I’m at a pretty frustrating point in my training - secondary impingement in both shoulders and patellofemoral pain syndrome in both knees for about two years now (I’ve only been training for three!).
Somehow, over those past two years I’ve built myself up from about 169 lbs to 201 lbs. I think I’ve plateaued now though, and I’m lifting less weight now than I was a year and a half ago. I just can’t push myself anymore, but I know there is potential for so much more.
I am currently seeing a physio for my shoulders, and it seems to be helping, but I think continually lifting weights is just slowing things down. I hate the prospect of not weight training for a while, but do you think it might be the only real option if I want my injuries to heal?
This is a bit random. I was wondering if you’ve heard of mycoprotein, it’s the stuff that is used in meat replacement stuff, like sausages and burgers. A company called Quorn makes them. I can’t find anything on this type of protein/stuff, so I’m thinking it’s gotta be pretty s**tty if there’s no information about it.
The other question, sort of applies to me. I like eating big salads with my meat, but a person I know went to see a nutrionist and was told that she had a damp stomach. BTW she too eats loads of salads. Have you ever come across that?
I’ve heard of some coaches recommending doing only the concentric portion of the deadlift and then dropping the weight(preferably with bumper plates) and re-setting for the next rep. Do you feel there is value in attempting to do the eccentric(even an accentuated one in some cases)? And, if so, is the correct method for lowering the weight to essentially push the hips back like with an RDL until the bar passes the knees and then break at the knees to “squat” it down the rest of the way?
A trainer at my gym was recently talking to me about metabolism. He said that taking your temperature first thing in the morning using an oral thermometer is a good way to get a feel for where your metabolism is at because normal body temperature would be around 97-98 degrees and that a one degree drop will indicate a 15% drop in resting metabolic rate. Thus, if you start off on a diet and your body temp is 97.5, and six weeks later it�??s down to 96.5, your metabolism will probably have dropped about 15%. In order to increase the temperature, he advises taking some time off the diet.
I know that you have a wealth of knowledge when it comes to nutrition and metabolism, so I wanted to ask you if this information is accurate or if it needs to be tweaked somewhat to be truly applicable? And as far as time off from a diet, what is an appropriate amount to bump calories up during this “time off”(+10-20% of total calories?)and is there a minimum time off you’d suggest or should the time off be dependent upon continued measuring and assessment of daily body temperature taken first thing in the a.m.?
If following the “rules” you’ve talked about in articles regarding twice-a-day training, how long can this style of training be used? If the time is available, can this be done longterm or is it preferable to use it for 4-8 weeks followed by periods of one-a-day training?
Coach i know it sound stupid. I broke a feet, i train for strength. I was training upper/lower 4x week, now i can´t squat, deadlift. Can i increase my upper body training and do something for the other leg, like pistols, or it would be stupid?
Christian,
if you may
is there ever a circum stance where one body part requires more accumulation or intensification than another.
example being, the lower body requiring more relative strength than is required in the upper body for a particular activity.
and could you programme for this difference.
eg lower body relative strength protocols 6 weeks
upper body relative strength 4weeks 2 weeks functional strenth protocols.
or is it standard to stick to one phase.
i guess i m asking can you periodize per body part
Coach, for what you’ve stated earlier regarding leucine i’ll assume you are a BCAA fan and have used it with success with clients (or would it be solely leucine?)…
Have you heard of the company Supplement Direct? Is it reliable? I want to buy BCAAs and they are selling for a very good price?
[quote]Player wrote:
Coach, for what you’ve stated earlier regarding leucine i’ll assume you are a BCAA fan and have used it with success with clients (or would it be solely leucine?)…
Have you heard of the company Supplement Direct? Is it reliable? I want to buy BCAAs and they are selling for a very good price?
PR[/quote]
There are only 3 companies that I will vouch for from having used their product and had clients use their products as well as having confirmation that the ingredients on the bottle are really what is in the product. They are:
Biotest
Poliquin’s
XPN (a Canadian company only available in Quebec)
[quote]berislav wrote:
could you please help with the questions i posted in a thread in the beginner section. the name of the thread is ‘‘putting everything together’’
please! i’m desperate, and you are one of the best sources of training information!![/quote]
If you read the rules to my forum you will see that I do not answer to those who repost their questions or try to jump in front of others.
PLUS (and this is the big thing) I’m on my HONEYMOON right now. I try to answer some questions, but yours is like 10 pages long, I can’t spend that long reading it and giving you a complete answer during my HONEYMOON.
sorry man, didn’t mean to offend anyone…just a stupid mistake i made and won’t make again. sorry once again. i wish you all the best on your honeymoon (lots of honey and moon).
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Player wrote:
Coach, for what you’ve stated earlier regarding leucine i’ll assume you are a BCAA fan and have used it with success with clients (or would it be solely leucine?)…
Have you heard of the company Supplement Direct? Is it reliable? I want to buy BCAAs and they are selling for a very good price?
PR
There are only 3 companies that I will vouch for from having used their product and had clients use their products as well as having confirmation that the ingredients on the bottle are really what is in the product. They are:
Biotest
Poliquin’s
XPN (a Canadian company only available in Quebec)[/quote]
Direct me towards, what you would recommend as a “get my ass back into the program” routine. It’s been almost nine years now since my last incursion with a weight. I was always big into the compound movements, I have noticed that you seem to use alot of “olympic-style variants”. I like that idea. Sorry if I posted in the wrong forum. This is post #1 for me.