Hi coach. Do you believe is it better to have access in complete blood work (especially for the hormonal profile) instead Biosignature Modulation? Thanks a lot.
Em hello again… i dont know if im allowed post more than 1 question at any one time … so sorry if i cant.
Is it true that;
Front Squat = Strength and Power
Back squat = Building Mass
?
OR is there more to it, or is stuff im reading way off the mark, or maybe im mis reading it.
Wow people get you to answer questions… the internet is unreal !
[quote]FutureKing wrote:
Em hello again… i dont know if im allowed post more than 1 question at any one time … so sorry if i cant.
Is it true that;
Front Squat = Strength and Power
Back squat = Building Mass
[/quote]
In fact, if anything, it would be the opposite. The back squat is more of an overall strength builder because it involves more muscle groups into the movement. The front squat is more of a targeted quads and glutes exercise.
But in reality both of these movements can be used for both purposes (strength or size) depending on the loading parameters.
[quote]ab1975 wrote:
Hi coach. Do you believe is it better to have access in complete blood work (especially for the hormonal profile) instead Biosignature Modulation? Thanks a lot.[/quote]
Not really. Several hormones have circadian rythms, meaning that they are not at the same level during the whole day. So the moment you take the blood test might not give you an accurate measure of your average level.
For example you might take the blood test when your testosterone is at its lowest point, hGH at it’s highest point, cortisol at its lowest point, etc.
While biosignature doesn’t directly measure hormones, it gives us a better idea (IMHO)of your overall situation because you get to analyse the end result not the highly changing hormone levels.
All a blood test does is give you a measure of what is in your body at a specific time of day, which may be accurate, but not necessarily representative of what your overall daily state is.
Furthermore there is some stuff that blood tests don’t measure such as insulin resistance (you need glucose tolerance test), aromatisation of test to estrogen, etc.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
FutureKing wrote:
Em hello again… i dont know if im allowed post more than 1 question at any one time … so sorry if i cant.
Is it true that;
Front Squat = Strength and Power
Back squat = Building Mass
In fact, if anything, it would be the opposite. The back squat is more of an overall strength builder because it involves more muscle groups into the movement. The front squat is more of a targeted quads and glutes exercise.
But in reality both of these movements can be used for both purposes (strength or size) depending on the loading parameters.[/quote]
Oh ok, cheers for answering i feel all important now !
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
ab1975 wrote:
Hi coach. Do you believe is it better to have access in complete blood work (especially for the hormonal profile) instead Biosignature Modulation? Thanks a lot.
Not really. Several hormones have circadian rythms, meaning that they are not at the same level during the whole day. So the moment you take the blood test might not give you an accurate measure of your average level.
For example you might take the blood test when your testosterone is at its lowest point, hGH at it’s highest point, cortisol at its lowest point, etc.
While biosignature doesn’t directly measure hormones, it gives us a better idea (IMHO)of your overall situation because you get to analyse the end result not the highly changing hormone levels.
All a blood test does is give you a measure of what is in your body at a specific time of day, which may be accurate, but not necessarily representative of what your overall daily state is.
Furthermore there is some stuff that blood tests don’t measure such as insulin resistance (you need glucose tolerance test), aromatisation of test to estrogen, etc.[/quote]
what about the saliva tests? its a bit more expensive but you get more of a spectrum depending on the test you choose to do
Hello Coach!
I have a question:
How would you help strengthen joints? I’m a powerlifter and have a joint disorder, psoriatic artritis, that makes my joints hurt after training.
Would high rep sets be something or maybe isometric work?
Any advice would be very helpful.
[quote]wiiwii wrote:
Hello Coach!
I have a question:
How would you help strengthen joints? I’m a powerlifter and have a joint disorder, psoriatic artritis, that makes my joints hurt after training.
Would high rep sets be something or maybe isometric work?
Any advice would be very helpful.[/quote]
Very high rep sets (50-100 reps) as well as slow sub-maximal eccentric work.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
wiiwii wrote:
Hello Coach!
I have a question:
How would you help strengthen joints? I’m a powerlifter and have a joint disorder, psoriatic artritis, that makes my joints hurt after training.
Would high rep sets be something or maybe isometric work?
Any advice would be very helpful.
Very high rep sets (50-100 reps) as well as slow sub-maximal eccentric work.[/quote]
Thank you, I will incorporate that in my training.
Hey coach, I was wondering about your opinion on the supplement dioscorea deltoidea. Aparrently it works like tribulus in its t-boosting properties, but I cant find an extract by itself. Do you think I should just stick to TRIBEX or Alpha Male instead of putting in the effort to find this product?
