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[cipherking]

nice post nelson. i belive u are pretty spot on with most things. some things are weight depended like the pull ups and push ups but dont feel the need to nit pic post when people are just tring to give another dynamic to the board.

 

[GLEN]

i weigh 175-180 i can press 225 15 reps

sometimes i do 1000 push ups in a day, did this for years when I was young

CAN DO 100 easy

squat part 50 reps was when I started to burn out

Chin ups 20

nelson do you know about german volume training?

Glad your on the board!

 

[GLEN]

nelson that was a good post, we need this type of thread

since i have been here i have loved your post-

 

[sofakingdel]

Yeah, I thought some of the guys here might excell.


Suprisingly, I find a lot of guys can't do the hold out move. Sounds easier than it is.

In general, I'm much better at pulling movements so my chins and curls are at the top, but my bench blows.

You can do 50 reps of squats in one minute with half your BW?

Some of the stuff I went and tested myself just now the rest I know
Tested now:
87 pushups
90 lb curls 15 reps
18 chins
70 holdout (my shoulders are my weak point but my wrist hurt before my shoulders gave out, hardly rested after all those damn pushups) I'm gonna try again tomorrow when i'm fresh

known values:
bench 225 18x's
squat 225 15x's all the time with energy to spare, thats what I do on my high rep squat days (15, 10-12, 6-8, 4 usually forced) reps

I'm 28 y/o, 215 lbs, 12% bf (gotta get back to 10%) I think i do pretty decently in the strength department, but i'm thinking about going back to the 5x5 during pct and off cycle to just work on strength

 

[jmead]

interesting post,

at 260, i cant do pullups for shit.. but i can rep 260 like butter on flat bench

interesting post though, the squat thing seems more like endurance than actual strength

i dont see a problem with the post though, not sure why everyones so negative,

by the way, they said my order shipped thursday.. priority mail.. 4 days so far

 

[GLEN]

hey nelson or others what do you think or have you herd about german volume training?

Im into shocj training and adding boxing, jumprope, pushups, and crazy new ideas so this thread is on target for me-

 

[Nelson Montana]

Simply put, German VT is simply what it says -- the concept being that the body must have a reason to adapt and get bigger and get stronger and the way to do that is to train a lot.


Everyone needs to push their limits now and then, though excessively high volume all the time will burn you out. But when it comes to finding who the best athletes are, strength coaches aren't interested in who burns out, only who doesn't.

 

[boston789]

I don't think this particular post is what is making this board die. I do think this post should be in the training section though. There are still some good dudes here but alot of good dudes have left; and I'm not even talking about macro or ulter.

 

[Nelson Montana]

I don't think this particular post is what is making this board die. I do think this post should be in the training section though. There are still some good dudes here but alot of good dudes have left; and I'm not even talking about macro or ulter.

It is, but the training section has their share of snobs. This forum has more energy IMO.

Sure, some guys have left, and a lot of new people have come on board. That's life.

Personally, I don't want to be like some old fart who just wants to hang around with the "old crowd" who all think alike. But if there's someplace where the info is more interesting, and every other thread isn't derailed by someone bitching because they disagree with a particular post, I'd like to check it out myself.

 

[DonCorleone562]

Bros,

I think this is a good post. I may not agree with it 100% not even 50%, but posts like this is what makes the board better. Exchanging ideas and opinions. It should not be a i'm right, you're wrong type of thread.

We can all benefit and learn more even if we dont agree with someones posts. Heck give the guy some credit, takes time to write that up.