The sudden lack of beard saddens me. Other than that, great videos.
[quote]Wild_Iron_Gym wrote:
Here’s the rest. The upload finally took on the third try.
I know this is old but at the end he says “the research shows that after 3 weeks you don’t get faster, you don’t get stronger…”
What research shows this? I don’t understand how it could say people just won’t get stronger/faster/etc. after 3 weeks.
Louie talks about it in one of his articles. They used to do 5-week waves. Now everything is 3-week waves.
[quote]Wild_Iron_Gym wrote:
Louie talks about it in one of his articles. They used to do 5-week waves. Now everything is 3-week waves. [/quote]
Do you know which article? Again, I’m not saying they made it up or something but how can they say people don’t get stronger after 3 weeks? There are tons of people who don’t deload for much longer than that and continue to get stronger so I’m kind of confused by that statement.
[quote]David1991 wrote:
[quote]Wild_Iron_Gym wrote:
Louie talks about it in one of his articles. They used to do 5-week waves. Now everything is 3-week waves. [/quote]
Do you know which article? Again, I’m not saying they made it up or something but how can they say people don’t get stronger after 3 weeks? There are tons of people who don’t deload for much longer than that and continue to get stronger so I’m kind of confused by that statement. [/quote]
“Why do we start again after 3 weeks? We found that after 3 weeks, one cannot become faster or stronger. That is exactly why a 3-week wave
is used. Dr. Mel Siff informed me that Vasily Alexeev used a similar wave system for his remarkable training. Remember, he was a weight
lifter and used no gear. It worked because he physically got stronger.”
http://westside-barbell.com/westside-articles/PDF.Files/05PDF/PERIODIZATION_pendulum.pdf
It’s more about how to periodize your training. In theory, you could do a 5-week wave of 50%, 52.5%, 55%, 57.5%, and 60%. They found that after the third week they weren’t getting better. So now it’s 50%, 55%, 60%, and then back down to 50%.
Is that 50, 55, 60% free weight then add bands, or do you calculate how much the weight will be at the bottom?
It’s a % free weight. The band tension at the top should be ~25% of your max. The other key is the bands need to be under tension in the hole. The band tension in the hole is usually ~60% of what it is at the top. You have to remember the percentages are for geared lifters that are only wearing briefs though. Raw lifters can usually go 5-10% a higher on the free weight. The real key is to make sure you’re moving fast but not sloppy.
Personally, I don’t pay attention to what % I use. Usually whoever is closest to a meet picks a bar and a contrast. Everyone else picks a weight that can be loaded with 45’s and 25’s. That makes it easy to load and keeps the rotation moving.
Bench is 40-50% and some people go even lower than that.
[quote]Wild_Iron_Gym wrote:
“Why do we start again after 3 weeks? We found that after 3 weeks, one cannot become faster or stronger. That is exactly why a 3-week wave
is used. Dr. Mel Siff informed me that Vasily Alexeev used a similar wave system for his remarkable training. Remember, he was a weight
lifter and used no gear. It worked because he physically got stronger.”
http://westside-barbell.com/westside-articles/PDF.Files/05PDF/PERIODIZATION_pendulum.pdf
It’s more about how to periodize your training. In theory, you could do a 5-week wave of 50%, 52.5%, 55%, 57.5%, and 60%. They found that after the third week they weren’t getting better. So now it’s 50%, 55%, 60%, and then back down to 50%.[/quote]
I guess I really don’t know much about powerlifting. Is that DE work or something? Since %'s are so low…
I guess it’s just really different than typical/“bodybuilding” training where people try to increase by a rep or something each time and then when they get to the top of a range they add weight…this goes on for much longer than 3 weeks.
[quote]David1991 wrote:
[quote]Wild_Iron_Gym wrote:
“Why do we start again after 3 weeks? We found that after 3 weeks, one cannot become faster or stronger. That is exactly why a 3-week wave
is used. Dr. Mel Siff informed me that Vasily Alexeev used a similar wave system for his remarkable training. Remember, he was a weight
lifter and used no gear. It worked because he physically got stronger.”
http://westside-barbell.com/westside-articles/PDF.Files/05PDF/PERIODIZATION_pendulum.pdf
It’s more about how to periodize your training. In theory, you could do a 5-week wave of 50%, 52.5%, 55%, 57.5%, and 60%. They found that after the third week they weren’t getting better. So now it’s 50%, 55%, 60%, and then back down to 50%.[/quote]
I guess I really don’t know much about powerlifting. Is that DE work or something? Since %'s are so low…
I guess it’s just really different than typical/“bodybuilding” training where people try to increase by a rep or something each time and then when they get to the top of a range they add weight…this goes on for much longer than 3 weeks. [/quote]
It’s entirely different.