CONGRATULATIONS CT!!!
congratulations. enjoy.
Toutes mes félicitations pour cette union.
congrats.
seriously tho, take a week off man. forget about us, you just got married bro, enjoy it.
[quote]kaleel86 wrote:
Thib,
You recommended decline cable flies from lower pulleys some time ago to maximise recuritment of the chest, especially for a shoulder dominant individual.
Would leaning back on an incline bench using the higher pulley cables be just as good or not?
Thank you[/quote]
Biomechanically both movements are similar, so the answer should be ‘‘yes’’. However from experience it just doesn’t pan out in the ‘‘real world’’. I think that the angle of pull is slightly different and it affects the quality of the muscle contraction. One of those things that I really can’t give a scientific answer to, but that happens to be true in the trenches.
[quote]MangoFighter wrote:
coach Thib,
im not rich enough to take a serving of Surge both during and after a workout, but could i take half a serving during the workout and half a serving after, or should i just stick with a full one after?[/quote]
Full serving after. The serving ‘‘during’’ will only make a significant difference if your workouts are of the very high volume kind.
[quote]forbes wrote:
CT, when i see videos of professionals lifting, they always seem to lift (and lower) the weights very fast and with momentum. like in pumping iron, it seems that all the bodybuilders used quite a bit of body english and lifted extremely fast. if TUT is important, as well as good form, how did they get so big?
for example, heres a very short video on ronnie coleman doing 21’a for his biceps. when he goes into a full range of motion, he seems to go fast. i always thought that the negative should take like 3-4 seconds to lower, but he takes like 1 second.
what gives? he doesnt even seem like he’s flexing his biceps either.
- YouTube [/quote]
Pro bodybuilders have several things that 99% of the population don’t have… freaky genetics to easily build tons of muscle mass… stress-free lives compared to the average 9-5 guy with a family … huge amounts of ‘‘pharmaceutical help’’ … the genetic predisposition to handle physical stress (strong structure) while avoiding injury.
So really, you cannot copy the way they train an expect to have the same results.
One thing that they do right though (most of them anyway) is that they always strive to progress in strength or reps. That, you can copy.
Thib, conserning your pump down the volume article are there any excersies that you would reccomend over others because I dont see how doing squats or bb press rest pause style would be safe . I could see machines working better for rest pause am I right
[quote]crod266 wrote:
Thib, conserning your pump down the volume article are there any excersies that you would reccomend over others because I dont see how doing squats or bb press rest pause style would be safe . I could see machines working better for rest pause am I right[/quote]
No … any exercise can be performed using the rest/pause style provided that one has good technique, a power rack and/or a spotter.
Best wishes to you and your new bride, coach.
I have a question about workouts and glycogen depletion and would love your take on it when you have an opportunity after all the post wedding excitement, festivities, and honeymoon related activities are finished 
LV= low volume, MV = medium volume, HV = high volume
LI= low intensity, MI= medium intensity, HI= high intensity
If using various combinations from the key above, what would be an approximate estimate of the levels of muscle glycogen and liver glycogen depletion from the following types of workouts:
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LV and LI
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LV and MI
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LV and HI
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MV and LI
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MV and MI
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MV and HI
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HV and LI
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HV and MI
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HV and HI
I realize that which muscle groups are being worked and many other things factor into this, but I was curious as to ballpark estimates.
Thanks for your time.
Congrats on your marriage, coach!
I have a few questions for you pertaining to overhead pressing.
*I see Coach Poliquin often places seated OH presses in his online routines instead of standing. Is this mostly related to the seated version typically being a stricter movement?
**Are there any groups you will never use OH pressing with/immediately rule out any OH pressing if training or do you let structural balance or lack there of be the major determining factor?
I’m particularly curious as to how this might apply to sports that require significant overhead strength along with a high volume of work since it seems like there’d be a very fine line to walk between developing the necessary qualities and imparting an excessive amount of stress on the shoulders relative to the wear and tear sustained during the sport of choice.
***Lastly, when it comes to activating the most HTMU’s with OH pressing, would barbells have the edge due to overall loading or would DB’s have it due to the greater overall ROM?
