[QUOTE=unkokusai;887282]Of course. You are the fertilizer.[/QUOTE]LOL, you get better with age… must be your hernia affecting your humours.
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;887532]throw in small isolation stuff here and there for the joints mostly.[/quote]Like what? A lot of isolation stuff is oft-proven to be bad for the joints.
And Sanjuro’s right about heavy compounds. You do need a good recovery period for them.
[QUOTE=mjw;887609]Weightlifting-however make sure to work both the fast and slow twitch muscle fibers. Fast are with higher reps and sometimes with no weights at all (ie push ups etc.) Slow twitch are with heavier weights.[/QUOTE]BTW, heavy slow weights also train fast twitch. Fast twitch muscle training does not equal fast movement.
BTW, heavy slow weights also train fast twitch. Fast twitch muscle training does not equal fast movement.
Correct, fast twitch muscles are used in “explosive” movements, like a sprint for example, and in regards to ST, the very nature of heavy weights makes it necessary to be “explosive” to be able to lift them.
Try lifting 90% of your max and you will see that "slow and easy"doesn’t do it.
On top of that, the muscle recruits as many fibers as it needs to get the job done, the more fibers it needs, as in the case of heavy weights, the more it will use of BOTh fast and slow.
[QUOTE=sanjuro_ronin;887710]Keetlebells are great, though a tad over-hyped.[/QUOTE]
I think kettlebells are a great supplement to an existing routine! They keep my cardio top notch so when I’m doing MA, I don’t have to worry about stamina. You can definitely use them to put on mass by lifting heavy, doing reps of 5x5, or ladders of 5.
I’ll have to agree with others on this thread though, if you are just wanting to get big… then stick with the basics… sqats, DL, presses, and go heavy. If you can knock out five reps without a struggle then you’re going WAY to light. You also have to eat like a bear and get plenty of rest. Sleep is major!
Has anyone else on here noticed the line between training for strength and training for endurance? There’s definitely a balance there and if you focus too much on one area the other suffers. Sucks hehehe
Look, KeTTlebells ( ) are a great tool, but lets not forget that we were getting big and strong without them for a long time.
The “secret”, of there is one, to building strength is progressive resistence.
Of course there will come a time were you can’t lift more weight, though lets be honest, none of us are that Elite Level, so we shouldn’t worry too much about that stage.
I can b-press 2 bucks and feel it heavy after 4-5 benches.
I think if anyone is into lifting to gain strength, you have to be able to work with at least your own weight and up to consider yourself building real strength.
I don’t think the shape of the weight matters so much as your good structure and form in teh lift.
a lot of people testify about this weight or that weight, but in my eyes it has nothing to do with kettlebells or indian clubs or what have you and only that you have correct form when lifting.
Sh!t, a sack of bricks will do! lol or buckets of water even better. I mean, if you can’t afford good equipment, do with what you got.
Sometime unconvential stuff works even better than the standard stuff.
A friend of mine works as a delivery guy for a water company and he has to move all those big jugs of water, funny thing is they are just real big kettlebells in many ways.
So he suggested I use them and I, being the freak that I am, said sure, why not?
So, the other day I did a routine with them and **** !
[QUOTE=sanjuro_ronin;887866]Look, KeTTlebells ( ) are a great tool, but lets not forget that we were getting big and strong without them for a long time.
The “secret”, of there is one, to building strength is progressive resistence.
Of course there will come a time were you can’t lift more weight, though lets be honest, none of us are that Elite Level, so we shouldn’t worry too much about that stage.[/QUOTE]
You got a point however I’ve seen many big and strong guys nearly puke from doing a hardcore workout with the 16k I think they help redefine what strength really is. Its all about capacity… how much weight can you move and how long can you do it.
[QUOTE=SDJerry;887914]You got a point however I’ve seen many big and strong guys nearly puke from doing a hardcore workout with the 16k I think they help redefine what strength really is. Its all about capacity… how much weight can you move and how long can you do it.[/QUOTE]
Its about specificity, I can get guys that work the 35kg or more KB and make them puke on the heavy bag.
[QUOTE=SDJerry;887865]Has anyone else on here noticed the line between training for strength and training for endurance? There’s definitely a balance there and if you focus too much on one area the other suffers. Sucks hehehe[/QUOTE]I get a good balance between the aforementioned PTP routine I do for strength and twice-a-week HIIT (Tabata intervals on the rowing machine) for endurance. Neither significantly affects the other. That’s my side stuff for conditioning to supplement my MA. Neither significantly affects my MA either. The only problem is it works so well it makes me extremely reluctant to vary up my routine.
