When it comes to peer-reviewed journals with things relating to training and nutrition, even with such a large time investment per week to studying things related to your field, what usually inspires you to initially look into a given topic and how do you wade through all of the information and decide what is worth your time to consider reading and what should just get automatically passed over. It seems like just narrowing down all the options before beginning to read something could take ages, especially with so many topics being studied and reviewed.
And as far as “professional” journals, do you have any you typically look to and favor in your quest for knowledge?
Sorry that I kinda have to re-ask this but I read through the HSS-100 routine and realized it takes 12 weeks to accomplish due to the phases. I can only do it for 8 weeks because after that I cant workout on weekends due to school. I dont wanna do it if I cant get the full effect. I think I’m gonna give OVT a shot then since I can finish it, or at least get close. Is there anything you would change about the routine today being that my goal is hypertrophy? Or is there any other routine you recommend over OVT in my situation?
Thanks coach, sorry for the rapid fire of questions.
sorry that I kinda have to re ask this but I read through the hss routine and realized its 12 weeks do to the phases. I can only do it for 9 being that it calls to workout on week ends and I cant do that once school starts up again and I dont wanna do it if I cant get the full effect. I think I’m gonna give OVT a shot then since I can finish it, or at least close to it. Being that my goal is hypertrophy, is there any other routine u recommend or is OVT sufficient?
Thanks coach, sorry for the rapid fire of questions.[/quote]
You don’t have to do the whole 12 weeks cycle. It was just an example of how to periodize 3 months of training. You can actually do only 1 or 2 phases.
When it comes to peer-reviewed journals with things relating to training and nutrition, even with such a large time investment per week to studying things related to your field, what usually inspires you to initially look into a given topic and how do you wade through all of the information and decide what is worth your time to consider reading and what should just get automatically passed over. It seems like just narrowing down all the options before beginning to read something could take ages, especially with so many topics being studied and reviewed.
And as far as “professional” journals, do you have any you typically look to and favor in your quest for knowledge?
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I’m not a member of any journal nor focus on some specific ones for the simple reasons that each issue might have 1 or 2 articles worth reading (at least to me).
I prefer to use pubmed or google scholar, find abstracts of studies that interest me and buy them individually.
sorry that I kinda have to re ask this but I read through the hss routine and realized its 12 weeks do to the phases. I can only do it for 9 being that it calls to workout on week ends and I cant do that once school starts up again and I dont wanna do it if I cant get the full effect. I think I’m gonna give OVT a shot then since I can finish it, or at least close to it. Being that my goal is hypertrophy, is there any other routine u recommend or is OVT sufficient?
Thanks coach, sorry for the rapid fire of questions.
You don’t have to do the whole 12 weeks cycle. It was just an example of how to periodize 3 months of training. You can actually do only 1 or 2 phases.[/quote]
O, awesome. I though those where all meant to work with each other. Is it ok if I even shortened them up, to last 2 weeks at a time instead of 4, or is that just stupid? I’m still gonna re-read it all tonight and get back to you in a few days if I have further questions, but there’s one that sticks out currently, for the 100 reps, is there a specific exercise u recommend, take legs for example, do you recommend 100 squats or for bench, 100 presses? along with that, what load is used, do you try to add weight or should you just use the bar?
Thanks coach T.
O, awesome. I though those where all meant to work with each other. Is it ok if I even shortened them up, to last 2 weeks at a time instead of 4, or is that just stupid? [/quote]
It’s just stupid. Variation IS important. But changing things up too often is just as bad. PROGRESSION is the key to growth. And how much can you progress on a specific routine by performing each workout only twice?
[quote]delux0 wrote:
for the 100 reps, is there a specific exercise u recommend, take legs for example, do you recommend 100 squats or for bench, 100 presses? along with that, what load is used, do you try to add weight or should you just use the bar?
Thanks coach T. [/quote]
Ideally an isolation exercise for the worked muscle. The goal of the 100 reps set is NOT to stimulate growth directly but to start the recovery process and increase vascularization. The goal is not to kill yourself during that set, just to get the blood flowing.
