Anyone tried Power to the People by Pavel Tsaotsaline?

[SSAlexSS]

Hello all!

I have heard how Russian troops get 16 inch arms in like 2 month after follwing PTP program.

Anyone have read this book? Is it good? I am interesting in size - The bear routine.

Anyone tried the Bear routine? What kind of results did you get? What exercises, what sets what reps? What frequency? Did it work or just give you sizeless strength?

Reply please!

thanx!

P.S>
Endpoint I was browsing through the old posts and noticed that you had interest in PTP routine. Did you get the book?

 

[ZZuluZ]

I doubt Pavel's routines do much for size. The guy is more of an expert in what concerns neural efficiency.

I can't answer your question tho...I'm just curious what others have to say.

-Zulu

 

[SSAlexSS]

I doubt Pavel's routines do much for size. The guy is more of an expert in what concerns neural efficiency.

I can't answer your question tho...I'm just curious what others have to say.

-Zulu

Well. It has 2 routines. 1 for strength one for size 'THE BEAR". Yeh I want to be the bear!!!

 

[ZZuluZ]

Dude, I'd like to know what you thought of Pavel's concepts of Hyperidiation and not training too failure.

I was thinking of getting the book but it was might expensive.

-Zulu

 

[endpoint]

Alex,

I own the book.

the price tag far out weights the information which is avaliable online.

go to www.dragondoor.com and read through the board and the articles.

I have much respect for pavel and his ideas.
some of them are a bit different to what you are used to hearing.

the program is quite good. I dont have a great interest in it though.( ihave found a way that suits my goals)

It helped me through a patch after a serious injury (not weight lifting related) where i couldnt train, and lost alot of weight and functional strength

The bear routine was greatly suited to my husky croatian genetics.
where as one of my praying mantis type friends can only dream about being a bear. he gained a lot of strength.

For a great change in your training...just to mix it up a bit i would suggest taking on the bear...and getting a voucher at burger king

If you have any questions about the book post a reply. i can answer a few things. (although I dont have the book at my new house.....i can remember quite alot)please keep the disscusion to this thread...for a few reasons (free information for everyone...and i dont check PMs often)

When i trained using the program:

I would do all PTP bench and deads....for a few weeks, switch to bear for a few weeks then back to PTP.

each day i would assess my strength on that day....if i wasnt up to a bear day i would leave it and just do the 2 sets of 5

on PTP i would bench 4-5 days a week, dead 4 times a week
on bear 3 bench and 3 deads and chin ups and bicep curls if i had the energy.

doing straight PTP is very refreshing. after a work out you feel like a new man. not about to collapse.

 

[SSAlexSS]

Alex,


When i trained using the program:

I would do all PTP bench and deads....for a few weeks, switch to bear for a few weeks then back to PTP.

each day i would assess my strength on that day....if i wasnt up to a bear day i would leave it and just do the 2 sets of 5

on PTP i would bench 4-5 days a week, dead 4 times a week
on bear 3 bench and 3 deads and chin ups and bicep curls if i had the energy.

doing straight PTP is very refreshing. after a work out you feel like a new man. not about to collapse.

Yeh. Lets hear some routines that re suggested , please!!

SO what for the bear you do 3 sets of bench 3 sets of deads chins and bicep curls for
for 4-5 times per week? When would you increase the weight? What are the ideal rep ranges (in the book) for size?

Could you please post routine (including exercise reps and sets and training split please).

Thanks!

 

[ZZuluZ]

Endpoint, the reason I never got the book, was because I've pretty much read everything at dragondoor

Did you feel like the routines were overtraining? Even tho you're not training nearly too failure, did you feel like benching 5X a week took it's toll? I know it's supposed to potentiate your CNS, but even then...

Just curious,

-Zulu

 

[SSAlexSS]

Endpoint, the reason I never got the book, was because I've pretty much read everything at dragondoor

Did you feel like the routines were overtraining? Even tho you're not training nearly too failure, did you feel like benching 5X a week took it's toll? I know it's supposed to potentiate your CNS, but even then...

Just curious,

-Zulu

I am not endpoint, but Russian national powerlfiting team benches up to 8 times per week. And hungarian olympic lifting routine makes you workout 6-7 days per week each day using mutliple workouts 1-5 (i think which works to like 3-35 workouts per week) CRAZY!

 

[ZZuluZ]

I know that....but they're also genetic elites. I was curious how the routine worked for the regular person, who doesn't sleep 16 hours a day, eat 35 tuna cans and eats steriods for breakfast.

-Zulu

 

[XAX]

I am not endpoint, but Russian national powerlfiting team benches up to 8 times per week. And hungarian olympic lifting routine makes you workout 6-7 days per week each day using mutliple workouts 1-5 (i think which works to like 3-35 workouts per week) CRAZY!

Nope, it's called concentrated loading, a very advanced teqnique.

After a couple af weeks with a high volume and intensity, they lower their volume and intensity drastically(deloading) for a week or two, thereby giving the body time to rest and super-compensate, making them stronger.