Sorry for posting my question twice on separate threads, Coach Thib.
I posted on the “Thib Zone” thread, not realizing that a new one had been formed
Hello Coach: I was wondering as to where I can find glycine, I went to the local pharmacy and supermarkets, however, nobody seems to be able to send me in the right direction. Thank you.
[quote]heckya911 wrote:
Hello Coach: I was wondering as to where I can find glycine, I went to the local pharmacy and supermarkets, however, nobody seems to be able to send me in the right direction. Thank you.[/quote]
someone posted this a few weeks ago… just an fyi… i haven’t bought it yet.
Hello Coach,
Question regarding carb content of protein powder while dieting. I recently purchased some whey isolate and found out that it contains 6 grams carbs per scoop(fructose being the sweetner used).
Seeing as how I would take around 6 scoops a day (two after a workout) would such a small amount be of concern on a low carb diet. Being fairly lean at around 230 I’m thinking not.
Usually I would be more careful in my purchases somehow I missed this one!
thanks
Coach-
I had my first HSS-100 workout today realized, I’m only doing this program 6 weeks.
I kinda just make my own and was wondering. You talk about a…
Accumulation Phase
Intensification Phase
High Volume Phase
Are these needed if I’m only doing it 6 weeks. I could pick two of them and do them for 3 week cycles but which would be recommended if the goal is hypertrophy?
Thanks
Hey coach,
I was wondering what specific exercises you would use to build the upper thigh and tear-drop shape of the quad. I heard narrow stance squats were goods, but westside barbell in particular is heavily against them, claiming that wide stance is more effective.
Regardless, what are your thoughts?
hey Thib, on a targeted carbs diet should i ingest whey protein or half a serving of Surge peri workout? (my goals are to get ripped and i already mega dose BCAAs during my workout)
thank you for all the knowledge you’ve shared with us
Hi CT,
Do you have any current research/findings/experience on static strecthing post workout that has led you to omitt it.
Thanks
T
hello Thibs
up until recently i was using a mixed grip for deadlift training, then i read you not reccomending it as it can create imbalances, was wondering whaty kind of imbalances?
also i went to the gym and tried using a regular overhand grip and i cant lift anywhere near as much that way, the bar just slips out my fingers, which exercises can i use to bring my grip up specifically for the deadlift?
also i read you had been neglecting the deadlift due to training for aesthetics only, so if i wanted to do that too, what would you reccomend replacing it with?
Adam
[quote]tongy wrote:
Hi CT,
Do you have any current research/findings/experience on static strecthing post workout that has led you to omitt it.
Thanks
T[/quote]
Yes, but it’s in french. It’s called ‘‘Les mythes du Stretching’’. It is a review of literature showing that static stretching after a workout does not speed-up recovery, and can actually reduce recovery by further damaging muscles fibers.
[quote]daffyduck wrote:
hey Thib, on a targeted carbs diet should i ingest whey protein or half a serving of Surge peri workout? (my goals are to get ripped and i already mega dose BCAAs during my workout)
thank you for all the knowledge you’ve shared with us[/quote]
It depends on how much carbs you want to ingest. If you are at 0.5g per pound (let’s say 90g of carbs) then you can have a full serving of Surge (50g of carbs) and 30g worth of easily absorbed solid carbs. Protein should be at around 0.3g per pound. So if you are 180lbs that would mean 55g of protein, Surge has around 25g, so you would need another scoop of whey.
Coach,
I’m just about to finish a quad spec. and have been taking 60g bcaa peri-workout. I would like to know if I should really increase this in the 1-2 weeks after since that is when most of the growth in my quads will occur. My thinking is that this would be a key time to increase bcaa to help take advantage of supercompensation. Any advice would be appreciated as always. Thanks
[quote]hexx wrote:
Hey coach,
I was wondering what specific exercises you would use to build the upper thigh and tear-drop shape of the quad. I heard narrow stance squats were goods, but westside barbell in particular is heavily against them, claiming that wide stance is more effective.
Regardless, what are your thoughts?[/quote]
The wide stance is a more effective POWERLIFTING squat, meaning that it is best to get big results in powerlifting. It doesn’t mean that it is a better exercise to build the quads. In fact, a wide-stance powerlifting squat is more of a glutes, lower back and hamstrings movement, which is why Westside guys do ton of assistance work for these muscles but very little for the quads.
[quote]Walking_Tall wrote:
Hello Coach,
Question regarding carb content of protein powder while dieting. I recently purchased some whey isolate and found out that it contains 6 grams carbs per scoop(fructose being the sweetner used).
Seeing as how I would take around 6 scoops a day (two after a workout) would such a small amount be of concern on a low carb diet. Being fairly lean at around 230 I’m thinking not.
Usually I would be more careful in my purchases somehow I missed this one!
thanks[/quote]
It depends on the type of diet you are following. If you are on a low carbs diet, the 36g of carbs are a lot considering that with most low carbs diet you need to keep carbs under 50g per day.
But if you are just reducing carbs, you’ll be fine as long as you cut those 36g from somewhere else.
This is just a question I’ve always been curious about:
Let’s say I have some beef that is 15% fat. I cook it in a frying pan but before using it, I drain nearly all the excess liquid and fat from the pan. How much does that change the percentage of fat I’m getting from the drained beef I eat?
Thib
Taking a lunge with unilateral loading(on the side of the working leg in order to increase the stability demands on the obliques and hip rotators) as an example, would you still characterize this as a “leg” exercise or as a “core” exercise?
For a bodybuilder would it be more appropriate to train core stability by itself/separately and avoid using exercises like the one above where part of the movement receives less than optimal loading due to an increase in the degree of difficulty in another area of the movement?
Would there be instances and/or certain populations where you would actually make use of such “combo” type movements where the line between lower body or upper body exercise and “core” exercise becomes quite blurred?
CT,
If low saturated fat intake was the one of the primary factors responsible for a particular person’s testosterone levels being lowered, would adding a tablespoon or two of coconut oil per day be helpful? Or would it be better to switch from lean cuts of grass-fed beef to fattier cuts of grass-fed beef, since the beef is also loaded with minerals such as zinc?
Coach,
Could you explain the negative effects of relying upon one protein source almost exclusively? How would one know if they were experiencing the side effects? Thanks,
Best wishes,
James
[quote]wushufanatic wrote:
This is just a question I’ve always been curious about:
Let’s say I have some beef that is 15% fat. I cook it in a frying pan but before using it, I drain nearly all the excess liquid and fat from the pan. How much does that change the percentage of fat I’m getting from the drained beef I eat?[/quote]
Not much, it will be mostly water that comes out. Some fat will come out, but not a huge amount.
Coach thought you may find this interesting (off westside webpage)
according to Westside Barbell…
“Did you know that a wide stance squat works the quads to the same degree as a close stance squat, but with the bonus of using more hip, glute, and hamstring muscles? Anyone who tries to squat as much as possible soon learns that a wide stance produces greater results. This was proven at Ball State University.”