Simply strong
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I’ve recently been watching a few of Eddie Halls YouTube training vlogs and I can’t seem to make sense of a few things.
Firstly, I just want to recognise that I’ve not seen a detailed brake down of his training program, just what he’s chosen to include in a YouTube video. So I’m fully willing to acknowledge that I don’t have the full picture. HOWEVER
He mentions his “rule of 6”. Basically it seems that he just maxes out (6RM) every time he trains a lift, then does 3x10 on a bunch of machines. For someone so strong this does not seem a very sophisticated program. (It certainly seems very contrary to a lot of SF programming principles)
There are also a number of occasions when he says stuff like “don’t do this” then does it in a demonstration. Like he shows what the perfect set up for a deadlift is, then showed a set up for a working set where he did everything he just said not to do (rounded back, bar not over mid foot, hyperextending the lumbar spine at the top etc).
Now, I don’t wanna be that guy to throw dirt at the guy who deadlifted 500kg but I can’t gelp but wonder if he’s only that strong due to the drugs. I always figured it was a competition of superior programming, technique and recovery along side the drugs.
Anyone care to show me where I’m wrong or do people have similar opinions?
Firstly, I just want to recognise that I’ve not seen a detailed brake down of his training program, just what he’s chosen to include in a YouTube video. So I’m fully willing to acknowledge that I don’t have the full picture. HOWEVER
He mentions his “rule of 6”. Basically it seems that he just maxes out (6RM) every time he trains a lift, then does 3x10 on a bunch of machines. For someone so strong this does not seem a very sophisticated program. (It certainly seems very contrary to a lot of SF programming principles)
There are also a number of occasions when he says stuff like “don’t do this” then does it in a demonstration. Like he shows what the perfect set up for a deadlift is, then showed a set up for a working set where he did everything he just said not to do (rounded back, bar not over mid foot, hyperextending the lumbar spine at the top etc).
Now, I don’t wanna be that guy to throw dirt at the guy who deadlifted 500kg but I can’t gelp but wonder if he’s only that strong due to the drugs. I always figured it was a competition of superior programming, technique and recovery along side the drugs.
Anyone care to show me where I’m wrong or do people have similar opinions?