for little exercise variation, do more movements
If it called for training each muscle group once, train each 2-3 times per week
If it called for long rest intervals, cut them shorter…
Etc.
Coach
Please disregard the last question above!
Apologies for the double post, but I just remembered that you’d answered the last question quite recently. It takes ages for my posts to appear, so I won’t be able to edit the question out; again, sorry!
G
[quote]pumped340 wrote:
I would think someone with not a lot of muscle mass (myself) would be able to go for the longer amount of time (3-4 weeks) because the body has less muscle it needs to “hold on to”[/quote]
That’s just a plain dumb assumption. In fact it is likely the opposite.
If you have less muscle it tells me three things:
Either…
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Your lifting experience is short and you didn’t have time to build a lot of muscle yet.
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Your body is not genetically predisposed to holding on a lot of muscle mass.
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You have not been training the proper way to gain muscle.
In case no.1 remember that the longer your body carried a lot of muscle, the more ‘‘used’’ it is to having this muscle and the easier it is to maintain that size. Someone who has not been carrying a lot of muscle for a long time will be much more likely to lose what he gained. TRUE he has less to lose, but what he has, he can lose more easily.
In case no.2 well, if your body is not genetically designed to be muscular, then it will be even harder to maintain the muscle gained.
In case no.3 if you have not learned to train properly, it will be harder to stimulate your muscles enough to keep them while dieting.
[quote]pumped340 wrote:
By the way CT, is there any reason most people don’t cut body fat this way? It doesn’t seem gimmicky (like how the V-Diet comes across to me) and if it works so fast I don’t understand why most bodybuilders or those just looking to get cut fast wouldn’t start with a similar approach. [/quote]
Because it’s not really the best way to do things. While it will work, there is still a lot of room to screw up. Sometimes people will go overboard during the bulking period, thinking that ‘‘what the heck, I’ll just diet harder in a few weeks’’.
There is also the fact that in most people 2-3 months of ‘‘gaining’’ isn’t long enough to stimulate a large increase in muscle mass.
[quote]Smooth_Serb wrote:
Hey Christian, quick question, I got your Get Jacked e-book and I was wondering for the protein portions given, is that the raw or cooked amount? The one I’m specifically wondering about is the chicken breast (the reason I ask is there’s a big difference between 75g raw and 75g cooked!). Thanks, looking forward to starting the program.[/quote]
Raw
[quote]Eazy wrote:
Coach, i’m currently in a mass gain focus, my carb sources as of now include green veggies/tomatoes, Surge Recovery pre/post workout and trace amounts from nuts and protein powders. If i wanted to add some fruits for more variety and nutrients where would they fit best? With breakfast? Or in the meal following my post workout Surge? Or is adding fruits even necessary?
Thanks in advance and enjoy the well deserved time off[/quote]
No carbs are ‘‘necessary’’, but they can make the mass gaining process easier.
I’d have them with breakfast, to quickly fill liver glycogen.
Some can also be a good addition to your post-workout meal.
[quote]elusive wrote:
Hey Thib, I was wondering if supplementing with Vanadyl Sulfate and Chromium Polynicotinate with Receptor Max be helpful with insulin sensitivity or useless and maybe even harmful? I eat alot of carbs during my mass phases and if I can get even more carb tolerant than I already am, the better. I just don’t want to do anything that will leave me hypoglycemic or ill. Thanks ahead of time![/quote]
From experience, vanadyl and chromium are useful only if you are deficient in those minerals.
Thank you coach
i read it in beast evolves, have a great holiday.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
pumped340 wrote:
By the way CT, is there any reason most people don’t cut body fat this way? It doesn’t seem gimmicky (like how the V-Diet comes across to me) and if it works so fast I don’t understand why most bodybuilders or those just looking to get cut fast wouldn’t start with a similar approach.
Because it’s not really the best way to do things. While it will work, there is still a lot of room to screw up. Sometimes people will go overboard during the bulking period, thinking that ‘‘what the heck, I’ll just diet harder in a few weeks’’.
There is also the fact that in most people 2-3 months of ‘‘gaining’’ isn’t long enough to stimulate a large increase in muscle mass.
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Now that I think about it it’s probably closer to 6 months. That seems to be the cut off point for me where I generally go from around 11% to 16% or so depending on how fast I’m gaining weight.
From what I’m reading it seems like as long as you just incorporate it as your normal cut there wouldn’t be problems unless I’m missing some drawbacks from it.
hi CT
what are good substitutes for Rope cable pressdown: low double contraction in beast building part 3?
i am at home for the weekend and i have only barbells and dumbbels.
Thanks for your time and enjoy your holidays
[quote]totti13 wrote:
hi CT
what are good substitutes for Rope cable pressdown: low double contraction in beast building part 3?
i am at home for the weekend and i have only barbells and dumbbels.
Thanks for your time and enjoy your holidays[/quote]
Overhead DB triceps extension, double-contraction at the top half
Enjoy cuba!