RodgerThat
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Will do thank you! I like Kelly starretts books but haven't watch any YouTube of him
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Will do thank you! I like Kelly starretts books but haven't watch any YouTube of him
D Trout is such a beast. i remember seeing him post that hack squat video. both him and Pete Rubish
jaymaximus
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I love this. Just what I needed to read this morning!
RodgerThat
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Was wondering if anyone uses the sheiko app? I just bought it and unfortunately it doesn't label it's blocks as block 29 or block 30 it just says beginner prep1 beginner comp 1 intermediate comp 1 and so on and so forth. There's about 20 different blocks you can choice and I'm just unsure of which to start with
Can you take a screenshot of the different blocks?
You're not a beginner so you'd use intermediate. How long are each blocks?
RodgerThat
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These are all the options I could pick from if you want me to screenshot a particular one just let me know and I'll go into it and it shows you the total volume but not individual day breakdowns unless you click on the day
Perrin Aybara
Master
My girlfriend was getting her nails done earlier and was talking about powerlifting meets. The girl that does her nails asked her if they use free weights and after she told her about squat depth she asked how low you have to go on bench. I guess she thought powerlifting was like what goes on in most commercial gyms every night. Funny stuff.
If you click on one it doesn't show you percentages and sets/reps unless you pick a day? That's annoying lol.
I don't know how these fare against the numbered blocks but my guess is you do the prep cycle I, then prep cycle II, then the comp cycle. It kind of makes sense if you look at the total lifts under each. The Prep cycles have very high number of lifts to accumulate volume then switch to itensity. Then with the comp block you peak as your expect with a drastic reduction in number of lifts.
The small load would probably be low volume and high load high volume. You can either figure out how much volume you do now and try to get the closest one or just start with a low or medium volume. Eventually you can mix and match between various loads and cycles if you learn how your body reacts.
Say for example through experience you know volume work buries you but you can handle intensity like a mofo. Instead of running medium load or low load all the way through you can choose low or medium load for your intial prep cycle I block or the accumulation block, then the transmutation block you could pick medium or high load bc total volume is lowered and intensity increased. For peaking or comp cycle or realization block you could do high bc intensity is highest and volume lowest.
That's my best guess without having looked at the program.
Dw725
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With me , for the most part, the upper limits of my max lifts have mostly correlated with my weight. For example if I was stalled out with my deadlift weighing 195, I eat like a mad man and lift as close to my max as possible and sure enough shortly after I gain 6-7 lbs I'm pulling another 15-20lb pr. And anytime I lose weight my strength goes as well. I've always envied the guys that can cut ten or 15lbs and maintain 99% of their strength. So basically, how much mass and size are you willing to put on and how hard will you push your body? I think injury or major discomfort is what usually stops people first. After that will power, whether it be to grind day in and out for months for a 2.5lb pr or get to the point where people say you look ridiculous from weight gain. But being on an aas forum most guys here I think don't mind the size factor haha. Anyways long winded post but wanted to reply to you guys. Found this thread late and will prob drop in more often, the heavy lifts are my passion really
FeartheBeard
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jaymaximus
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Question about reading and all the recommended books Ive seen in here...
Does anyone know how to read and can you teach me? Or can you facetime me and read to me?
Jk
Serious one: With these books do y'all read the whole thing front to back or just use it for what you consider useful info at the time?
Ive been downloading stuff on my phone / kindle and Ill get the info I need but I cant bring myself to read workout books from front to rear. They are way to dry. But I feel like I may miss pertinent information doing that. Also I want to sound smart for Meso book clubs.
Does anyone know how to read and can you teach me? Or can you facetime me and read to me?
Jk
Serious one: With these books do y'all read the whole thing front to back or just use it for what you consider useful info at the time?
Ive been downloading stuff on my phone / kindle and Ill get the info I need but I cant bring myself to read workout books from front to rear. They are way to dry. But I feel like I may miss pertinent information doing that. Also I want to sound smart for Meso book clubs.
FeartheBeard
Member
An easier thing to do- read articles. EliteFTS has good articles, there's a few good ones on TNation (not many) and there's always Youtube. EliteFTS/Dave Tate, Westside Barbell and Team Supertraining have some good vids up.
jaymaximus
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I like T-nation articles too. Usually theyre broken down pretty well. Easy to read. Ill have to check out more on youtube. I watch Rippetoe videos for form and for his magnificent stache.
weighted chinup
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Depends on the book. I can't sit down and read a book like Supertraining for long stretches, a book that dense I can only really use as a resource or maybe read a few chapters here and there whenever I can. There is nothing wrong with doing this really....it takes me a long time to properly understand some concepts anyway, so binge reading page after page is probably less productive for me. I'm not a smart man though, so it might vary for others.
My preference is reading shorter documents but on specific theories or ideas I want to learn about. Something like this is a perfect example:
http://www.salisbury.edu/sportsperformance/Articles/INTENSITY OF STRENGTH TRAINING FACTS AND FALLACIES - ZATZIORSKY.pdf
I can sit down and read that in one sitting. Might not seem like much because it's only 20 pages, but shit's hard for me to grasp, so I take it real slow. The big books I read chapters and small chunks at a time when I want to learn something listed in the book.
I would still highly recommend picking 1 comprehensive book and reading it from front to back IF you enjoy it or have the time to do so. You won't pick everything up at once but the ideas will be in the back of your head so you can later refine your understanding of.
RodgerThat
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I read the books from front to back because I want to hold a decent presence in the meso book club and I buy hard copy so I feel like I waste money if I don't. I'll usually crank one out in a week sorta thing then skim it every once in a Ike for the useful things. My key is that I read at work and knowing I'm getting paid to read about fitness makes it very easy lol
I read whatever I can.
Dw725
Well-known Member
I'm a big fan of articles. You can find great information in concise enough form that my mild attention deficit mind can finish and absorb.tnation and lift big eat big used to post great info. Also some of the more educated youtubers were big sources of knowledge for me starting out, often citing the most useful info from books I wouldn't be able to read in entirety
Strength and Power
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Hope everyone has been having a great weekend. Im with @RodgerThat on this one. I prefer to read a book clear through, and then will skim back through certain areas if I am trying to find a specific reference in writings or training purposes.
Strength and Power
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Along the lines of equipment, I recently purchased the rogue deadlift jack. After using it for several weeks, I must say that I highly suggest picking one up if you do any amount of pulling with multiple plates. It has become my favorite piece of equipment come deadlift day. I never realized how much energy I expended trying to fight with the plates during my rest periods. I could never justify spending the money on one, and just wrestled the plates on, or rolled the plates on to a smaller plate. However, after actually using one regularly, I wish I had made the purchase years ago.
Perrin Aybara
Master
My old gym had one and I loved it. A guy actually brought his own to my new gym and the manager freaked out and made him take it home because it took up too much space. Funny because they have two Smith machines and three calf raise machines. I asked one of the trainers at the gym why and she didn't even know or understand what a deadlift jack was for. Commercial gym problems.
