No, at least not heavy everytime.
Twice is enough and I would just do a speed day and a heavy day.
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No, at least not heavy everytime.
Twice is enough and I would just do a speed day and a heavy day.
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Ah yes, I definitely remember that feeling of squatting 3 times a week. Indeed, will be working on a plan for next week. Should be interesting.
I was thinking about twice but there's no harm is experimenting. I think doing 3 days heavy wouldn't allow for enough recovery time. Playing with a few ideas.
Thanks for the input guys.
I assume that is with a bench shirt?
A 300kg bench is a rather exceptional thing B1C3P, given that it is 7kg off the British record (with shirts) and smashes the unequipped record by 60kg!
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Perhaps you could cut the volume down and do 3 x 5 which would still alow you to lift heavy yet recover. Or possibly 3 x 6 or even 3 x 3.
Or you could even pyramid over the week for example:
Monday: 5 x 5
Wednesday: 4 x 3
Friday: 3 x 2
Increasing weight accordingly.
One big ascending pyramid, just another idea
no idea on it's effectiveness!
Perhaps you could cut the volume down and do 3 x 5 which would still alow you to lift heavy yet recover. Or possibly 3 x 6 or even 3 x 3.
Or you could even pyramid over the week for example:
Monday: 5 x 5
Wednesday: 4 x 3
Friday: 3 x 2
Increasing weight accordingly.
One big ascending pyramid, just another idea
no idea on it's effectiveness!
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I was taking to an old friend in the gym and he said its 90% diet and 10% lifting weights to get big!
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Do they put something in the water round your way? 270kg for reps is pretty huge, 180kg is nothing to be sniffed at either.
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I heard exactly the same thing from people in general and people at my old gym but without personal experience who knows.
Anyway more recently I've been keeping an eye on the stronglifts blog and I pulled these from the blog, For anyone who is interested it's at the very least something to think about the next time someone says diet>training.
Got them from here but the interesting stuff is in the links below.
1# http://stronglifts.com/fast-muscle-gains-real-secret/
2# http://stronglifts.com/how-to-build-muscle-without-protein/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5EjFMQcApY
^ tht was his 262kg lift but that was a year ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDsXyOj5cx0
^ 300kg, but 2 reps not really to chest tho.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiPn5joKeQA&feature=related
^ 8 reps of 70kg shoulder pressing dbs.
End of day I know him and his brother v well, used to train with them both hence why I've got good strength as I used to do a lot of strength training.
^ tht was his 262kg lift but that was a year ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDsXyOj5cx0
^ 300kg, but 2 reps not really to chest tho.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiPn5joKeQA&feature=related
^ 8 reps of 70kg shoulder pressing dbs.
End of day I know him and his brother v well, used to train with them both hence why I've got good strength as I used to do a lot of strength training.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/luis13.htm
Does this workout look ok for a beginner? Aims at the moment is really to put some mass on.
Does this workout look ok for a beginner? Aims at the moment is really to put some mass on.
If you're a beginner I would deffinatley not be contemplating GVT!
I've been there and it is deffinatley not a pleasant routine, it is effective but not for the faint hearted.
Stick a 3 or 4 day split. Focus on getting your form and mind muscle connections established. Something like starting strength or strong lifts would be a much better starting place as GVT is more of an intermediate/advanced routine.
I've been there and it is deffinatley not a pleasant routine, it is effective but not for the faint hearted.
Stick a 3 or 4 day split. Focus on getting your form and mind muscle connections established. Something like starting strength or strong lifts would be a much better starting place as GVT is more of an intermediate/advanced routine.
So it's not really a case of "my friend's brother can do 270kg for reps", it's more a case of "Powerlifting champion Robert Weijas whom I know very well can do 270kg for reps".
If I knew Andy Bolton I wouldn't denigrate the achievements of "big powerlifting" type guys at another gym just because they only deadlift 250kg and my mate does twice that!
Bloody scottish!
^this.
What i find really impressive is the ROM on those bench presses; I get a "blah" feeling when a 5ft guy goes there in powerlifting stance with super wide grip and a shirt and moves the bar for a whopping 5 inches calling it a bench press.
This guy travels
What i find really impressive is the ROM on those bench presses; I get a "blah" feeling when a 5ft guy goes there in powerlifting stance with super wide grip and a shirt and moves the bar for a whopping 5 inches calling it a bench press.
This guy travels
Shoulders still naff, give up tbh
I wonder if kettlebells might be able to help. I found doing some windmills helped increase shoulder stability along with TGU's but if it's to painful then it'd be a no go. Can do windmills and TGU's with DB's too and BB's if you fancy a challenge
I wonder if kettlebells might be able to help. I found doing some windmills helped increase shoulder stability along with TGU's but if it's to painful then it'd be a no go. Can do windmills and TGU's with DB's too and BB's if you fancy a challenge
TGU's would be a no no, as ironing my shirts in the morning hurts
Windmills could help, but would end up hurting anyway
Sorry to say it but like a lame dog I think you need to be put down
Any news from the hospital? Managed to save up for a private physio?
lol...save up!
I have about £300 after all my rent money etc goes across And thats to pay for food and petrol and everything else that happens randomly
No news on the hospital, its just a waiting list, be here god knows how long, then by the time i go there it'll be jaffed completely like other parts of my body cause docters have told me 'its nothing serious'.
So currently, I have a jaffed ligament in my ankle, borked knees, dodgey elbows sometimes, tinnitus in my ears from having them suringed, and now a gammy shoulder cause its nothing serious, apparently.
Great eh?
Polska gora...
Unfortunately you can't compare someone like him to your standard lifters. He's a freak of nature.