Coach,
I’ve been competing in power lifting for a little over 2 years, with good solid gains and two weeks ago I was in an auto accident where I broke my 3rd metacarpal in my left hand (luckily I am rt handed) and my right patella. Doc says Im out for 3 months from getting back to my training (starting very lightly).
Example: Nothing other than light walking for the first 6 weeks, than I can try bodywt. squats.
Is there anything you could recommend for me to do and/or eat to help preserve the muscle?
I also remember reading an article regarding training one side of the body and how a percentage of that (small, Im sure)carries over to the non-working side??? Any thoughts on this?
some folks at my gym are doing this thing they call “compression therapy” where after they workout they put on these body girdles and wraps to push the lactic acid out of their body. Or that is what they say it does. It is also supposed to push fluid out of the joints so it is to help with inflammation.
Have you ever heard of this?
I would have thought you would want unrestricted circulation for muscle recovery.
some folks at my gym are doing this thing they call “compression therapy” where after they workout they put on these body girdles and wraps to push the lactic acid out of their body. Or that is what they say it does. It is also supposed to push fluid out of the joints so it is to help with inflammation.
Have you ever heard of this?
I would have thought you would want unrestricted circulation for muscle recovery.
Thanks coach!
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I think there may be some credibility to that. In England soccer players have started adopting this, post match and with injuries to heal/recover quicker instead of using the traditional ice baths.
I have always been confused a little about this, is ice good for acute injuries to keep inflammation down but bad all other times as it raises cortisol?
When training for hypertrophy can an increase in strength be used to assess if the volume/frequency used is good? (Assuming that the work is in the strength-hypertrophy zone) Also, do you count the reps from back exercise such as bent over barbel row, chin up and pull up as reps for biceps.
To make this more clear supose my target is do to 100 reps/muscle group per week. If I do 100 reps for biceps with direct biceps work and 100 reps from chin up for back I would have 200 reps of biceps work.
The same would apply to pressing motion like bench press versus triceps works. In the Poliquin Principle it is state that small muscle group recover more quickly than large mucle group and can therefore handle more sets.
Are the biceps and triceps able to handle that much or should direct work on them be lowered? Also, should less work be done on biceps when trained the same day as the back?
some folks at my gym are doing this thing they call “compression therapy” where after they workout they put on these body girdles and wraps to push the lactic acid out of their body. Or that is what they say it does. It is also supposed to push fluid out of the joints so it is to help with inflammation.
Have you ever heard of this?
I would have thought you would want unrestricted circulation for muscle recovery.
Thanks coach!
I think there may be some credibility to that. In England soccer players have started adopting this, post match and with injuries to heal/recover quicker instead of using the traditional ice baths.
I have always been confused a little about this, is ice good for acute injuries to keep inflammation down but bad all other times as it raises cortisol?
I mentioned to my professor Poliqiun’s Biosignature Modulation and she laughed. I tried to explain her the basics from what I knew.
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Not that I wouldn’t want to know where I could find some concrete research of how Poliquin’s system works, but I doubt your professor knows a quarter about body fat testing than Coach Poliquin does.
I mentioned to my professor Poliqiun’s Biosignature Modulation and she laughed. I tried to explain her the basics from what I knew.
Not that I wouldn’t want to know where I could find some concrete research of how Poliquin’s system works, but I doubt your professor knows a quarter about body fat testing than Coach Poliquin does.
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DONT BOTHER talking to people with an academic background, who spend their day in a lecture hall, their minds are closed.
I wrote this routine using your article “How to Design a Damn Good Program”. I am 6’ 185lbs. I’m fairly muscular due to martial arts and some whole body routines, but I’m getting serious about my lifting now.
My goal is to gain strength and a little size. The program is an A-B split and I do it Monday, Wednesday, Friday. It’s divided into push/pull.
“A”
Barbell Bench
Front Squat
DB Incline Bench Press
Overhead DB Lunges
Ab exercise
Military Press
DB Curls
I do 5 sets of 4-5 reps for one week, then 4 sets of 6-8 reps the next week. I alternate the set/reps every week like that. I just started this, so any advice would be great before I get too far into it.
I’m training similar to the program you made in your easy-hard-gainer article and seeing the highest gains in strength I’ve ever had. Particulary, the short-wave method (5/2) increased my PRs very quickly. My question is what should I change once in a while in order to do it as long as possible ? For example, maybe change 5-4-3 wave for a 7-6-5 and so on ?
I just read your article this week and it got me wondering something. You wrote in the article that the Tsuki press is a good chest isolation ecersice to replace the DB flye with in a routine. That got me wondering two things: 1. how does the Tsuki press isolate more than a traditional DB press
What is the purpose of Flyes in a routine in the first place (I use them, but I really can’t find a straight answer about their neccesity and how they develop the chest versus presses).
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Sorry for the late replies guys. I have been hospitalized for the past 5 days without any computer access. I’ll try to get up to date ASAP.[/quote]
I am sorry to hear you have spent some time in the hospital. I hope all is okay and I wish you a speedy recovery. I am in a dilemma. I am a 25 year old male and up until now I have not been able to gain any weight or much muscle mass. I graduated college at 5’9 130lbs.
I recently started lifting hard after becoming extremely tired of all the criticism I had received about being a skinny bitch my whole life. I have been able to get up to about 160 lbs now but I am getting a little chubby around the midsection. My goals are 175-180lbs and single digit body fat. My scale shows me to be at about 160lbs and 16% bodyfat now.
The crazy thing is, I have a 6 pack when I flex but a gut if I don’t suck it in. I fucking hate that. How do I change it? I wanted to see if you would recommend the V-Diet to someone that was only 160 lbs. I will do anything I have to to achieve my goal. I am just afraid if I diet I will lose weight / muscle and return to my old skinny bitch form.
If this is out of place, which it may be I apologize for wasting your time. Get well soon!
Hey Thib,
Are you ok? Hope you are out and on the mend. I really enjoy you Monday’s with Thib series. Your recent one for stubborn legs is awesome.
Question, even with light weight on RDL’s left spinal erectors give out even on light weight (135lbs)and I am out of comission for a week or two. This is obviously a bio-mechanical weakness. My questions are: Who can I seek out to determine what the imbalance is and how to fix it (PT? Chiropractor).
I would love to resume deadlifts if I could find a way to work on my weakness and not get hurt.
Speedy recovery,
T
[quote]crod266 wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Sorry for the late replies guys. I have been hospitalized for the past 5 days without any computer access. I’ll try to get up to date ASAP.
o wow Thib care to share what happen[/quote]
Don’t take this the wrong way. But it really is none of your business.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
crod266 wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Sorry for the late replies guys. I have been hospitalized for the past 5 days without any computer access. I’ll try to get up to date ASAP.
o wow Thib care to share what happen
Don’t take this the wrong way. But it really is not of your business.[/quote]
o know i dont at all I probably should of worded it a diffrent way when I said it. I ment to say more of was this anything to do with training or an injury from training or something along those lines. It probably is not so your right Its none of my business
What are some key training point or excersices you recommend for a shot putter?
I hope to compete in that event in college. I did it a few times in junior high but wasnt able to in highschool on account of schedule. Its currently my senior year. I know I’m a little behind but what do you recommend?
Thanks and get better!