[quote]theopowers wrote:
CT-
Checking out your new article. Looks great, but it looks like the pic for the javelin press was posted twice and the one-arm iron cross pic omitted? I’d like to see it. Tried to google a pic somewhere else but no dice.[/quote]
Check the ‘Article Discussions’ section of the forums for that article. The correct picture has been posted there.
CT,
I have a friend that wants to start training and diet for fat loss. Wants to “get in the best shape of her Life.” Only problem is: at 47 years old, only has 1 kidney (gives her “issues” from time to time)and I only know about heavy lifting and high protein dieting. Any advice/literature that I can refer her to? Plz, I’d like to help her out, but don’t know where to start.
[quote]crod266 wrote:
Thib, i remember once u said that u bulked up to 250 at around 12% bf a while ago can i ask what your diet looked like in that time?[/quote]
It was actually 252 and probably closer to 14%.
I do have a full log of my diet but for obvious reasons I wont write down everything here.
Basically my caloric intake was around 5500-6000kcals/day with 40% protein/40% carbs/20% fats, eating 8 meals per day.
Damn Christian, thats alot of food. When I was still playing in college, I had my food intake at about 4500 cals a day, and I thought that was a shit ton of food. That was also clean food. You are eating like a true beast.
Christian:
What would you do to incease strenght in pullups?
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
crod266 wrote:
Thib, i remember once u said that u bulked up to 250 at around 12% bf a while ago can i ask what your diet looked like in that time?
It was actually 252 and probably closer to 14%.
I do have a full log of my diet but for obvious reasons I wont write down everything here.
Basically my caloric intake was around 5500-6000kcals/day with 40% protein/40% carbs/20% fats, eating 8 meals per day.[/quote]
haha thats exactly what i wanted to know thanks thib, and btw 8 meals a day must of been preety darn hard since that means you eat like every two hours
Greeting CT,
I tore my ACL a couple of years ago and doctor finally gave me the ok (after a couple of surgeries) to work on my legs again.
I found all your specialization workouts but i could not find one for legs.
I am not going to use it right away mind you. I want to get my squats back to a decent number before I even consider it.
Did you write a spec workout for legs?
Hi, CT, brief question about your Mondays with Thib this week:
If free-form Leucine is so insulinogenic that we can use 6g to get into ketosis quicker, could there be a health downside of taking 3g with or in between meals, as I’ve been doing?
Thanks,
Brian
I saw a question on another forum that peaked my interest and I know your someone who can give a knowledgeable answer to it.
It was brought up about how eating an all day binge would affect someones body. There was some small competition apparently where 5 or so lifters on the site tried to see who could eat the most and a couple got over 10,000-13,000 calories. What would be the effects on someones body (who was lifting) from that?
Obviously theres a limited amount of muscle you can gain so not much would go to that but if the person was actually 7,000-10,000 calories over maintenance could his body actually store 2-3lb. of fat from 1 day of extreme eating? Or would you only gain a little bit since it’s one day and just not digest the rest?
I was wondering if you had any plans to write an article with revised peri-workout nutrition recommendations in light of the release of SURGE Workout fuel.
I’d be interested in your thoughts on optimal peri-workout nutrition for both shredding (low-carb, ketogenic approach) and a mass phase. Even for performance training (I race during parts of the year). I know you work with a lot of athletes.
Hey Coach,
I have read, from Poliquin, that drinking Primal Greens with 40 BCCS tabs post workout will put an athlete into an immediate anabolic state. Have you much experience with this? If so, how do you propose setting up a postworkout drink?
OR
My current workout nutrition looks like this:
30g BCAA during workout
60g WPI+20g gylcine+20g glutamine+10g creatine after workout
Yes, Im always on low carbs…VERY insulin insensitive, from my biosig profile.
Thanks coach
GJ
Hello Coach: I hope all is well. Just 2 quick questions if I may please, I have been following your targeted carb approach for a nice lean gain (only using mainly malto/dextrose during and postworkout max 75 grams), how would I use a targeted carbs approach for losing weight?
What would happen while on a targeted carbs approach trying to gain mass I added a day of cheat meals, but kept it pretty clean, besides some pastry? Will it make me gain too much fat?
Thank you sir.
