Coach,
I have tried using HOT-ROX, and besides a slight rise in temperature it also gets me very light headed. Is there a way I can get some other kind of Thyroid type support when you come up with your 12 week fat loss program?
Thanks,
Nathaniel
High Coach,
Will training the eccentric portion of a movement lead to strength gains in the concentric part of the same movement?
I am speaking, specifically, about the pull up. I am not strong enough to do a pull up from the hang, but I can jump up to the bar into the top position and slowly lower myself down.
Coach
I burn out with classical strength techniques such as clusters. 1-6 method or ranges from 1 to 3 reps. I feel that ranges from 5 to 8 are more suitable for me, which are ranges for my intensification phases. What techniques do you recommend for intensification phases with those reps?
Thanks
CT,
Can use of machine pullovers actually improve the ability to better recruit the lats in other upper back exercises, especially since the forearms are taken out of the equation for the most part?
As far as the sample workout posted on the previous page, what is the reasoning for using slightly higher reps (and reps per wave) on the pulling exercise versus the presses and squats?
[quote]JSMaxwell wrote:
High Coach,
Will training the eccentric portion of a movement lead to strength gains in the concentric part of the same movement?
I am speaking, specifically, about the pull up. I am not strong enough to do a pull up from the hang, but I can jump up to the bar into the top position and slowly lower myself down.[/quote]
Yes, but the transfer is not 100% because the mode of contraction and fiber recruitment pattern is different.
Hi Coach Thibaudeau:
I am doing your HSS-100 program and had a quick question about training the traps – For the “heavy” movement, is the hang clean an acceptable substitute for power shrugs?
Thanks!
Hi Coach
Happy New Year!
Would it be wise for me to use a kipping and/or jumping pull-up/chin variation for high rep pull-up/chins sets (a la Crossfit)? I ask this given I cannot perform as many reps from the traditional dead hang position, and also do not have access to a lat machine? I have also pondered doing negative only movements for higher rep sets but I’ve read this can quickly lead to overtraining. Any advice please?
Many thanks in advance for your time.
JB
Thib,
If I bench once a week, is it a good strategy to use Bench Press with midpoint 4 sec holds @50-60% intensity 4x4 after the main bench press as assistance ?
[quote]Thy. wrote:
Thib,
If I bench once a week, is it a good strategy to use Bench Press with midpoint 4 sec holds @50-60% intensity 4x4 after the main bench press as assistance ?[/quote]
It depends on your weakness. The static-explosive bench contrast is effective for building the capacity to quickly accelerate and reach top speed. Specifically it is used to learn to blast through stick points by exploding through them. If that is one of your problems, then yes, use it.
Coach,
Would you recommend your metabolic pairings for a general conditioning workout or would it interfere with strength and power development. I know you designed the workout as a fat loss tool but could it be used for conditioning also when training for strength/power?
Best wishes,
James
Hi Thibs,
First off, thank you for the huge wealth of information you give, i always look very forward to you articles!
Anyway, to my question… i read on a forum somewhere that eating raw eggs means only about 50% of the content is absorbed compared to cooked eggs. Is this the case? To me it just defies the obvious logic as i cannot see how cooking eggs would make them more available for absorbtion?!?
Thank you in advance,
JB
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Thy. wrote:
Thib,
If I bench once a week, is it a good strategy to use Bench Press with midpoint 4 sec holds @50-60% intensity 4x4 after the main bench press as assistance ?
It depends on your weakness. The static-explosive bench contrast is effective for building the capacity to quickly accelerate and reach top speed. Specifically it is used to learn to blast through stick points by exploding through them. If that is one of your problems, then yes, use it.[/quote]
Thanks for quick reply!! But are the parameters that I listed optimal to use with that movement?
[quote]Thy. wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Thy. wrote:
Thib,
If I bench once a week, is it a good strategy to use Bench Press with midpoint 4 sec holds @50-60% intensity 4x4 after the main bench press as assistance ?
It depends on your weakness. The static-explosive bench contrast is effective for building the capacity to quickly accelerate and reach top speed. Specifically it is used to learn to blast through stick points by exploding through them. If that is one of your problems, then yes, use it.