Also, whats your opinion on momiyo/shilajit for performance? Claims are made that the russian army and many people from India have experienced its benefits. I was just thinking you may have had personal interaction with some atheletes who have tried it.
[quote]FutureKing wrote:
Besides that if i can ask 1 question is my brother is doing the 400m sprints for fat loss from the high threshold book… from the years after would you make any changes to it ?
Or is it still a fat loss choice for you.
[/quote]
It’s a good fat loss approach IF you are not on a low carbs diet. If you are on a low-carbs diet (less than 100g per day) then it might become counterproductive.
[quote]FutureKing wrote:
One more question and this may seem weird but you know when you started did you know you were going to be good ?
[/quote]
I don’t even feel that I’m ‘‘good’’ right now! I mean, my clients get results, I’m pretty well known in the industry, respected by most of my peers and I am successful professionally.
I KNOW that I’m a good coach… but I don’t FEEL like I’m a good coach!
I think that it’s a good thing too, because it’s what drives me to always look for ways to better myself.
[quote]FutureKing wrote:
Like i love this stuff i dont mind reading hard stuff and i really try understand it and i want to try do what you do.
But my mother says there is not alot of money in it and i should do something else is it true ? Like my brother knows a guy who did a Poliquin course buts its like 2500 !
[/quote]
Being a trainer is not like being a doctor… with most professions, you get your degree, and simply have to get hired somewhere.
However when you are a coach if you want to make a lot of money you have to start your own business (being a coach hired by a gym doesn’t pay sh*t), market yourself, find clients, etc.
So in that sense it is not easy to make a lot of money. However the best trainers DO make a very good living. I make more money than my brother who is a medical doctor.
Several top coaches makes 250 000 - 500 000/year (some more than that)… but there are plenty of coaches who barely make 15 000 a year. There is no guarantee in this fiel. You have to make your own business.
Regarding the Poliquin seminars, yes they are expensive… but look at the average Poliquin-certified coach… these guys all make at least 100 000/year. When you follow Charles’ certifications you are not only paying for knowledge, but for contacts in the industry.
[quote]FutureKing wrote:
My mother thinks id be better off going to college when im finished school instead of these “silly” things.
do you have any advice for me or that i can say to my mother ???[/quote]
Not really. I’m a coach, not a salesman or psychologist. And I would be lying if I said that it’s easy to make a good living as a coach.
Those who are successful are REALLY successful, but they have to work extra hard to get there. And to get there you need to have a ‘‘hook’’… something that makes you special compared to other coaches.
Most of the top coaches, those making a lot of money have AT LEAST 1 of these things… and the more of them they have, the more successful they’ll be:
- A physique that most clients dream of having. As a trainer YOU are your best publicity. If you only look average you have much less chances of attracting clients. If you have what most potential clients see as the perfect physique (normally under 8% body fat, muscular without being freaky… think about a 100m sprinter’s physique) you will be a muc easier sell.
Now, there are PLENTY of guys with great physiques who are shitty trainers. But normally they still have plenty of clients just because of their appearance.
- A solid reputation. Normally this comes from having trained a lot of people who had success. For some reason, having trained elite athletes is always a GREAT selling tool (most people don’t understand that elite athletes are often genetic phenoms and any half decent coach can get results with these guys).
If you can say ‘‘I trained Michael Owens’’ (it better be true if you say it though!) then you will have about a zillion clients per day.
However when you are just starting out as a coach it is obviously hard (if not impossible) to score some of these great clients. Another good way to have a positive reputation is if you are/were yourself an accomplished athlete.
-
Extreme knowledge. The more you know, the more likely you are to retain clients. Knowledge will RARELY get you clients. However it will often facilitate keeping them as clients because you are able to answer their questions and are great at teaching them how to train.
-
Papers. I do have a college degree in exercise science and I’ll be the first one to tell you that this formal education didn’t really contribute to making me a good coach. Heck, I wouldn’t trust 95% of the people who studied with me to design a beginner’s training program!
HOWEVER to the average Joe/Jane a college degree equals competence. A lot of clients will actually not trust you unless you have a degree.
[quote]Cyrus_99 wrote:
Hey coach, I was wondering about your opinion on the supplement dioscorea deltoidea. Aparrently it works like tribulus in its t-boosting properties, but I cant find an extract by itself. Do you think I should just stick to TRIBEX or Alpha Male instead of putting in the effort to find this product?
[/quote]
It’s a plant sterol that has been shown to have anabolic properties when used at doses of around 20mg/pound of bodyweight.
