I’m here to take your questions - fire away!
[quote]Chad Waterbury wrote:
I’m here to take your questions - fire away![/quote]
Can I use your “Hundred Reps to Bigger muscles” thingy during a strength training phase? Will I still get the size gains? I’m currently doing bicep curls on my off days, 4 sets of 25 with a very low weight. So do you think it’s still possible to gain bicep size on a strength training routine?
Hey C’Dub. Just sent you a “?”. Could you pop in for a quick reply on “EDT Frequency” please?
thanks,
DH
A kid who I lived with up at school is really into the HIT type of training, do you think this form of training has any merit (he preached it all the time)?
Also, how long before someone’s nervous system would just give up from always going to failure in every workout?
you da man!
[quote]Disc Hoss wrote:
Hey C’Dub. Just sent you a “?”. Could you pop in for a quick reply on “EDT Frequency” please?
thanks,
DH[/quote]
I saw DH’s post about EDT being mixed with many of CW’s methods on another thread, it was a pretty badass idea!
I’m a light weight powerlifter (165lbs) and am currently training to compete in a couple competitions in about 3-4 months.
I’ve been making some good gains using the SFM, but I still have more fat to lose (I’m at around 15%), would you recomend trying to lose more fat, sacrificing or keeping strength gains to get down to a lower competing weight, or should I try to get as strong as I can at around the same weight I am now.
The next lower weight class is at 148lbs, which I’ve been at once before (three years ago), with close to the same strength levels I’m at now. When I was 148lbs my bench was 335, squat was 415, and deadlift was 425. The comp didn’t allow shirts or suits, but this time I’m going to use them.
Now at 165lbs, my bench is around 325ish, squat 405ish, and deads about 405ish as well. I’ve recently (past 4 months or so) lost 20lbs of fat, and ultimatly want to set new PR’s, though I understand that I may not get them in the next 3-4 months.
The last 2 1/2 years have been bad workout wise, up until about the last 8 months or so when I got sick of how I looked and felt. At age 26 I looked in the mirror and saw an out-of-shape middle aged man, with my chest smaller than it’s ever been and my gut larger than it’s ever been, and I was weaker than when I was at 17yrs old.
The thing I’m not sure of, is if I should still try to lose more fat in preparation for the upcoming competitions, being that they’re only a few month away.
[quote]GriffinC wrote:
Can I use your “Hundred Reps to Bigger muscles” thingy during a strength training phase? Will I still get the size gains? I’m currently doing bicep curls on my off days, 4 sets of 25 with a very low weight. So do you think it’s still possible to gain bicep size on a strength training routine?[/quote]
Sure, the 100 Rep protocol can be used in conjunction with any program.
[quote]CU AeroStallion wrote:
A kid who I lived with up at school is really into the HIT type of training, do you think this form of training has any merit (he preached it all the time)?
Also, how long before someone’s nervous system would just give up from always going to failure in every workout?
you da man![/quote]
For those who’ve been on high volume medium-load phases, HIT can be beneficial. But the trainee usually burns out within 4 weeks. It’s not a recommended style of training.
Hello, more powerlifting questions since you left us with alot to think about in your response from yesterday.
How many times a week do you have your lifters train the main lifts or variations?
Do you also have them use 10 sets of 3 in their cycles?
Thanks
Aren’t shoulders considered part of arms? How is it alright to do shoulder presses when avoiding direct arm exercises (aside from not being an isolation movement)?
[quote]SWR-1222D wrote:
I’m a light weight powerlifter (165lbs) and am currently training to compete in a couple competitions in about 3-4 months.
I’ve been making some good gains using the SFM, but I still have more fat to lose (I’m at around 15%), would you recomend trying to lose more fat, sacrificing or keeping strength gains to get down to a lower competing weight, or should I try to get as strong as I can at around the same weight I am now.
The next lower weight class is at 148lbs, which I’ve been at once before (three years ago), with close to the same strength levels I’m at now. When I was 148lbs my bench was 335, squat was 415, and deadlift was 425. The comp didn’t allow shirts or suits, but this time I’m going to use them.
Now at 165lbs, my bench is around 325ish, squat 405ish, and deads about 405ish as well. I’ve recently (past 4 months or so) lost 20lbs of fat, and ultimatly want to set new PR’s, though I understand that I may not get them in the next 3-4 months.
The last 2 1/2 years have been bad workout wise, up until about the last 8 months or so when I got sick of how I looked and felt. At age 26 I looked in the mirror and saw an out-of-shape middle aged man, with my chest smaller than it’s ever been and my gut larger than it’s ever been, and I was weaker than when I was at 17yrs old.
The thing I’m not sure of, is if I should still try to lose more fat in preparation for the upcoming competitions, being that they’re only a few month away.[/quote]
You should seek to lose fat while following a brief volume plan. 5x5 for the first upper and lower body workouts; 8x3 with 60% of 1RM for your other workouts (speed strength). Once you reach your target weight, hit the heavy training hard.
[quote]Shadowruler wrote:
Hello, more powerlifting questions since you left us with alot to think about in your response from yesterday.
How many times a week do you have your lifters train the main lifts or variations?
Do you also have them use 10 sets of 3 in their cycles?
Thanks[/quote]
Generally, 2-4x/week.
Yes, I often use variations of 10x3 with both maximal strength and speed strength methods. Obviously, the load greatly differs for each.
Chad,
What are your thoughts on Active Recovery Workouts?? Should I employ them, or just stick with GPP programs?
Thanks
[quote]Veck23 wrote:
Chad,
What are your thoughts on Active Recovery Workouts?? Should I employ them, or just stick with GPP programs?
Thanks[/quote]
Other than the fact that I wrote a program solely dedicated to active recovery (100 Reps to Bigger Muscles), I think it’s pretty damn beneficial!
Both GPP and direct active recovery exercises will improve your results by accelerating recovery.
I’m 6’1’', 175lb, 15%bf, just getting back into ABBH. Taking in anywheres from 3500-4000 kcal/day. My question is on suppliments. You’ve changed your mind on suppliments through many programs. If I’m doing ABBH, what would you recommend? Here’s what I’m doing now:
morning:
2tbps flaxseed, 1 multivitamin
afternoon:
1 pwo(hydrolyzed whey + pineapple juice) shake during, 1 pwo right after (same but with 3g micronized creatine)
evening:
2tbps flaxseed in 1 Grow! shake w/ milk, peanut butter and cottage cheese
you also mention in ABBH2 that you should switch from 10x3 days to 5x5 days and vice-versa, then do the ABBH2 program and reverse it…that’s a 92-day program, which is great, but you didn’t mention in article 2 on good substitutions for exercises in this program. should i just stick to the exercises mentioned in abbh v.1, if i should mix them up, when and what would you recommend?
Thanks CW!
Big Chad
Seems that a lot of people say for hypertophy high reps will get to your goal faster than low reps.
What i mean is say a person is after a 1 inch gain on their biceps,both training variables would get u there but would high rep training get u there faster than low rep training?
Or would a combination of both high and low reps be advisible.
Thanks Dubbya
HHH
Chad, what kind of ab protocal would you advocate for someone seeking only to strengthen the abs for the sake of stabilization during heavy deadlifting and squating?