Coach Thibaudeau,
I’ve emailed some of coach Poliquin’s assistants, but I’m having a hard time getting ahold of them (understandable, they are probably very busy). I’m trying to find where I could possibly go get my Biosignature analysis done.
Do you know of any places in SoCal that offer the service? Thank you.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
HogLover wrote:
Hey Coach, is there any particular reason that you’re not answering my question above? –
Thanks
Sometimes I have a busy schedule and I don’t have time to answer all posts. But the main reason is that it is my policy (which I have stated NUMEROUS times) is that I do not respond to individuals who report their questions. I find it direspectful to me. Kinda like shouting ‘‘hey, answer me you dumbass’’.
I try to answer as many questions as I can, but I am not always able to do so.[/quote]
Coach Thibs-
Honestly, it was not my intention to be disrespectful. I saw that you had answered several questions after mine and I thought that maybe you had not seen my question so I reposted it hoping you’d see it. I promise I was trying to be rude or disrespectful. I appreciate the time that you give to all of us on this board and i was just hoping to get some clarification on what I’d read from your article.
If you’d still be willing I’d be very appreciative if you might find some time to address my question.
Thanks so much
HL
Hi, CT,
I have a question about how you might adjust unilateral training to accommodate an athlete’s having one side stronger than another for a muscle group.
Depending on the demands of their sport, athletes might benefit from unilateral limit-strength and acceleration-strength training, in addition to regular bilateral work.
But with an athlete who has a unilateral strength imbalance, how do you employ unilateral work without exacerbating the problem?
Should the athlete do unilateral work for both sides, but add extra volume (a set, or a pause and then extra reps, etc) for the weaker side?
Would you prescribe an extra exercise for the weaker side, with a similar movement pattern as the first exercise?
For example, bulgarian squats for 5 sets of 5 reps, after which, 2 sets of step-ups for the weaker side only.
Is there a rough percentage of strength difference, where you would ONLY use unilateral work for the weaker side?
Not to pin you down to a one-size-fits-all answer. Do you have any general recommendations?
Thanks,
Brian
Coach, I’ve seen you recommend a red meat/nut combination for a
pre-workout meal. If one were eating 1-1.5hours before a workout
how many grams of meat/nuts would you want to shoot for and could
you add vegetables such as mushrooms/peppers to that type of
meal?
[quote]Brian Smith wrote:
But with an athlete who has a unilateral strength imbalance, how do you employ unilateral work without exacerbating the problem?
Should the athlete do unilateral work for both sides, but add extra volume (a set, or a pause and then extra reps, etc) for the weaker side?
Would you prescribe an extra exercise for the weaker side, with a similar movement pattern as the first exercise?
For example, bulgarian squats for 5 sets of 5 reps, after which, 2 sets of step-ups for the weaker side only.
Is there a rough percentage of strength difference, where you would ONLY use unilateral work for the weaker side?
Not to pin you down to a one-size-fits-all answer. Do you have any general recommendations?
Thanks,
Brian [/quote]
[quote]Eazy wrote:
Coach, I’ve seen you recommend a red meat/nut combination for a
pre-workout meal. If one were eating 1-1.5hours before a workout
how many grams of meat/nuts would you want to shoot for and could
you add vegetables such as mushrooms/peppers to that type of
meal?[/quote]
No, I recommended that as a PRE-GAME meal, not the same thing at all.
Pre-workout I recommend 1/2 to 1 serving of SURGE 20 minutes prior to the workout
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Merci bien, CT
thib,when talking about your article shoulder training bible would machine overhead presses be a basic or secondary movement?
Hey Coach,
I’d first like to thank you for helping me with my pre-game nutrition. It helped a lot.
I am interested to get your thoughts on in-season training. I would like to keep the muscle and size I put on in the summer, but am afraid to overtrain, especially in the legs. We skate usually 6 days a week, for around 2 hours per day.
Are there any in-season workouts or splits you find to be beneficial for keeping strength and size up (any you used with your hockey players)? Also any nutritional advice you would be able to offer will be very helpful.
I feel like I am having a hard time getting all the calories I need in. I am still eating 200g of animal flesh with a handful of green veggies and 10-12 g of fishoil for normal, not peri-workout/skate, meals.
Thank you,
hckyman147
[quote]hckyman147 wrote:
Hey Coach,
I’d first like to thank you for helping me with my pre-game nutrition. It helped a lot.
I am interested to get your thoughts on in-season training. I would like to keep the muscle and size I put on in the summer, but am afraid to overtrain, especially in the legs. We skate usually 6 days a week, for around 2 hours per day.
Are there any in-season workouts or splits you find to be beneficial for keeping strength and size up (any you used with your hockey players)? Also any nutritional advice you would be able to offer will be very helpful.
I feel like I am having a hard time getting all the calories I need in. I am still eating 200g of animal flesh with a handful of green veggies and 10-12 g of fishoil for normal, not peri-workout/skate, meals.
Thank you,
hckyman147
[/quote]
I would also like to hear about this, should your diet change during the season by slightly increasing carbs for energy or should you still try and avoid carbs if your are above 10% bf?
Thib,
If I incline bench 90% and close-grip bench about the same as what I flat bench, does that mean that I lack pec strength?