Like all natural testosterone boosting herbs, it is effective mostly on the short term (7-14 days). There are several plant extracts that have testosterone boosting effects and most of them stop working after this period of time. The best approach is thus to cycle various testo-boosting herbs every 10 days or so.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
FutureKing wrote:
Besides that if i can ask 1 question is my brother is doing the 400m sprints for fat loss from the high threshold book… from the years after would you make any changes to it ?
Or is it still a fat loss choice for you.
It’s a good fat loss approach IF you are not on a low carbs diet. If you are on a low-carbs diet (less than 100g per day) then it might become counterproductive.
FutureKing wrote:
One more question and this may seem weird but you know when you started did you know you were going to be good ?
I don’t even feel that I’m ‘‘good’’ right now! I mean, my clients get results, I’m pretty well known in the industry, respected by most of my peers and I am successful professionally.
I KNOW that I’m a good coach… but I don’t FEEL like I’m a good coach!
I think that it’s a good thing too, because it’s what drives me to always look for ways to better myself.
FutureKing wrote:
Like i love this stuff i dont mind reading hard stuff and i really try understand it and i want to try do what you do.
But my mother says there is not alot of money in it and i should do something else is it true ? Like my brother knows a guy who did a Poliquin course buts its like 2500 !
Being a trainer is not like being a doctor… with most professions, you get your degree, and simply have to get hired somewhere.
However when you are a coach if you want to make a lot of money you have to start your own business (being a coach hired by a gym doesn’t pay sh*t), market yourself, find clients, etc.
So in that sense it is not easy to make a lot of money. However the best trainers DO make a very good living. I make more money than my brother who is a medical doctor. Several top coaches makes 250 000 - 500 000/year (some more than that)… but there are plenty of coaches who barely make 15 000 a year. There is no guarantee in this fiel. You have to make your own business.
Regarding the Poliquin seminars, yes they are expensive… but look at the average Poliquin-certified coach… these guys all make at least 100 000/year. When you follow Charles’ certifications you are not only paying for knowledge, but for contacts in the industry.
FutureKing wrote:
My mother thinks id be better off going to college when im finished school instead of these “silly” things.
do you have any advice for me or that i can say to my mother ???
Not really. I’m a coach, not a salesman or psychologist. And I would be lying if I said that it’s easy to make a good living as a coach.
-
Extreme knowledge. The more you know, the more likely you are to retain clients. Knowledge will RARELY get you clients. However it will often facilitate keeping them as clients because you are able to answer their questions and are great at teaching them how to train.
-
Papers. I do have a college degree in exercise science and I’ll be the first one to tell you that this formal education didn’t really contribute to making me a good coach. Heck, I wouldn’t trust 95% of the people who studied with me to design a beginner’s training program!
HOWEVER to the average Joe/Jane a college degree equals competence. A lot of clients will actually not trust you unless you have a degree.
[/quote]
these are my biggest reasons for considering to go off and get a degree in something. either chiro or a part time degree in exercise physiology.
maybe i will learn something aswell
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Cyrus_99 wrote:
Hey coach, I was wondering about your opinion on the supplement dioscorea deltoidea. Aparrently it works like tribulus in its t-boosting properties, but I cant find an extract by itself. Do you think I should just stick to TRIBEX or Alpha Male instead of putting in the effort to find this product?
It’s a plant sterol that has been shown to have anabolic properties when used at doses of around 20mg/pound of bodyweight.
Like all natural testosterone boosting herbs, it is effective mostly on the short term (7-14 days). There are several plant extracts that have testosterone boosting effects and most of them stop working after this period of time. The best approach is thus to cycle various testo-boosting herbs every 10 days or so.[/quote]
How would that look inside of a month? What would be a schedule?
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
wiiwii wrote:
Hello Coach!
I have a question:
How would you help strengthen joints? I’m a powerlifter and have a joint disorder, psoriatic artritis, that makes my joints hurt after training.
Would high rep sets be something or maybe isometric work?
Any advice would be very helpful.
Very high rep sets (50-100 reps) as well as slow sub-maximal eccentric work.[/quote]
I read how you included the high reps in your Beast Building program… could you also do this on “off days” during any sort of strength training program or do you really need off days during a strength phase to let the CNS totally recover?
Thanks as always.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
FutureKing wrote:
Besides that if i can ask 1 question is my brother is doing the 400m sprints for fat loss from the high threshold book… from the years after would you make any changes to it ?
Or is it still a fat loss choice for you.
It’s a good fat loss approach IF you are not on a low carbs diet. If you are on a low-carbs diet (less than 100g per day) then it might become counterproductive.
FutureKing wrote:
One more question and this may seem weird but you know when you started did you know you were going to be good ?
