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An individual could be lifting for years and years and yet never find that "secret of training." The reason is because he usually talks to everyone in the gym about wanting to learn the real training routine that will help him gain weight and add more power to his muscles.
But let's face it . . . Anyone who is an avid devotee of the sport must be interested in size or power or both!
By now I know that what most of you are thinking: "How can I learn the essentials of the sport if I don't ask, read or listen to another's experience?"
This is true. Reading articles such as this and listening to the experience of others is helpful, if only to draw a comparison. Through this medium we can all benefit and analyze ourselves better. If not, forget it fella, there just ain't any secret routines.
The real secret, however, lies hidden within each and every one of us, providing just as many training routines as there are people. But it's also a fact that there are similar body structures among all people. Nevertheless, our organism is a vast complex of mental, emotional and physical variances, all of which are very influential in helping us to seek muscle and strength.
Some of us are physically and psychologically better prepared for Olympic lifting, while others are better suited for powerlifting. This idea constitutes the fact that we all react differently to various exercise activities.
Conversely, there are ideologies which are strongly supported by prominent members of the sport which explains the physiological similarities for all people such as Bob Gajda's PHA system of training (plenty of info on that can be found on this blog and elsewhere, it's worth a look). This system actually incorporates the process of human physiology. In essence, it should work for anybody who has a body that is functioning properly.
I'm sure that the PHA system is getting down to the basic science of bodybuilding, and in turn it must be knocking on that "secret door" if there is one. It surely worked for Mr. Gajda but I doubt that it would work for everybody, simply because the strength of the individual differs.
Even if this system does work for you, you will find a degree of variation in your routine as compared to another successful routine. And unless you do find this variation that will suit you precisely the way you want it, you will not develop your body to its utmost potential. Instead, stagnation, depression and confusion of the many training routines will result.
Paul Anderson . . .
Here's a great photo of Paul Anderson
and later-to-be weightlifting coach extraordinaire Michael Cohen.
Yes, Paul Anderson, considered one of the strongest men of all time, believes, I understand, in getting as much out of one routine as possible. Patient Paul . . . preacher, prodigious power-man, phenomenal fucking fantastic athlete! Phew. Then, when that routine is depleted as noted by one's failure to make gains, he switches to another routine and works it until it exhausts its potential.
Wouldn't it be something, if Mighty Paul Anderson, the Dixie Derrick, had noted his training in a pile of logbooks over the years! Very creative guy and it'd be a treat to see those if they ever existed. It would be great to see some of the not-known methods he tried that didn't work for him, along with some of the unknown knowns he implemented but didn't make public.
-- I imagine some training author could, by using all the info on Mr. Anderson, including . . .
. . . compile a book presented as an imagined training log of his. An imagined true work of fiction presented novel-style. Hell, use a fictitious name for Paul A, let's say "Derik Dixie" and have at 'er. Spend a few months on the thing and then present it to the teeming masses of people anxiously awaiting the publication and sale of your masterwork. I'd buy it and love you for doing it. In a platonic way, of course. Depending.
Okay, okay, okay . . .
I know that many other giants of power believe and follow this same principle. It seems logical enough, yet logic doesn't always work with complex beings. Frankly, it doesn't work for me! I've tried all kinds of training routines in my eight years of lifting but I always return to my old routine to help me make gains (the "z" was not in use back in '67. Well, only in certain circles and in a somewhat covert, closeted fashion) . . . gains, damnit, in strength AND bodybuilding.
This is the routine I find best for me and it's included here merely for comparison. But those who wish to try it are at liberty to do so.
I train three times a week (duh, that's all?), and use the following exercises in the sequence given:
Squat
Deadlift
Bench press
Press behind neck
Triceps pushdowns
Curls
Chins occasionally, and sit-ups at will.
I warm up, then to the point of as strong as I feel. Then, I work down, running the gamut in sets and repetitions (full pyramid?). Again, the number of sets are controlled according to the way I feel that day.
Usually, I will work about 5 to 8 sets after hitting the peak set of one rep. Continuing from there I work to achieve thorough congestion by using a set of 4 reps, then 8, then 10. By this time the muscle is thoroughly pumped up and I proceed to another exercise.
Note: You can find more info on Mr. Seno's training methods and recommendations in his fine book, "Pushing for Power." Here, in five parts:
All of the exercises I listed are done in this way except the deadlift. High repetitions irritate my spine, so I do a number of single reps with about 2/3 of my limit and quit.
In conclusion, if you must spend your time finding a suitable routine, don't waste it by using somebody else's. Instead, analyze yourself and your potentials.
Know what works for you and you alone
then CAPITALIZE on it by working hard.
You should realize your goal in a much shorter time than you'll expect but only
if you work hard.
I know how important diet is when it comes to weight training gains, absolutely.
Here are three appropriate cookbooks set for release in the next month.
I did not know that males and females have different cookbooks!
Something new learned every goddamned day . . .
but only if you seek it out.
The macros are nicely laid out in this one and
the recipes can easily be altered to suit your current physique and strength goals.
On a related note, I've been attempting to alter my digestive capabilities as we near the impending collapse of society, that time when food sources and grocery stores will no longer exist. I find that, over time, the human body adapts to rotted food quite well, and the TP costs aren't really all that great. Carrion of all kinds, crow-style food, garbage, dead animals, house-pets, etc.
So far, so good.
Its tragic, the collapse of yet another society and/or civilization, but then,
who really knows what evil twerks in the minds of men and
other self-important mammals.
When it comes, and it will come, my main worry is availability of adult diapers.
My DIY Depends made of burlap and binder twine will just have to do, I suppose.
Also and unrelated, a gangster film trilogy by Rainer Werner Fassbinder:
Love is Colder Than Death (1969)
Gods of the Plague (1970)
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Okay, that oughta do it.
Piss off and . . .
Enjoy Your Lifting!
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