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  • It's not better or worse. The fact of the matter...

    It's not better or worse. The fact of the matter is that organization will evolve with a lifter over time. A beginner can squat heavy 3x per week and post PRs on every day. Later you need to go...
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    The idea was not to provide a "template" to...

    The idea was not to provide a "template" to follow but to teach people training theory. Of course you have to read what's on my site to learn, those programs are only there to illustrate methodology...
  • Considering that a bigger muscle is a stronger...

    Considering that a bigger muscle is a stronger muscle and that the hypertrophy adaptation is driven to satisfy increase demands upon the muscular system, you had better be concerned with strength. ...
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    Here are mine. Not entirely worthless but close...

    Here are mine. Not entirely worthless but close enough to be of very little value and significant detriment in all but very limited, specific and well controlled scenarios. If you break TUT from...
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    People seem to forget that work capacity can be...

    People seem to forget that work capacity can be expanded very significantly over time. Also, not all exercises and weights used are equal. Squatting is A LOT more taxing than concentration curls. ...
  • Thread: 5x5 hype

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    Worthwhile to read the whole thing but...

    Worthwhile to read the whole thing but specifically the first post goes into this fairly deeply and specifically talks about 5x5 type training....
  • Thread: 5x5 hype

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    Actually a lot of non-newbs get very solid gains....

    Actually a lot of non-newbs get very solid gains. Visit elitefitness sometime or meso. The sample of Glenn's periodized template was "The 5x5" [sic] right up until it filtered down here to the...
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    Both programs are based on the same science. ...

    Both programs are based on the same science. You'll see a number of people use both in some kind of cyclical pattern. If you haven't done a lot of low rep work and focused hard on the compounds...
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    Same thing happened with Starting Strength,...

    Same thing happened with Starting Strength, Amazon would never order enough books to have the stock not to cause significant delays. It pissed Mark off but they aren't going to change their model so...
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    I wrote a big one addressing the whole topic...

    I wrote a big one addressing the whole topic above. The point to that was that any progression that is made is going to generate gains whether high or low frequency (within general parameters). For...
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    Long answer: My thought is always that it...

    Long answer:

    My thought is always that it comes down to what one is trying to accomplish. Competitive bodybuilding is based on several things - size of physique, proportionality/aesthetics of...
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    Most PL in the past 20-25 years has come as an...

    Most PL in the past 20-25 years has come as an extension from BBing, trained in the same facilities or found a niche facility and until the past 10 years tracked very closely to it in training (just...
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    My God, did a brief skim through. A huge amount...

    My God, did a brief skim through. A huge amount of information. I can't believe you wrote all that.
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    The idea is not to swap around cookie cutters all...

    The idea is not to swap around cookie cutters all the time but to learn how progression is made and works within that program, then evaluate your goals both long/short term and structure the next...
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    This was specific to RBE and the idea behind...

    This was specific to RBE and the idea behind "strategic deconditioning" outside of performance/fatigue or "dual factor" although a layoff will have implications on both. The big unknown is timing...
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    Week 4 should have been current lifts, you should...

    Week 4 should have been current lifts, you should not have missed unless the weight were too high.

    Here's an issue. When people put in hard maxes into the spreadsheet they are using best case...
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    Maybe you just tested your max randomly outside...

    Maybe you just tested your max randomly outside the context of the program?

    You do realize I'm the same Madcow that put those programs up and is in the thread title? You can probably trust me on...
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    Assuming this is the intermediate program on my...

    Assuming this is the intermediate program on my site?

    Because you start below your best set of 5 and work up to it over 4 weeks in 2.5% increments, and then after week 4 you increase 2.5% every...
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    There he is again! See.

    There he is again! See.
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    Madcow is an *******, he's always following me...

    Madcow is an *******, he's always following me around. I worry sometimes that he has major psychological issues.
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