I don’t even feel that I’m ‘‘good’’ right now! I mean, my clients get results, I’m pretty well known in the industry, respected by most of my peers and I am successful professionally.
I KNOW that I’m a good coach… but I don’t FEEL like I’m a good coach!
I think that it’s a good thing too, because it’s what drives me to always look for ways to better myself.
FutureKing wrote:
Like i love this stuff i dont mind reading hard stuff and i really try understand it and i want to try do what you do.
But my mother says there is not alot of money in it and i should do something else is it true ? Like my brother knows a guy who did a Poliquin course buts its like 2500 !
Being a trainer is not like being a doctor… with most professions, you get your degree, and simply have to get hired somewhere.
However when you are a coach if you want to make a lot of money you have to start your own business (being a coach hired by a gym doesn’t pay sh*t), market yourself, find clients, etc.
So in that sense it is not easy to make a lot of money. However the best trainers DO make a very good living. I make more money than my brother who is a medical doctor. Several top coaches makes 250 000 - 500 000/year (some more than that)… but there are plenty of coaches who barely make 15 000 a year. There is no guarantee in this fiel. You have to make your own business.
Regarding the Poliquin seminars, yes they are expensive… but look at the average Poliquin-certified coach… these guys all make at least 100 000/year. When you follow Charles’ certifications you are not only paying for knowledge, but for contacts in the industry.
FutureKing wrote:
My mother thinks id be better off going to college when im finished school instead of these “silly” things.
do you have any advice for me or that i can say to my mother ???
Not really. I’m a coach, not a salesman or psychologist. And I would be lying if I said that it’s easy to make a good living as a coach.
Those who are successful are REALLY successful, but they have to work extra hard to get there. And to get there you need to have a ‘‘hook’’… something that makes you special compared to other coaches.
Most of the top coaches, those making a lot of money have AT LEAST 1 of these things… and the more of them they have, the more successful they’ll be:
- A physique that most clients dream of having. As a trainer YOU are your best publicity. If you only look average you have much less chances of attracting clients.
If you have what most potential clients see as the perfect physique (normally under 8% body fat, muscular without being freaky… think about a 100m sprinter’s physique) you will be a muc easier sell.
Now, there are PLENTY of guys with great physiques who are shitty trainers. But normally they still have plenty of clients just because of their appearance.
- A solid reputation. Normally this comes from having trained a lot of people who had success. For some reason, having trained elite athletes is always a GREAT selling tool (most people don’t understand that elite athletes are often genetic phenoms and any half decent coach can get results with these guys).
If you can say ‘‘I trained Michael Owens’’ (it better be true if you say it though!) then you will have about a zillion clients per day.
However when you are just starting out as a coach it is obviously hard (if not impossible) to score some of these great clients. Another good way to have a positive reputation is if you are/were yourself an accomplished athlete.
-
Extreme knowledge. The more you know, the more likely you are to retain clients. Knowledge will RARELY get you clients. However it will often facilitate keeping them as clients because you are able to answer their questions and are great at teaching them how to train.
-
Papers. I do have a college degree in exercise science and I’ll be the first one to tell you that this formal education didn’t really contribute to making me a good coach. Heck, I wouldn’t trust 95% of the people who studied with me to design a beginner’s training program!
HOWEVER to the average Joe/Jane a college degree equals competence. A lot of clients will actually not trust you unless you have a degree.
[/quote]
that was very insightful and great to read. thank you for sharing!!!
Hi CT,
I know that in general you are against starchy carbs. Would this still be the case for someone who has a hard time gaining muscle mass and is on a carb-dominant diet? Assuming the individual is carb-tolerant, what would be your preferred sources of carbs?
Thanks,
Mike
Hey Coach,
Any chance of meeting you in person at the BioSig Seminar in AZ in September?
[quote]mpaterek wrote:
Hi CT,
I know that in general you are against starchy carbs. Would this still be the case for someone who has a hard time gaining muscle mass and is on a carb-dominant diet? Assuming the individual is carb-tolerant, what would be your preferred sources of carbs?
Thanks,
Mike[/quote]
I’m not anti starch (more misinterpretation of what I said). I am mostly anti grains (but not all grains).
For someone who is insulin sensitive (respond well to carbs), is lean and has problem putting on size. Things like yams, potatoes, sweet potatoes are perfectly fine.
[quote]shoelessjones wrote:
I read how you included the high reps in your Beast Building program… could you also do this on “off days” during any sort of strength training program or do you really need off days during a strength phase to let the CNS totally recover?
Thanks as always.
[/quote]
I often used and recommended high reps elastic band work for a muscle, one day after it had been trained. The Westside barbell crew also use this method.