Pavel Tsatsouline and not maxing

[ZZuluZ]

I was curious as to what you guys thought of Pavel's theories concerning strength training. The basic premise (as I understand it; not having read any of his books yet, unfortunately) is training DAILY, using submaximal weights in a wave like fashion.

Also, do you think it's possible to (significantly) increase your 1RM without maxing? By use submaximal weights, speed work... assistance work? I ask because I workout at home and max squats are becoming sorta dangerous alone.

Thx guys...

-Zulu

 

[endpoint]

just buy a power rack......we are making one at the moment.

as for pavel his power to the people is a maximum of 5 days a week with two compound movements.

each movement is done two sets of 5. the second set being 90% of the first.

please do not buy the book power to the people.....i feel its not worth the money......sure its a good book, but i had read most of his information else where. a lot of info can be picked up from www.dragondoor.com

the fact the elitefitness sell it in their book section is weird.
as for the program itself......i used it straight after a two months of well......overtraining..so the low volume worked well for me.

i found it had to get into the groove on 2 sets

 

[GR8SCOT]

the evil russian

Not sure about the sub maximal weights thing, but if you goto Testosterone Magazine www.t-mag.com and search for Pavel, they ahve quite a few interviews with the man.

He has some interesting things to say about 'squeezing' the bar etc for more contraction and better lifts, something Tate'y preaches.

 

[CytoMel]

endpoint,

it is possible to gain on your 1 rep mkax by doing speed work, other training, but you probably won't gain strenght as fast by not going upwards of 90& of a 1rep max. For the squat ME days, why don't you start trying triples of barbell hack squats, see t-mag and a John Davies leg training article. Also try some band stuff. Two big avg or strong bands or even 3 or more you can safely use 500+ and more for your good mornings, also pull through heavy sets of 3 wwork well with the bands. You will have to get creative, 1-legged band good mornings work exceptionally well!

 

[endpoint]

CytoMel:
I train using the westside method.

 

[BigPhysicsBastard]

don't westside guys train "almost" exclusively with 50-62% of their 1rm???

 

[endpoint]

there are three diferent components in westside:

repetition method lifting submaximal weight a few times (the rep ranges vary to the exercise.)

dynamic effort: about the 50%-70% range......using explosive speed/effort

maximum effort: 100% (1 rep max) you build up to a 1 rep max.

these three components combine together.