CT,
Can Petersen step-ups and other types of quad-dominant steps-ups be antagonistically paired with exercises such as leg curls, RDL’s, and reverse hypers or would the activity of the glutes and hamstrings during quad-dominant step-ups still be too great to make such pairings viable and productive?
Coach Thib, congrats for getting married
I am a teenage bodybuilder with a few questions:
Ow and are you done with the Thib System articles those really cleared up several issues to me. Especially the issue of whether or not to train to failure. I really wanted to read some more of those.
CT,
What I would like to know is how the pro’s lose the weight in their midsections? I train hard and diet but that weight around my weist will not go away! This F.U.B.A (Fat under belly area) is driving me nuts! Do you have any advice on dieting or excercises?
[quote]rlittleton wrote:
CT,
What I would like to know is how the pro’s lose the weight in their midsections? I train hard and diet but that weight around my weist will not go away! This F.U.B.A (Fat under belly area) is driving me nuts! Do you have any advice on dieting or excercises?[/quote]
Let’s just say that what the pros do has no bearing on what you need to do. Notto make too many assumptions, but it’s not from dieting and exercises.
There’s a wealth of information in all of your question and answer forums, especially the New Thib Zone and this latest one. However, it is sometimes hard sifting through all the filler and other posts…
Ever thought of having T-Nation edit the old forums only keeping the good stuff, or compiling only the questions you answered into a book and selling it for extra cash? Hell, I’d buy it.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Germanbadenglish wrote:
Hi Coach,
I have a question about your periodization in your book “Theory and Application of Modern Strength and Power Methods”.
I’ll try to explain it properly: You have three blocks (accumulation block, intesification block and explosvie block) and all three of them form one cycle. Then you say that you use 4 main methods per block (concentric, eccentric, isometric and KEAT) and plan the cycle for each of these individually.
And exactly this (+ the graphic below) confuses me. Do you use the 4 methods in one cycle or in one block (the graphic looks like that one of a whole cycle but you say block)?
I hope my problem isn’t too confusing.
Thank you!
It was just an example of how the various methods could be integrated in a training plan. You don’t need to include every method explained.[/quote]
Oh, okay.
Thank you!
[quote]RitesOfSpring wrote:
There’s a wealth of information in all of your question and answer forums, especially the New Thib Zone and this latest one. However, it is sometimes hard sifting through all the filler and other posts…
Ever thought of having T-Nation edit the old forums only keeping the good stuff, or compiling only the questions you answered into a book and selling it for extra cash? Hell, I’d buy it. [/quote]
I barely have time to eat as it is… working on such a gigantic project is definetely out of question.
Coach,
Should ZMA be taken in the morning and ubermag in the evening and before bed? Or opposite? Or ZMA at all? (couldn’t find that post in the old thread) Thanks.
[quote]socrgod wrote:
Coach,
Should ZMA be taken in the morning and ubermag in the evening and before bed? Or opposite? Or ZMA at all? (couldn’t find that post in the old thread) Thanks.[/quote]
zinc is seperate to the mag
zinc am
mag pm
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
I am not convinced that saturated fats have a ‘‘special’’ testosterone-boosting properties over other types of fat. It has been documented that adding fat to a diet, even in the form of saturated fat, increases testosterone levels if your fat intake was too low to start with. However is it the saturated fat that did it, or just the total fat increase?
[/quote]
Thib,
Is this at all due to the fact that saturated fat is not an “essential” fat and could be manufactured by the body if necessary, hence the reason why you feel overall increase in fat intake and not specifically saturated fat intake might be the thing affecting Test levels?
[quote]NiallC wrote:
socrgod wrote:
Coach,
Should ZMA be taken in the morning and ubermag in the evening and before bed? Or opposite? Or ZMA at all? (couldn’t find that post in the old thread) Thanks.
zinc is seperate to the mag
zinc am
mag pm[/quote]
Yep
Thib,
The bottles of TRIBEX and Alpha Male say to cycle them in a fashion such as 5 days on and 2 days off and to take them for at least 4 weeks to attain their full effect. But if I recall correctly, you’ve said that testosterone boosting supplements are best used for a period of 2 weeks before switching to another supplement for the same purpose and that only 1 or 2 supplements for this purpose should be taken at any one time.
Given these guidelines, how would you recommend using TRIBEX or Alpha Male to maximize its benefits and are there any effective ways you’d recommend rotating in things like maca, holy basil, and others when not using TRIBEX or Alpha Male?
Hey Coach,
can u give some pointers on core-training…
Hey Coach can teenagers take Alpha Male or REZ-V?
Coach,
I read your article on Carb Cycling and this is what I have come up with. Please let me know what you think.
High Day - 1 Day/Week
420 g Protein
20 g Fat
435 g Carb
Mod Day - 3 Day/Week
420 g Protein
20 g Fat
350 g Carb
Low Day 3 Day/Week
420 g Protein
20 g Fat
260 g Carb
I am 280 pounds. Are the carbs too high for a person that wants to lose fat? Thanks for your help.
Salut Chris c’est Mike, pourrai tu apporter le produits pour les bitch en revenant a 5h stp?
Coach,
I’m currently about to enter my final week before my first contest. I’m employing your “shredded in 6 days” plan to achieve the contest condition. I had several questions regarding some of the specifics about the plan. First, during the monday thru thursday phase, should I be consuming approximately the same amount of calories as I have been the past few weeks or do I drop them a bit to tighten up?
Second, during the carb up, should I be consuming any protein with these meals or is it just strictly carbs only? Lastly, I understand that every individual is different and will respond differently to different things, but, based on your experience is there any carb up foods you feel are superior in each of the friday carb up phases to others or is the variability to great? Thank you for your time.
Hi Thib,
How can someone reduce muscle mass? No, your eyes are not going crazy, I said REDUCE! Let me explain.
My girlfriend has played hockey since she was 4, and was the captain of her Div. I hockey program for 3 of the 4 years. Needless to say, she has some quality muscle on her legs.
Now that she no longer plays at that level, she would like to lose some of that mass. You may be thinking she’s now a fatty, but she’s not. She still plays a couple of times a week and works out, but no longer hits the squats, oly lifts, etc.
Any info you can provide on exercise selection, sets, reps etc, or just a general overview on what kind of training she should be doing would be greatly appreciated. As you can imagine, there isn’t much out there on reducing muscle.
Thanks for your time.
Hey Coach,
Seems to me that Tyrosine/Power Drive would be something to recommend to a golfer before a tournament or important match. Would you concur?