Boris Bachmann
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HIT usually means "to failure" (or close to it) to older gym goers.Perhaps I'm not clear on what you meant by "HIT style", but I'm definitely not doing barbell back squats as met cons.
HIT usually means "to failure" (or close to it) to older gym goers.Perhaps I'm not clear on what you meant by "HIT style", but I'm definitely not doing barbell back squats as met cons.
HIT usually means "to failure" (or close to it) to older gym goers.
HIT = High Intensity Training (a la Arthur Jones, Mike Mentzer, Ellington Darden, etc)
It was still a big deal until probably late 90s. Dorian Yates didn't follow it rigidly but was a proponent, I think.Yeah, I was still a kid in their hey day.
It was still a big deal until probably late 90s.
Perhaps I'm not clear on what you meant by "HIT style", but I'm definitely not doing barbell back squats as met cons.
I can do a set of 10-12 rep back squats in the 120 kg range and get local metabolite build up before I get systemically gassed.
If I'm doing hypertrophy work, I'll do 4-5 sets of that in a session at meso cycle peak before deload. Rest between sets is typically 1-2 min.
As for 20 degree wedge squats, those are definitely not a main lift.
@Boris Bachmann already cleared out what I meant by HIT.
My views on hypertrophy training are maybe a bit unusual. The only thing I typically care about is high tension on the muscle through heavy loads. The burn, pump, muscle damage, metabolite accumulation, etc, I'd rather avoid them all. Although some of the feelings are nice.
Having the barbell on my back is awesome but I like to do most of it on what counts, strength training. Time on other pursuits with it typically means less time on the strength training.
I like the conversation!Although if @Boris Bachmann doesn't want such thread hijacking, I understand.
Thanks for clarifying.
Are you saying you don't believe in phased potentiation?
Or are you saying don't like to use barbells for hypertrophy?
Although if @Boris Bachmann doesn't want such thread hijacking, I understand.
I'm not sure what exactly you mean by phased potentiation in this context. Care to clarify?
If you're a powerlifter, you don't need the "power" block.Hypertrophy block -> strength block -> power / competition prep block
If you're a powerlifter, you don't need the "power" block.
Yeah, true! So @Antti can spend all his time in the blue "Strength" block, and he's got it made.I know you were being facetious, but you made a light bulb go off in my head.
Power is pretty bad for hypertrophy development, so if you don't spend any time on it, you don't need a specific hypertrophy block to offset that.
Hypertrophy block -> strength block -> power / competition prep block
If you're a powerlifter, you don't need the "power" block.
I know you were being facetious, but you made a light bulb go off in my head.
Power training is pretty bad for hypertrophy development, so if you don't spend any time on it, maybe you don't need a specific hypertrophy block to offset that.
Yeah, true! So @Antti can spend all his time in the blue "Strength" block, and he's got it made.
I read today that quick reps required more force than paused squats. Not sure how that jives with my experience paused squatting.Purposely anti-explosive, made them a grind. Felt pretty easy except for the last few reps.
I can believe this. For submaximal weights, I find slow grinds more painful than explosive ones.I read today that quick reps required more force than paused squats. Not sure how that jives with my experience paused squatting.
Purposely anti-explosive, made them a grind.
How do you train using the bounce?during the squat, do your quads and glutes start to fire rapidly after the bounce is gone or they work from beginning of the ascendant?feel insane guilt if I try to use this technique on a front squat or high bar back squat due to so much drilling to maximize utilization of the bounce