Snakes, venomous spiders...wjk, your gym screams for super brief workouts with slow reps -- no sudden movements. But it must be tough working out in hazmat gear.
Gaining Muscle and Losing Fat (2015)
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Or I could move back north, not that would really solve my bug problem...shorter season for them, though.
Going to use a fogger out there. Then I'll have to clean all my weights. Easy to keep snakes out, for the most part, but insects.... I hate using pesticides, but don't have much choice at this point. Really getting tired of 45 minute drive to my gym.The only thing that makes any sense to me is train each muscle or close grouping thru fullest ROM with most efficient exercise, and resistance. Want big biceps, don't rely on the deadlift. Barbell curl.
Want big thighs, don't rely on the deadlift. Squat. Want bigger quads even, Leg Ext. Hammies...thigh curl with a resistance tailored to your strength curve.
Want big thighs, don't rely on the deadlift. Squat. Want bigger quads even, Leg Ext. Hammies...thigh curl with a resistance tailored to your strength curve.
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Hi, been training, researching, experimenting for over 25 years. Found this very interesting although very unconventional. Take the time to watch it even if you have been at this for years, it will go over ideas on diet as well as training and recovery. Not saying this is how I train or how anyone should train, just saying it is very interesting and actual science used in the explanation makes it even more interesting.
You can watch some of his training videos and others that utilize these methods by simply searching around. That is, if you still have interest after watching.
You can watch some of his training videos and others that utilize these methods by simply searching around. That is, if you still have interest after watching.
I didn't watch the video (98 minutes!), but I did read the book recently. I thought it was an interesting read, and agree that focus on relatively low volume compound movements at full intensity is probably the way to go. However, I can't bring myself to do only 5 or so exercises once a week for one set each. That's just too much of a paradigm shift for me to wrap my head around, especially having been brought up on high volume routines from the '70s onward. What I do now is only a fraction of what I used to do, but it is still a multiple of what McGuff prescribes.
Since you have presumably read the book, what kind of volume and frequency do you do, and does this reflect what you have read in BBS?
Never read the book. Like you I couldn't bring myself to minimize that much; however, I decreased amount of time in the gym via Doug's findings by focusing on intensity and slower movements. I will say that when I was much younger and training very frequently with long workouts I did tend to always feel tired and drained both mentally and physically. If I had to do it all over again I would allow more rest between workouts and sports training, never have taken any soy products : - (, never have taken any 'shakes' / protein powders etc. and ate way differently, i.e. less sugars, more natural fats and more natural (as the earth makes them) foods.
A new one has opened ten minutes away, but my garage setup is actually almost as good...minus the cardio machines. The one I do go to has everything.
LOL. That won't just go to the thighs, I fear.:eek:
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