[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
crod266 wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
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?
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.
o ok thanks thib, so you could acually do both in one session to get good results
NO! If you read my ‘‘how to design a damn good program’’ you will learn to avoid redundant exercises. Doing two variations of basically the same exercise (as far as muscle function is concerned) would be redundant and just plain dumb.[/quote]
being an advanced wrestler and intermediate weight trainer, I would like to know if it would be good to use a motor learning phase in about two weeks, for a month, to increase my maximal strength, since I am seriously bothered by a lot of tendon problems: nothing unbearable, but as I view it, off season is not a good time to make injuries worse…
And if possible, I would like to know if these thoughts are correct: since I am a very flexible by nature, with muscles and joints, and since muscle strength is caused by insertion points getting closer, does that mean that I don’t have the potential to be really strong and that I should concentrate on other areas of my sport? I’ve been stopping stretching for two weeks and I don’t see any positive or negative change.
Assuming you had two alternate situations where a particular bodybuilder was at the same level of leanness, which scenario would result in better overall abdominal development and visual presentation(or would the difference, if any, be minimal):
Scenario A: the bodybuilder relies exclusively or almost exclusively on progressively more challenging isometric exercises for the abs(example: anti-rotation exercises with “The Grappler” or anti-rotation woodchoppers) + any additional stimulation received through overhead pressing, squats, and various other compound lifts.
Scenario B: the bodybuilder relies on a mix of isometric and dynamic, multi-plane ab exercises with a tendency toward using more of the latter and less of the former.
Thib, while following your beast building program, is it okay to add in some ab, calves, and forearm work at the end of the workout? (seperately, not all 3 done together on the same day) If so, on which days would be best to add each to?
thanks
Monday: Motor skill acquisition
Tuesday: Isometric/explosive contrast
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Motor skill acquisition plus 10 to 15 minutes of beach work
Friday: Off
Saturday: Overload
Sunday: Off
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
forbes wrote:
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?
A pump doesn’t mean ‘‘nothing’’. Quite the contrary. It indicates a local accumulation of metabolites which stimulate the release of several growth factors. It also help to know if you hit the target muscle group properly.
But a pump doesn’t mean that you are performing an isolation exercise, thinking that way is just plain idiotic. Don’t you get a leg pump from squats? And these are far from being an isolation move![/quote]
so since i get a pump in the target muscles without flexing them (by which i mean contracting them as hard as i can while lifting the weight), is that enough for a growth response?
by the way, thankyou for your responses. much appreciated
[quote]forbes wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
forbes wrote:
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?
A pump doesn’t mean ‘‘nothing’’. Quite the contrary. It indicates a local accumulation of metabolites which stimulate the release of several growth factors. It also help to know if you hit the target muscle group properly.
But a pump doesn’t mean that you are performing an isolation exercise, thinking that way is just plain idiotic. Don’t you get a leg pump from squats? And these are far from being an isolation move!
so since i get a pump in the target muscles without flexing them (by which i mean contracting them as hard as i can while lifting the weight), is that enough for a growth response?
by the way, thankyou for your responses. much appreciated ;)[/quote]
To stimulate growth you need external loading, muscle micro-trauma and the release of local growth factor.
I was doing dumbbell pullovers (rarely do them) the other day, the DOMS was in my triceps. If my form was perfect, this means my triceps over power my chest overall?
Faster when I don’t have to read and answer to such idiotic posts.[/quote]
That was uncharacteristically harsh. I was genuinely curious as to the typing speed of a man in your profession…you seem quite prolific–putting out at least an article every other week, writing several hundred page books, and answering questions on a daily basis.
Top that off with working with private clients and doing seminars, I was seriously wondering what kind of typing speeds you need to maintain if, for instance, I wanted to accomplish such things.
I didn’t give a bunch of irrelevant details in the initial post because I didn’t want to bother you with them.
Thib, in pump dwon the volume, could you use deadlifts the same way because I dont see how using tequniques like that on deads would work or am I wrong
That was uncharacteristically harsh. I was genuinely curious as to the typing speed of a man in your profession…you seem quite prolific–putting out at least an article every other week, writing several hundred page books, and answering questions on a daily basis.
