Quote (RecenT @ May 25 2013 08:20pm)
Lol yeah... I was the one "looking for a roommate". I was in Valdosta for college but not anymore.
Anyhow, here is my plan.
From assumption, a lot of trainers are extremely strict on diet since we all can agree that diet is the biggest factor in losing/gaining weight and healthiness. In today's society, I believe that we live to enjoy ourselves. That can range as far as to eating, and although healthy foods can be enjoyable, it is likewise that junk food is just as enjoyable as well. To each their own, we have our preference and its very unlikely that some of us don't want to eat healthy all the time as an enjoyable meal. We want to taste something different that a healthy meal wouldn't have in terms of taste-bud.
My proposition is to re-adjust their eating style rather than forcing them to eat healthy all the time. People just don't give a fuck, just like smoking, but it doesn't mean they have to be obese. I want to incorporate the daily food they want to eat ( because a want is much more fun in life than a need ) but reduce the amount of portion and substitute the rest in fruits and other condiments of healthy choices. Of course I would always encourage them to cook a healthy meal, as that is my goal but also understanding that we don't have to give up a certain category group of food known as "junk".
Personally I believe anything can be done simply based on their mentality even if the are eating shit food. What do you think about a trainer giving this type of "training". Do you think it will work ( I have yet to experiment but I have people who are willing to be test subjects ). To say the least, can we adjust the diet to balance healthy food with junk instead of all healthy food and still be able to achieve our goal in aesthetics or numbers in weight?
Clean food is just better processed by the body and also has healthy fats in it unlike most junk food; not to mention all the preservatives etc.
You should read Skip loading or shit loading. Ken Skip Hill is a guy I know of whos made it famous online.
You basically eat clean, then carb load on Sundays, which is as much carbs as you can get in, with no fats.
Quote (bnrhodes2 @ May 25 2013 08:35pm)
It wasn't that confusing really as there is a pattern.
We'll say for my example for hang clean:
5x195 65%
3x235 80%
4x205 70%
2x250 85%
3x220 75%
1x265 90%
2x235 80%
1x295 100%
So, if you tease it apart, it would be like doing a set of 5,4,3,2 with increase of 10-15lbs interspersed with a set of 3,2,1,1 with increases of 15-30lbs. Your body actually can't perceive small changes in load very well when you are dealing with higher loads(surprisingly - at least according to Weber's Law), so toward the end the weights start to mess with your head a bit when you are bouncing around with the percentages - it didn't get more difficult from my experience though.
The way you just described is very similar to how I've done maxes with squat/bench, which I never really plateaued on.
ex (my bench max - I liked having more gradual jumps in weight, as in never more than 60lbs between sets):
15xBar
12x95
10x135
8x195
4x255
2x315
1x345
1x365
1x385
1x405
I did get stuck with olympic lifts though, so my coach had me do the wave thing as described above for a few workouts when they stalled and it resulted in a PR.
I have presented this to both burns and boxa and one point or another in the past, and neither of them have dealt with it either. I just didn't think this was that "out there" for 3 of the more established lifters here to have never seen it/done it before.
The pattern its self is not confusing, just the sequence its self is whats confusing and I personally think its very counter productive.
Oly lifts are mostly technique and not much strength involved(shit storm I'm sure) thus they are tricky to progress on.
Quote (Ladsy @ May 25 2013 10:19pm)
bulking to 105 so the weight is only gonna increase, not just pull ups, everything
pull ups specifically because im in a competition
I'd suggest you implement a program specifically designed for pull ups then into your training. Also don't underestimate accessories when wanting your pull ups to go up.
http://www.lamarineofficerprograms.com/The_Armstrong_Workout.pdf
Check this out and let me know what you think.
Quote (HyphyIll @ May 25 2013 11:05pm)
Love it, John. Don't forget that you turn off the instinct to control the weight when you go big on deadlift..a woman with 150lb deadlifts is left with only 5 lbs to control it laterally, you still be around 150 lateral, maybe less..There's a civil war kicking up, John..write Air Force and Army generals and Navy admirals with your reasons you can make this place better and how you can help..my free weight? 965 standing on my shoulders in the cage...Love you man..
ralph, pls