"I trained like Mike Mentzer for 1 Year"

Dudes,

At some point you are gonna get too old to care about obsessing to look like a condom stuffed full of walnuts.

You will reach an age where you realise that what really matters is sleep, cardio health, and flexibility.

May the force be with you.
 
GordyG said:
Dudes,

At some point you are gonna get too old to care about obsessing to look like a condom stuffed full of walnuts.

You will reach an age where you realise that what really matters is sleep, cardio health, and flexibility.

May the force be with you.
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Dude,

Thanks for the visual. But not all of us tren hard and eat clen. Some of us are natural.

As for the rest of it:

 
Frederick Foresight said:
I think this link helps clarify the issue of rep range:

https://www.cbass.com/Carpinelli.htm

Toward the end of the piece:

...Both high and low reps are problematic. Moderate reps, 6 to 20, are probably best—for practical and scientific reasons.

From the practical standpoint, very high reps are unpleasant. For most people (me included), they’re mind-numbing, a drag. Low reps, on the other hand, are cumbersome and potentially dangerous. Except for competitive power or Olympic lifters, as we’ve seen, there’s little or no reason to do low reps.

“Very high RMs (loads lighter than 20 RM),” says Carpinelli, “may involve mechanisms of fatigue that are not conducive to stimulate optimal increases in muscular strength.”*


* Doug McGuff, of Body by Science, seems to be in agreement here. In his book, he wrote: "Time is an important factor in the recruitment process as well, in that as you fatigue through the slow-twitch motor units, you will proceed up to the next-largest motor units, the intermediate-twitch units. If you fatigue through those quickly enough so that the slow- and intermediate-twitch motor units do not have time to recover, then (and only then) you proceed to recruit the fast-twitch motor units, thereby ensuring a sequential recruitment and fatiguing of all of the available motor units. This results in the most thorough involvement (and thus stimulation) of the muscle or muscle groups that you are training.


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As for specific lifting objectives, quite apart from general strength and muscle gains, let's not forget the SAID principle (Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands).
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I went to Adelphi. Carpinelli and Otto were my professors. Henneman’s size principle is definitely the key component. Most people have no clue about the orderly recruitment of motor units. And yes the SAID principle comes into play for any task. To become a better powerlifter you must practice the skills related to powerlifting, that being the bench, squat, and deadlift, and go heavy since the heaviest weight wins. That’s an expression of strength competition. You do not need to do those exercises to grow bigger, stronger and be healthy. Train in a safe and efficient manner then go practice whatever skills you want to develop. Schedule training sessions and skill practice based on your ability to recover and adapt from those sessions.
 
GordyG said:
Dudes,

At some point you are gonna get too old to care about obsessing to look like a condom stuffed full of walnuts.

You will reach an age where you realise that what really matters is sleep, cardio health, and flexibility.

May the force be with you.
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Yes that’s true but strength is a key component in the longevity puzzle. Stronger muscles also = stronger heart. Cardio if you’re talking about it from a training standpoint is a function of muscle contractions. Weak muscles heart works harder. Stronger muscles heart doesn’t have to work as hard to perform the same task. Just doing cardio with no resistance training is not wise for overall health.
 
eminiman414 said:
Carpinelli and Otto were my professors.
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I read a number of their papers. I really like the way Carpinelli went after the high volume, many set proponents, chipping away at their research findings, piece by piece. I emailed him once and he was kind enough to respond, although he didn't answer a follow-up question. Not long after, I read online that he passed following an illness. I don't know if this is true or not, but I haven't seen any papers written by him since. Clarence Bass greatly admired him, and with good reason.
 
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