[quote]gaddismotivate wrote:
Coach, would you advocate slow vinyasa yoga as a good tool on off days to increase circulation etc and help with recovery?[/quote]
I do not have any experience with this kinda stuff so I can’t make any recommendations on it.
Hello Christian.
I have been busy reading especially all of your former articles ! SSSOOOO much info there !
I have read the hungarian oak article and i was AMAZED that a guy from nowhere has the same legs as the best bodybuilder in regards to legs !
So if i have read it right you reccomend this:
4-6 sets of 4-6 squats
1 set of progressively longer set on the leg press (started at 2 minutes)
2 sets of leg extension
So for the squats how heavy is it an 8rm squat ?
And what about the leg press at my gym me and my brother can both do the full stack for 3-5 reps (it was a comp he won) so will i take a weight we can do for say 1 minute and then make ourselves do 2 ?
Not anymore. He mainly manages the bodybuilding federation and his coaching certification program (which I’m one of the teachers).
And finally with the leg extension it it doing what the article said ?
2 sets of 30 reps; 10 reps with the legs turned inward, 10 reps with the legs straight, and 10 reps with the legs turned outward. Each rep was ‘‘squeezed’’ at the peak contraction point and held for a second or so.
I really would like to do this, i dont get the chance this time around to train with you but maybe someday when im older.
Also i read your a teacher for Benoit, is this course only in french ?? Or is it in english, if it is do you think it is good maybe something i might do when i finish school.
Thanks for all your time.
Hey coach,
Is having a fat adapted metabolism really more efficient for fat loss than having a sugar burning one?
If this is the case, how can one achieve and hold a pump with full muscle bellies in the absence of dietary carbohydrates?
CT,
Regarding close grip partial bench…You describe this as 2-3" above sticking point. I am not exactly sure where this is. How far before lock out?
Sorry for the stupidity,
GJ
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
forbes wrote:
coach, you said that when doing isolation lifts, that you should try to forcefully contract the muscle as hard as possible.
im curious, is there some isolation exercises where the target muscles arent supposed to be contracted (such as reverse barbell curls, calofornia press, regular barbell curl, close grip bench press)? for some reason, those exercise i cant contract the target muscles much at all.
California press, close-grip bench press are NOT isolation exercises. If you can contract your muscles in the reverse curl or barbell curl, then you might have a problem with activating your biceps or you are used to relying on other muscles than the biceps too much because it is very easy to focus on the contraction of the target muscle during these lifts.[/quote]
ok, but what if i experience a pump in the target muscle group after the exercise? i know “pump training” means nothing in regards to muscle growth, but doesnt a pump in the target muscle mean i worked it? also, what if i feel soreness the next day?
Coach,
Just wondering if we haven’t gotten an email back about 1 of the 10 online clients from last week does that mean you and your staff have already chosen the ones you’re gonna work with.
Thanks
Coach, are good mornings good exercises for hypertrophy? How do you do them to really focus on the erector?
Coach
Was thinking about the whole pre-fatigue thing & trying to get stubborn muscles to respond. Was just wondering if there were any studies or field experience with pre-fatiging the dominant muscle first. It seems that if someone was say tri dominant and wanted the pecs hit more it would kind of make sense to fatigue the Tri’s first so the dominant muscle wasn’t so dominant… Or does this open you up to injury ? As always probably thinking ass backwards !
Thib i found this page through an nsca web page tonight, its an assessment software, i was wondering if you had seen it and any thoughts on it.
for assessment and the like. i was thinking how it might be helpful with testing structural balance,gait, and things like 10yard dash/40 yard dash.
or do think there would be a better system?
thanks Thib
Thib, is there a diffrence between standing facing a low cable pulley or with your back facing it when preforming a low pulley cable curl with on arm?
Hey Coach,
Hearing that you are/were a golfer I thought you might enjoy this article. Personally, I think it applies to more sports than golf as well as it’s applicable to life. Enjoy!
http://www.golfdigest.com/instruction/mentalgame/rotella?currentPage=1
What is your opinion on starting out a progression? i know some are in favor of starting almost at their max and trying to push over that the next subsequent workouts while others (like proponents of HST) like to start as much as 25lb. under their max and add 5lb. for each subsequent workout until progression stops.
Thib,
In an exercise such as a seated shoulder press, the MU activation in the delts would likely be greater than in the standing version since the body would not need to work as hard to stabilize itself and neural drive to the delts would be greater.
When it comes to an exercise such as Scott curls, would there be much if any difference between MU activation in the standing bench version versus the seated bench version? And as someone with experience using both versions, would you say one version of the bench is more or less awkward to use than the other.
CT,
Approximately how many additional nutrients or calories does it take to sustain each new pound of muscle? And would muscles’ main contribution to increasing metabolism be related to increases in the thermic effect of activity as opposed to any significant bump up in RMR? I’ve seen some sources say that each pound of muscle may add as few as 6 calories to RMR.
[quote]DeadlySting81 wrote:
Thib,
In an exercise such as a seated shoulder press, the MU activation in the delts would likely be greater than in the standing version since the body would not need to work as hard to stabilize itself and neural drive to the delts would be greater.
When it comes to an exercise such as Scott curls, would there be much if any difference between MU activation in the standing bench version versus the seated bench version? And as someone with experience using both versions, would you say one version of the bench is more or less awkward to use than the other.
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Already answered that question. The difference, if any, would be negligeable in that particular movement.
Coach Thibs,
I read that phosphatidylserine is not as effective in the soy form but that’s all I can find it in due to America’s fear of Mad Cow Disease (and rightfully so), what is your opinion on this? What brand of PS do you recommend? Thanks.
[quote]crod266 wrote:
Thib, is there a diffrence between standing facing a low cable pulley or with your back facing it when preforming a low pulley cable curl with on arm?[/quote]
Yes. When the back is facing the machine you can get a better stretch of the muscle in the extended position (by bringing the shoulder back slightly) which can increase MU actvation. However the tension at the peak contraction position is less. So no version is better than the other, only different.
[quote]cpcloud wrote:
Coach Thibs,
I read that phosphatidylserine is not as effective in the soy form but that’s all I can find it in due to America’s fear of Mad Cow Disease (and rightfully so), what is your opinion on this? What brand of PS do you recommend? Thanks.[/quote]
poliquin performance
[quote]steelerfan wrote:
Coach
Was thinking about the whole pre-fatigue thing & trying to get stubborn muscles to respond. Was just wondering if there were any studies or field experience with pre-fatiging the dominant muscle first. It seems that if someone was say tri dominant and wanted the pecs hit more it would kind of make sense to fatigue the Tri’s first so the dominant muscle wasn’t so dominant… Or does this open you up to injury ? As always probably thinking ass backwards ! [/quote]
No, it is completely dumb to fatigue the triceps to better hit the pecs. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The goal of pre-fatiguing a muscle is to make sure that after the compound set, this muscle will be fully stimulated/fatigued.
If you pre-fatigue another muscle group the set will be terminated sooner (weaker link) so the target muscle (which was not pre-fatigued) will receive LESS stimulation because the set was not as long.
Furthermore, you do not get the benefit of enhanced feedback (feeling a muscle better during a movement).
[quote]NiallC wrote:
Thib i found this page through an nsca web page tonight, its an assessment software, i was wondering if you had seen it and any thoughts on it.
for assessment and the like. i was thinking how it might be helpful with testing structural balance,gait, and things like 10yard dash/40 yard dash.
or do think there would be a better system?
thanks Thib
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We used it when I was doing my M.Sc. in College (I worked at the Biomechanics lab). Decent software if you are into movement analysis.