Coach Thibs,
I have a question regarding Surge Workout Fuel & a quick follow-up statement…
If you are using your fat-loss strategy of keeping carbs under 20g daily for men over 20% body fat, would you recommend taking Surge workout fuel and Surge recovery when that would exceed the daily carb allowance?
Please include some of your thoughts and strategies to Surge workout fuel in an up-coming article!
Your knowledge is very much appreciated and followed. Keep up the amazing work!
THANKS IN ADVANCE!
Hello CT!
I was wondering about two things lately.
1)How would you go about increasing the mind-muscle connection on one lat than the other. When ever I do One are rows, my left lats get a stronger contraction than the right. This is true for pecs too, except its the left side that has less mind muscle connection. As a result, the muscle with less connection are smaller (noticeable too). Have any ideas on how to fix this (or at least improve it)?
2)How do you feel about resting the barbell on the floor and re-gripping in between reps of deadlifts? My grip ALWAYS gives out before anything else, so I have re-grip in between reps so that at least my Posterior Chain can get a good workout, otherwise it would be left unstimulated.
Thank you 
Hey Coach,
Just a couple of quick questions similar to dphillips above. What are your current protocals for Surge Workout Fuel, and what kind of use do you recommend for the carb sensitive?
Would you still recommend the use of Surge Recovery even with the use and added benefits of using Surge Workout Fuel?
I currently get under 30g carbs on non workout days and under 50g on workout days.
Thank you.
LR
[quote]crod266 wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
crod266 wrote:
Thib, i remember once u said that u bulked up to 250 at around 12% bf a while ago can i ask what your diet looked like in that time?
It was actually 252 and probably closer to 14%.
I do have a full log of my diet but for obvious reasons I wont write down everything here.
Basically my caloric intake was around 5500-6000kcals/day with 40% protein/40% carbs/20% fats, eating 8 meals per day.
haha thats exactly what i wanted to know thanks thib, and btw 8 meals a day must of been preety darn hard since that means you eat like every two hours[/quote]
I had one meal during the night, and I consider the post-workout shake a meal. So it wasn’t that bad.
Coach,
I startred doing two to three cycles of wave training for both my OHP press and BB incline press. I am doing the 7-5-3 waves for right now.
I do the waves on OHP one day and then do waves for the incline press anywhere from 48 to 72 hours later.
I know this is a lot pressing. Would it be okay to do some form of a pressing exercises as a supplement lift, such as close grips benches on my OHP day and DB shoulder presses on my incline day? I was thinkig of 2-4 sets each of 5-8 reps but stopping short of failure. Thanks
[quote]jimg21 wrote:
Coach,
I startred doing two to three cycles of wave training for both my OHP press and BB incline press. I am doing the 7-5-3 waves for right now.
I do the waves on OHP one day and then do waves for the incline press anywhere from 48 to 72 hours later.
I know this is a lot pressing. Would it be okay to do some form of a pressing exercises as a supplement lift, such as close grips benches on my OHP day and DB shoulder presses on my incline day? I was thinkig of 2-4 sets each of 5-8 reps but stopping short of failure. Thanks [/quote]
That would be fine, but I would prefer if there was 72-96 hours between both workouts. Also, adjust the amount of secondary pressing depending on the number of waves that you completed:
Less than two complete waves = 4-5 sets of 4-6 reps of the second pressing movement
2 complete waves (and anything less than 3) = 3-4 sets of 6-8 reps
3 complete waves = 2-3 sets of 8-10 reps
hi coach
i’v got two question:
1- i’v just read “Your Ticket to the Gun Show!” and i will start the program next week because i’v non-balanced devellopement ( the torso is much more develloped than my long arms)i’m a 2m guy .
do i have to go to failur if yes when?
-do i have to increase the load evrery week?
-my gym is very basic and there is no rack cage ,can i replace the Partial Close-Grip Bench Press (Rack Lockout) with any other exercice?
2-i 'm in a “hypertrophy” periode and i can’t afford supplements and i’m doing my best to have a descent diet ,could you please tell me how can i replace the classic post- workout shake with food
im basing my diet on: milk ,eggs,veggies, meat and olive oil ,thats what i can afford
thank you,
respet
amn
sorry i forgot yogourts, rise ,pasta and " complete bread".