Top that off with working with private clients and doing seminars, I was seriously wondering what kind of typing speeds you need to maintain if, for instance, I wanted to accomplish such things.
I didn’t give a bunch of irrelevant details in the initial post because I didn’t want to bother you with them.
Whatever.[/quote]
Harsh ??
Come on man, you even wrote out how busy he is but still ask him HOW FAST HE TYPES ??
When i was reading back through all the other pages, i saw someone ask what his
1)Favourite colour
2)Favourite food
3)Favourite film
Honestly if wrote a pm to you asking what your favourite food was… would you not raise an eyebrow wondering wtf.
If you want to be as busy as him typing skills are the least of your worries !
Getting as knowledgeable as him is an issue you should be looking at if you want “to accomplish such things”
And i saw it on another pages he types 101.723 words every 7 minutes 40 seconds…
Some coaches would say to use an elbows-tucked benching style for longterm shoulder health, while others will say you would need to use the elbows-flared style if you want to maximally develop the pectorals.
Do you think it is still possible to achieve optimal chest development without ever using the elbows-flared style of benching?
Some coaches would say to use an elbows-tucked benching style for longterm shoulder health, while others will say you would need to use the elbows-flared style if you want to maximally develop the pectorals.
Do you think it is still possible to achieve optimal chest development without ever using the elbows-flared style of benching? [/quote]
Heck, it’s possible to achieve optimal chest development without even doing the bench press!
[quote]Fiction wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
Fiction wrote:
CT,
How fast do you type?
Faster when I don’t have to read and answer to such idiotic posts.
That was uncharacteristically harsh. I was genuinely curious as to the typing speed of a man in your profession…you seem quite prolific–putting out at least an article every other week, writing several hundred page books, and answering questions on a daily basis. Top that off with working with private clients and doing seminars, I was seriously wondering what kind of typing speeds you need to maintain if, for instance, I wanted to accomplish such things.
I didn’t give a bunch of irrelevant details in the initial post because I didn’t want to bother you with them.
Whatever.[/quote]
I’m not a good typer… I still use the two hands/one finger technique. Typing skills has nothing to do with what I can accomplish, proper time management does.
I generally have between 5 to 8 clientd per day and I schedule a 90 minutes time slot with each of them, but in reality the workouts normally last 60 minutes, so I have time to answer questions between clients.
I have my Sunday’s off, and that’s when I write my articles. I will sometimes write 2-3 per week, so I’m actually set for several months in advance right now.
I was doing dumbbell pullovers (rarely do them) the other day, the DOMS was in my triceps. If my form was perfect, this means my triceps over power my chest overall?
Thanks!
David[/quote]
No, it means that the DB pullover is an ineffective exercise. I’ve been training clients for eons and I NEVER used this exercise with any of them.
I use some equivalent variations like the straight-arms pulldown, machine pullover, cable pullover and decline barbell pullover. But not the cross-bench DB pullover, which is an ineffective exercise. In fact I’ve heard or several individuals actually partially tearing their abdominal muscles and injuring their shoulders from this exercise.
Some coaches would say to use an elbows-tucked benching style for longterm shoulder health, while others will say you would need to use the elbows-flared style if you want to maximally develop the pectorals.
Do you think it is still possible to achieve optimal chest development without ever using the elbows-flared style of benching?
Heck, it’s possible to achieve optimal chest development without even doing the bench press![/quote]
CT,
What excerises might you prioritize for chest development assuming you dropped benching?
[quote]pflifter wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
q99q wrote:
CT,
Some coaches would say to use an elbows-tucked benching style for longterm shoulder health, while others will say you would need to use the elbows-flared style if you want to maximally develop the pectorals.
Do you think it is still possible to achieve optimal chest development without ever using the elbows-flared style of benching?
Heck, it’s possible to achieve optimal chest development without even doing the bench press!
CT,
What excerises might you prioritize for chest development assuming you dropped benching?[/quote]
After all this time (and the zillion times I’ve mentionned it) one would think that you would grasp by now that THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL ANSWER!!! Proper exercise selection depends on biomechanical aspects (levers, length of segments, etc.) as well as muscle dominance.
What is a great chest exercise for me might be a very poor choice for you.
