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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Complexities
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Pump sets
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Japanese Kaatsu Training
When the muscle is under tension, blood flow is cut off. Thus, Chris Thibaudeau recommends performing a resistance movement of "never allowing the muscles to relax during the set (always flexing as hard as possible during every inch of every rep) with 50-60% of the maximum performed to failure, led to oxygen levels of 23-24%."
Source: Stimulate More Muscle Growth [http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1641547]
The constant tension on the muscle shutting down blood floow. Once the sete is complete, a blood surges to the muscle.
Another method that will "occlude" blood flow to the muscle is an isometric action. The constant tension of the muscle occludes blood flow. David Barr's "Anabolic Pump Training" goes into this. [http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1555945]
Barr also recommends the iscoemtric action be follow with low high reps with a light load.
"Once all heavy work on a muscle is completed, lighter sets are performed with higher reps. Because the muscle is already stressed by the first part of the workout, it's primed to receive the extra nutritive blood flow that the high reps will induce. "
Undulating Periodization
Monday, January 11, 2010
Bigger is Better
1. Progressively increase your mechanical load
For example follow an 11-week cycle such as this: week 1 - use 70% of your 1 rep max load; week 2 - 75%; 3- 80%; 4- 65%; 5-85%; 6-75%; 7-80%; 8-85%; 9-70%; 10- 90%; take a break
2. Full body workouts 3 times a week
3. One warm-up set followed by one working set for each exercise
4. Use compound exercises
5. Keep total workout time under 1 hour per session
6. Maintain a slow, 4-second pace for the eccentric contractions
- 1-12 RM in periodized fashion
- emphasis on the 6-12 RM zone
- 1- to 2-min rest periods between sets
- moderate contraction velocity
- higher volume, multiple-set programs
Examples of Complex Carbs
CHO
exercise-induced immunosuppression
Friday, January 8, 2010
Command and Control Security
Is vitamin D used more with resistance training
Fasting and insulin sensitivity
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Less than 20 percent
Sunday, January 3, 2010
a book, a cd
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