Hey coach I have a question. My training schedule is as follows:
Tues: Assistance Upper
Thurs: Heavy Lower
Fri: Heavy Upper
Sun: Assistance Lower
What would be a good day to employ 2 sprint training sessions without it interfering with my strength gains or workouts?
I’ve been performing dumbbell flies with my palms facing for as long as I can remember and think it is time to make some changes. From now on do you think it would be more effective to use only cables for flies? And would having my palms facing toward me on some sets and my palms facing away from me on others change the area stressed at all as compared to the way I’ve been doing them all along?
I have made great gains on your get strong, get fast, get vertical program and I was wondering what would be a course of action to maintain after finishing the 6 weeks. Also, how long before I can do the program again or should I just keep doing it until my gains stop. Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
I prefer to use pubmed or google scholar, find abstracts of studies that interest me and buy them individually.
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Excellent choice. I am a patent examiner so i search every day for patents and new inventions. I use Google Scholar and US Patent Office Database the most.
I just purchased a pair of Monster Grips(thick grip adapters that fit over bars and DB’s) and was wondering how to best make use of them given my current goal of achieving as much overall hypertrophy as possible over the next 2-3 months. Would simply switching from an exercise like one-arm DB rows performed with a regular-sized grip in one training block to the exact same exercise with the addition of Tyler grips as the only alteration in the next block be enough of a change in training stimulus to recruit more of the motor unit pool and promote continued hypertrophy and strength gains?
Or would I need to alter another variable, as well, or even change exercises entirely in a subsequent training phase in order to continue growing optimally? I would be very appreciative of any help you can provide me with on this matter.
I was wondering if you’d take a look at the following link for a method of bodyfat testing using ultrasound and give me your opinion as to whether this is a client-friendly and trustworthy/accurate method of testing that would be worthwhile for a trainer to look into purchasing or if it just looks like an ineffective gimmick. The company has claimed that their product can get measurements as accurate or even more accurate than even a skilled practitioner with a lot of experience at testing bodyfat levels with calipers.
Long time no talk, I was just curious, I cant find the thread anywhere, but im pretty sure it was you. So can you explain how BCAA’s raise insulin levels differently than carbs do?
Coach, you’ve talked previously about how eating a particular food excessively for a long time can cause an intolerance to it (if I understood rightly). What sort of time frame does this normally happen over? Does it apply to staple bodybuilding foods like chicken and eggs? Thanks
Long time no talk, I was just curious, I cant find the thread anywhere, but im pretty sure it was you. So can you explain how BCAA’s raise insulin levels differently than carbs do?
I can quite remember what it was.
Thank you so much
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I don’t think it was me, but it’s fairly simple actually.
A nutrient can be either favor an insulin spike or counter/slow down insulin insulin release.
Carbs are 100% stimulatory on insulin release
Fats are 100% inhibitory of insulin release
Protein is around 50/50 because some amino acids are stimulatory while others are inhibitory.
Leucine, which is part of the BCAAs, is the most stimulatory of the amino acids when it comes to insulin release. In fact, it is almost as stimulatory as carbs.
[quote]Stacked wrote:
Thib, totally random but was curious, how old are you?[/quote]
Wanna know my favorite color and my underwear brand too? This is a training/nutrition Q&A forum, let’s not waste bandwidth on idiotic and irrelevant questions.
[quote]Tube wrote:
Coach, you’ve talked previously about how eating a particular food excessively for a long time can cause an intolerance to it (if I understood rightly). What sort of time frame does this normally happen over? Does it apply to staple bodybuilding foods like chicken and eggs? Thanks[/quote]
It’s not just a matter of how long and how frequentely you eat a food. Several other factors are involved so it’s absolutely impossible to answer that question.
It is also highly individual. Some people will develop an intolerance very easily, others will never do so.
Also, some foods are more prone to create an intolerance, eggs are in fact, one of them.