madcow's Training Primer (pseudo-repost)

[Cynical Simian]

Well, as the title says, this article on madcow's site (added about a week ago) is something of a repost because most sections of it were posted on the big 5x5 thread and announced in a separate thread. I figured it was worth reemphasizing since, as he says, people seem to be unclear about the underlying philosophy of "the" 5x5 or how to progress. Anyway, here's his introduction and the link:

I wrote up a basic Training Primer for people since I get a feeling most aren't getting around to the Training Theory section of the Table of Contents or maybe could use a bottom up from the basics - welcome to Summer. This stuff is really the core of what I'm trying to convey here, not the "5x5" programs and actually this is what the "5x5" programs are all about anyway. It's important to not just have a single point in time program but to arrive at a comprehensive understanding so that you know what to do and how to plan for progress in the future. The Primer isn't too long and covers what I feel are the basics including: Training for Size vs. Strength, Nervous System Impacts and Overtraining, Fiber Recruitment, Program Organization for Experience Level and Purpose (adding muscle vs. refining existing physique), Workload vs. TUT, Types of Hypertrophy, and the ever popular "Golden Program" topic which is a particular pet peeve of mine in that I've trying to teach the why's and how's of training theory and planning for progression through the sample 5x5 program and some people still come away with the "5x5 Linear is Best" or some other static program crap - kind of grates on me so I'm hoping this kind of deals with it as it's all in one place.

Training Primerhttp://www.geocities.com/elitemadcow1/Topics/Training_Primer.htm


For a more protracted discussion that touches on (and likely provided part of the impetus for) a lot of the stuff in the above write-up, take a look at this thread.

 

[fallingeggs]

sticky or put in with your other stickied thread - good work bro... will help a lot of people. K to you

 

[Protobuilder]

Doesn't hurt to read this stuff again. Thanks CS.

 

[Cynical Simian]

lol, I don't deserve any credit for this - it's just links/quotes of madcow (and BiggT in Ilovetolift's thread). I just want to make sure people who are reading about this 5x5 thing understand what madcow is trying to accomplish by providing the cookie-cutter programs.

So, uh, bump...

 

[sousgal80]

Madcow's work is always welcome, that site is friggin genius. Bump for excellent info.

ANYONE POSTING STUPID "How's my bi/tri routine???" CRAP SHOULD READ THIS

 

[Cynical Simian]

Bump for anyone who accidentally found this forum while looking for Flex's website.