Quote (Excusemem8 @ Jul 31 2018 09:23pm)
Many things work because they are essentially the same thing - stress the muscle, recover, --> supercompensate
Things like Smolov squatting 4 x week works fast, its stressing the muscle (a lot)
Things like 5/3/1 squatting 1 x week work slow, its stressing the muscle (a little)
Chad WS looks like a clown
edit: I liked his Principles of Strength Training book though
we dont even truly understand causative mechanisms in adaptation. its all assumptions and dogma up to this point. there are some who think muscle damage is secondary and unecessary for growth, more of an immune response induced by tension of the exercise itself.
Quote (ozzyarmy3 @ Jul 31 2018 08:48am)
I’m interested in an example of what’s wrong in any of CWS books. I’ve read Starting Strength and I read A Thoughtful Pursuit to Strength, and they’re both great books but the JTS programming is infinitely better than SS.
all of the muscle physiology ive read is bunk. most of the training "science" they talk about is theory and not mechanistic, but described as if it is mechanistic.