Re: how to eat *enough* on the warrior diet--weightraining

[Guest guest]

Well, I supposedly deadlifted 3000 pounds yesterday. Didn't want to do

it for competition though; I hate the pressure. Common, how about

reading something scientific instead of anecdotal junk by an

admittedly strong steriod using genetic freak?

Even 5lbs a workout is excessive. Do you realize that, on a consistent

basis, that'll mean adding 500+ to some of your lifts in less than 2

years? That's not humanely possible. I'll bet my life that nobody on

this planet can gain 5 pounds a week on any lift, every week, for more

than a year. (And I'm just saying a year to be safe, I'd bet 4-5

months is the max)

" By

your logic I should be gaining the least on the squat, but either way I've

started all of them recently so it's hard to tell. "

The squat lends itself to greater increases in poundages-- your legs

are stronger than your upper body. This doesn't disprove anything in

the logic I'm using.

"

My personal opinion is if you can't gain an average of one pound per week

you're doing something wrong. "

Tell me this again when you've been training for 10 years. Trust me,

everyone goes through your phase. You feel like you'll get stronger

forever. What happens is you'll stall for 4-5 months and make ZERO

progress and just quit. It's classic.

"

I'll ask my trainer what he gains, as I doubt it

is less than one pound per week average. "

If you rotate exercises you can inflate this 'artificially'. It'll

appear as though you're gaining more, but testing will reveal you're

gaining little if at all.

" By the way, this conflicts with your previous claim, which was that

this guy

(don't remember his name) with the bench record is continuing neurological

muscle " learning " as a professional power lifter who has doubtlessly

trained

for

years, whereas now you say that this type of learning can't continue

for more

than 3-4 months. "

That doesn't conflict at all. There is an initial neurological

adaptation occuring due to a new stress. At this stage (1-2 months)

next to zero hypertrophy takes place but strength increases. After

this, hypertrophy becomes the dominant factor in strength gaining.

When it comes to powerlifting the using of reciprocal inhibition,

muscular potentiation, supramaximal eccentrics, wave loading, velocity

training, plyometrics all result in improved neurological strength.

That, and steriod, bench shirts, flawless technique, etc.

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Chris