Thanks for quick reply!! But are the parameters that I listed optimal to use with that movement?[/quote]
Again, it depends on what you want to develop. This is kinda like asking if 3 sets of 8 reps is optimal for the preacher curl… it can be, depending on the reason why you are using the exercise.
EVERY EXERCISE AND TECHNIQUE IN A PROGRAM MUST HAVE A JUSTIFICATION … A LEGITIMATE AND PRECISE REASON FOR BEING INCLUDED; you do not just throw in exercises or methods because they look cool.
What are you trying to accomplish with the exercise?
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Thy. wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Thy. wrote:
Thib,
If I bench once a week, is it a good strategy to use Bench Press with midpoint 4 sec holds @50-60% intensity 4x4 after the main bench press as assistance ?
It depends on your weakness. The static-explosive bench contrast is effective for building the capacity to quickly accelerate and reach top speed. Specifically it is used to learn to blast through stick points by exploding through them. If that is one of your problems, then yes, use it.
Thanks for quick reply!! But are the parameters that I listed optimal to use with that movement?
Again, it depends on what you want to develop. This is kinda like asking if 3 sets of 8 reps is optimal for the preacher curl… it can be, depending on the reason why you are using the exercise.
EVERY EXERCISE AND TECHNIQUE IN A PROGRAM MUST HAVE A JUSTIFICATION … A LEGITIMATE AND PRECISE REASON FOR BEING INCLUDED; you do not just throw in exercises or methods because they look cool.
What are you trying to accomplish with the exercise?[/quote]
Excuse me for the unclear question, but of course the aim is to blast through my sticking point, as you said it.
Hi mister Thibaudeau,
I have a question about strength training for athletes (in my case, wrestlers). Poliquin said that one shouldn’t train if he is not making progress (“go heavy or go home”), so if I didn’t misunderstand him…
how could my lower body workout be effective? I need to do power snatches and/or power cleans as well as squats and/or deadlift, but how could I quantify if I am making progress or not, since a progress in the first type of exercices would probably make me weaker in the second type.
Even if I train the first type with a 3X3 type method with 80%, thus preserving myself, would it then be more efficient?
Finally, do you agree with the “go heavy or go home” principle for an athlete training during his preparation for a big event (I mean “in season”).
Sorry for the long post, but I find these questions hard to answer, and I haven’t found any book giving me solutions…
Thanks for your nice work,
Nicolas
Hey CT,
Been bulking for around 6months. Would you say it’s good time to start a fat loss dieting at 195lb 13%bodyfat with 6feet of height? How many calories to drop/ cardio to add at first ?(btw I started with 165lb and 10%bodyfat) Thanks
[quote]Thy. wrote:
Excuse me for the unclear question, but of course the aim is to blast through my sticking point, as you said it.
[/quote]
Yes, I understand that! The thing is that a sticking point can be caused by one (or a combination) of four things:
- Lack of speed/acceleration prior to the sticking point. See the sticking point as a brick that a karateka is trying to break with a fist strike. The faster the strike is, the more likely it is to break the brick.
Same thing goes for a sticking point. You are weaker at your sticking point (duh!). So when you go through the sticking point it will tend to decelerate the bar. If speed reaches zero, you miss the lift. The faster you can arrive at the weak point, the more chances you have to avoid falling down to a speed of zero. And thus the more likely you are to burst through your sticking point.
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Lack of strength. You can also go through a sticking point by grinding though it. This requires a lot of strength, especially static strength (functional isometrics are great to improve this).
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Muscle imbalances. If you have a weak link in the chain, then this weak link is likely to cause your sticking point. To correct this problem you need to use corrective exercises for the weaker muscle(s).
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Technical errors. A faulty technique wont allow you to optimally apply your strength during the exercise.
The static-explosive contrast exercise you mentioned will help, but only if the (or one of the) cause(s) of your sticking point is a lack of acceleration.
Coach, in reading your stuff it seems that you aren’t a big fan of static stretching. However, I was wondering what you do with your athlete’s that require extreme flexibility, like goalies?
Where will this new 12 week fat loss workout be posted when it is available?
[quote]jordmo22 wrote:
Where will this new 12 week fat loss workout be posted when it is available?[/quote]
I should be available in a few days at www.muscledrivethru.com