Should one normally flat bench much more ?
Thanks for your time.
Why do you recommend never eating simple carbs such as bagels, white bread, white pasta e.t.c even if it is post-workout?
Does eating complex, whole grain/wheat, starchy carbs yield better body composition than eating simple carbs such as bagels, white bread or white pasta?
Hi Coach,
Workouts have been difficult ever since I have started working graveyard shifts Thursday-Saturday nights. My sleep patterns are thrown off and I have very little energy after sleeping during the bulk of the day.
That being said, is there a good workout I can do on Monday-Wednesday that will give me good results while possibly injecting energy systems work during the latter part of the week?
Thanks for your time.
-Ryan
Thib,
I have a few questions relating to the abridged excerpt below, which is from your “Supplements For Newbies” article:
WORKOUT OPTIMIZATION
Strategy 1 Pre-workout
Taurine: 3-5g (neural activation)
BCAAs: 10g
Whey isolate: 10-15g
Creatine: 5g*
Strategy 2 During workout
BCAAs: 10-20g spread throughout the workout
Surge: (one serving if you’re at 10% body fat or under, one half serving if you’re between 10 and 15%)
Whey isolate: 10-15g (instead of Surge if you’re above 15% body fat)
Strategy 4 Post-workout recovery
Surge: (same as with strategy 2)
Whey isolate: 25-50g and glutamine 20g (instead of Surge if you’re above 15%)
Glycine 20g: (to lower cortisol)
Creatine 5g
My Questions:
Regarding the taurine in strategy 1, I thought that taurine was inhibitory in most folks, but here it says neural activation. Was I mistaken about it being inhibitory?
Is the 5g creatine pre-workout recommended because it would be able to be readily used during the workout?
Are the 10g BCAA prior and 10-20 BCAA during in the same vein as the recommendation of 0.2g/lb. during the workout that I often see you give or is this something different?
Are the 20g glycine in Strategy 4 only if using the whey isolate and glutamine option or does that recommendation stand even if consuming Surge post workout?
Would the decision as to when to consume high-dose BCAA’s during as well as Surge both during and post-workout versus when to use only high-dose BCAA’s during and Surge or a glutamine/ glycine/ whey isolate drink post workout always be strictly related to current body composition or would there be other reasons for deciding whether to consume Surge during or skip it during a training session?
Are the 10-15g whey isolate pre-workout recommended only if forgoing Surge during the workout or even if consuming Surge during and post?
Thank you for your time and help, coach.
[quote]ArcticAce wrote:
My Questions:
Yes you were, as most people are because taurine is one of the ingredients in energy drinks. Taurine is a marketing ploy. The caffeine in the drink gets you hyped up then the taurine makes you crash so you buy another energy drink.
[quote]ArcticAce wrote:
2) Is the 5g creatine pre-workout recommended because it would be able to be readily used during the workout? [/quote]
Yes, recent studies have shown that it is the most effective time to take it, along with post-workout.
[quote]ArcticAce wrote:
3) Are the 10g BCAA prior and 10-20 BCAA during in the same vein as the recommendation of 0.2g/lb. during the workout that I often see you give or is this something different? [/quote]
Pretty much the same thing.
[quote]ArcticAce wrote:
4) Are the 20g glycine in Strategy 4 only if using the whey isolate and glutamine option or does that recommendation stand even if consuming Surge post workout?[/quote]
Adding glycine to Surge would be beneficial because it lowers cortisol production.
[quote]ArcticAce wrote:
6) Are the 10-15g whey isolate pre-workout recommended only if forgoing Surge during the workout or even if consuming Surge during and post?
[/quote]
If you use Surge, you don’t need the whey.
[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:
Why do you recommend never eating simple carbs such as bagels, white bread, white pasta e.t.c even if it is post-workout?
Does eating complex, whole grain/wheat, starchy carbs yield better body composition than eating simple carbs such as bagels, white bread or white pasta?
[/quote]
White bread and pasta are acceptable post-workout if you are lean AND if you are not intolerant/allergic to gluten.
You can benefit from ingesting high glycemic carbs post-workout, but I’d go with SURGE since it is absorbed even faster.
[quote]Thy. wrote:
Thib,
If I incline bench 90% and close-grip bench about the same as what I flat bench, does that mean that I lack pec strength?
Should one normally flat bench much more ?
Thanks for your time.[/quote]
I’d say that your triceps are overpowering over your chest, yes.
[quote]crod266 wrote:
thib,when talking about your article shoulder training bible would machine overhead presses be a basic or secondary movement?[/quote]
Secondary, and pretty low at that.
Christian,
what are the associated risks of too much acidity in food.
i know you may have answered this before,including an article,
so apologies & much appreciated.
regards
Niall
So I was going to ask if you could write an article detailing your current training methods as well as if you could create a split routine using the methods you described in “Theory and Application of Modern Strength and Power Methods”… but you seem to have killed two birds with one stone. Kudos.
So there’s just one more thing (I was Columbo for halloween)… as a boxer who spends 3 days a week doing bag work, pad work etc, does KEAT have any place in my two-day strength training? Should I periodise its use throughout the year?