2 quick questions though - what is YOUR vertical Coach??
At it’s highest and at what age?
Not sure if you’ve ever posted it before.
And could you put in order, as in which program builds upon which, the following: Hot Wheels in a Hurry; Get Strong, Get Fast, Get Vertical; and your new Superman Vertical Program, based on me being a basketballer, having 12 odd weeks to train, with the last 2-3 weeks being pre-season for me.
Thanks Thib.[/quote]
When I was still competing as an Olympic lifter I had a 40’’ vertical. I could dunk a basketball… may not seems like much but I’m 5’8’’ with short arms and was 230 at the time.
“When I was still competing as an Olympic lifter I had a 40’’ vertical. I could dunk a basketball… may not seems like much but I’m 5’8’’ with short arms and was 230 at the time.”
hi coach
consering assistances exercices do i have to do them only after spécial days( the light or the heavy day) or do i have to schedul them along the week?
Coach Thibs,If someones main goal is fat loss whilst maintaining muscle!
If i took 1 half of Surge before a workout then the other half after training with 1 scoop of low carb Metabolic Drive would this be ok or diminsh results.?
The rest of the day would be keto style!!
Is there any bad effects of long term keto diets to?
On figure athlete website"my girlfriend reads it"lol…
I see in a nutrition article you recommend grains ie;oats,rice etc do women tolerate these carbs differently to men?
Im just curious why you dont recommend them here?I thought you was totally against them?
thanks in advance Thibs
Hey CT, just got a quick question on your opinion of this. I’ve been doing a ketogenic diet as of late and have been doing low intensity cardio. All is great and fine. I know many people recommend avoiding HIIT during a low carb diet and that it could be catabolic. Why is that? I know glycogen stores are low while in ketosis and HIIT burns more glycogen than low intensity.
However, as weight trainers, we still lift weights and I know that burns more glycogen than a cardio session. My logic is leading me to believe that ketones fuel are daily processes and activities (such as weightlifing) and that it would also fuel a HIIT session. Is this faulty thinking? I was just curious of your thoughts on this. If you get a chance, thanks ahead of time!
I’ve been experimenting with (yielding) isometrics (thanks to your resent articles) and I’m planning to include even more of them to my next training phase.
My question is: Is it better to do isometrics in the begining of a workout or at the end? (muscle building season going on)
By the way… never before have i got my lats so sore than after 30-40sec iso pull-ups. (lovin’ it)
Hey Thib what’s a good way to go about learning how to do olympic lifts? I only used them when I was training for throwing the javelin back in high school. That was about two years ago, and I sure as hell don’t remember how to perform the exercises. Most of the PT’s at my “gym” (fitness center) surely have no idea how to perform these exercises.
I have a recuperation week coming up after a high volume routine, how should I go about learning my oly lifts without screwing myself up? Just start light and hope I’m doing them correctly? Sounds dangerous, but I’m all for it in the pursuit of muscle.
[quote]TheBigV wrote:
Hey Thib what’s a good way to go about learning how to do olympic lifts? I only used them when I was training for throwing the javelin back in high school. That was about two years ago, and I sure as hell don’t remember how to perform the exercises. Most of the PT’s at my “gym” (fitness center) surely have no idea how to perform these exercises.
I have a recuperation week coming up after a high volume routine, how should I go about learning my oly lifts without screwing myself up? Just start light and hope I’m doing them correctly? Sounds dangerous, but I’m all for it in the pursuit of muscle.[/quote]
The best thing to do would be to contact a USAWA coach. Since you are in Jersey you can also try contacting my friend Mike Hanley.
I’ve been experimenting with (yielding) isometrics (thanks to your resent articles) and I’m planning to include even more of them to my next training phase.
My question is: Is it better to do isometrics in the begining of a workout or at the end? (muscle building season going on)
By the way… never before have i got my lats so sore than after 30-40sec iso pull-ups. (lovin’ it)[/quote]
I’d do yielding at the hand under most circumstances. Overcoming isos should be performed at the beginning if they are included.
I don’t know if you check the Insulin Protocall thread anymore, so hope you don’t mind…
In regards to it, if one was attempting to get to 300lbs before cutting would that protocall be of any use on mass gaining ?
I have about 35lbs to go, and from the looks of it it would possibly drop excess fat from me while still eating more than needed for mantainance ?
Of course i could be completely wrong[/quote]
The insulin protocol would help as it will increase the insulin sensitivity of the muscle cells. This means that you’ll store more of the ingested nutrients in the muscle and thus less as bodyfat.
After a long fat loss period would you recommend to start with a strength period or a hypertrophy period? The ultimate goal of course is to gain size. Since after a long diet muscle gain should be fast, would it be better to “get as much out of the easy gaining phase”? Strength gaining should be also pretty easy so should I emphasise on that?
Following a keto diet I?m achieving good results. I increased the amount of fat for weeks, (above maintenance levels) before getting rid of last bit of fat. If I focused on strength training (clusters) for a 3-4weeks, how can I rotate the next phases for preserve muscle mass as I have stressed the snc for cluster training?
After a long fat loss period would you recommend to start with a strength period or a hypertrophy period? The ultimate goal of course is to gain size. Since after a long diet muscle gain should be fast, would it be better to “get as much out of the easy gaining phase”? Strength gaining should be also pretty easy so should I emphasise on that?[/quote]
I’d go with an hypertrophy phase. Chances are that this change will be less drastic than going for a strength phase. Rebuild any muscle that you have lost then switch to a strength phase.
I was wondering how you incorporate an exercise like floor press, or any exercise where you purposefully take out the stretch reflex. Is it usually a main exercise, secondary, or rotate it in. Still using the floor press, say use that for 4 weeks, then switch to regular bench?
What I have been doing would be a regular bench as my primary chest exercise and then go to something like the floor press.
On a side note, I did HSS-100 for the first time, and out of all my muscle groups my shoulders seem hardest to hit, I did the shoulder one on Monday and they are killing me today. Like shit, I never realized how often I use my shoulders in day to day life until they are really sore, plus the workout was fun.