pumpiniron
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I wasn't even going to say anymore about this in your thread but now you bring me up.
You go on about some retarded training program were strength progression is not required for muscle growth. Then you always confuse talking about strength with training for powerlifting or 1rm.
Now you come on and say you have lost strength on your cut which is a pretty clear sign of of muscle loss.
Elite level lifters will lose strength on a cut but most of us at beginner / intermediate levels with a proper cut diet should gain strength just at a slower rate than on a bulk.
Retarded training program? Might tell scott abel and all his clients and followers on his forum that one so they can all have a massive laugh then they will show me the 1000s of 90kg plus ripped clients of his and how this retarded training program got them these results.................. And for the last time i never ever said getting weaker builds muscles, how many time do i have to explain this? I said that you dont need to write numbers in your training log to see how much you lifted and then try and lift more the next week> Doing this puts a limit in your head, for example>telling yourself ok i Bicep curled 40kg for 5 reps last week, i want to do 40kg for 7 reps this week otherwise no muscle will be gained, That right there is what newbies are told to do> which is not the way bodybuilders should train> be it from beginner to advanced> the goal before each set is to 100% focus on strict form and trying to focus all your efforts mentally on targeting the muscle in that set> like i said if you have that thought in your head that you need to lift more weight or reps then you did last time, maybe you will cheat a bit just to get those extra reps, which is taking stress of the muscle, that is ego *str training*.
Guys like you Bazza telling bodybuilders *expecially newbies and beginners*that its all about the numbers and how much weight you lift is the most importance, leads them to ego train and not concentrate on the muscles they are training. Bodybuilding, Is all about 100% focusing on training the muscle/muscles, weight is just a tool used to do that. Powerlifting> All about how much weight you can lift. Yes the two are alike, but they are also very different aswell.
Progression in bodybuilding is upping the intensity, and that can be done with many methods, Super sets, Strip sets for example, and ofcourse use more weight when the weights you have been using previouslly dont challenge you anymore.
training with high volume of work 15-20+ for large muscle groups, 10-15 for smaller muscle groups and shorter rests with higher reps is bodybuilding training and produces the greatest hypertrophy.
Programs like the rippetoe maybe good for a beginner for a few months, to build some strenghth and a bit of a base is ok>but its nowhere near high enough volume or intensity to build a quality pysique in the long term.
FYI Scott made me cut very quickly because i had to much bodyfat, and obviouslly my strengh went down because of it, but i feel way better, fitter and shortly i will be in a calorie surplus so my strength will be going up and i will start to put on size..
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