Congratulations ~
congratulations on the marriage.
i was looking back over your specializations routines and wanted to know…
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are there certain populations that you would advise not to do these
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for someone who has been lifting for years do you feel like one of these phases is almost necessary to bring up lagging bodyparts.
[quote]RustBeltGym wrote:
*I see Coach Poliquin often places seated OH presses in his online routines instead of standing. Is this mostly related to the seated version typically being a stricter movement? [/quote]
I am not Charles! Don’t ask me why HE puts an exercise or method in a program. Ask me questions about my methods, not other people methods!
That having been said there are advantages to the standing variations:
- More postural/stabilisation involvement.
- Less spinal compression
- More transferable to athletic movements
Being stricter is not part of the reasons because you can cheat just as easily standing as seated… seated you can cheat by angling your torso, turning the lift into an incline press… standing you can cheat by using your legs or by leaning back.
[quote]RustBeltGym wrote:
**Are there any groups you will never use OH pressing with/immediately rule out any OH pressing if training or do you let structural balance or lack there of be the major determining factor? [/quote]
Baseball pitchers and quaterbacks. Some swimmers. For other athletes it is a case-by-case evaluation.
[quote]RustBeltGym wrote:
***Lastly, when it comes to activating the most HTMU’s with OH pressing, would barbells have the edge due to overall loading or would DB’s have it due to the greater overall ROM? [/quote]
It depends on your body structure. DB will normally have a slight edge in most individuals though.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
crod266 wrote:
Thib, conserning your pump down the volume article are there any excersies that you would reccomend over others because I dont see how doing squats or bb press rest pause style would be safe . I could see machines working better for rest pause am I right
No … any exercise can be performed using the rest/pause style provided that one has good technique, a power rack and/or a spotter.[/quote]
What if one didnt have either of those
[quote]crod266 wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
crod266 wrote:
Thib, conserning your pump down the volume article are there any excersies that you would reccomend over others because I dont see how doing squats or bb press rest pause style would be safe . I could see machines working better for rest pause am I right
No … any exercise can be performed using the rest/pause style provided that one has good technique, a power rack and/or a spotter.
What if one didnt have either of those
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Find a new gym.
Coach, I know you’ve megadosed bcaa’s in the past and got really good results in a two week period. I was wondering if the week or two when coming off a bodypart specialization routine would be a good time to go from 40g periworkout to something like 80g since those two weeks are when most of the growth takes place in the targeted muscles.
Thanks
CT,
A couple pages back you asked someone if they were hungry when they woke up in the morning…what would this tell you? Personally, I’m am always starving when I wake up and can’t wait to eat. I even think about breakfast as I’m going to sleep the night before haha. I always figured this was a sign of improved metabolism. Would appreciate your thoughts. And also congrats on your marriage!
Coach,
I am interested to know how you went about your carb up day when you did your transformation.
On that carb up day, did you eat carbs with every meal, or did you just have a large carb meal at the end of the day?(I did read the article, and am aware of how many and how often these meals are eaten according to bodyweigh and bodyfat %s)
Was protein eaten at with those meals also, or did you slightly cut back your protein on your carb up day?
Lastly, according to your articles, I’m still unclear if you do or do not count the carbs in green veggies. I know you covered it a million times, but perhaps I am not understanding it correctly.
Thanks for your time and efforts in this GREAT thread!!!
[quote]ExPro79 wrote:
Coach,
I am interested to know how you went about your carb up day when you did your transformation.
On that carb up day, did you eat carbs with every meal, or did you just have a large carb meal at the end of the day?(I did read the article, and am aware of how many and how often these meals are eaten according to bodyweigh and bodyfat %s)
Was protein eaten at with those meals also, or did you slightly cut back your protein on your carb up day?
Lastly, according to your articles, I’m still unclear if you do or do not count the carbs in green veggies. I know you covered it a million times, but perhaps I am not understanding it correctly.
Thanks for your time and efforts in this GREAT thread!!! [/quote]
What I did is unconsequential; a program or diet should be based on your individual needs.
Read my article ‘‘Refined physique transformation’’ for more info on how to plan your carb-ups.