Video up! The A's for your Q's.

I forgot to mention i made another video a few days ago. With a list of all the youtube channels you guys should be watching for fitness content. (Specifically targeting powerlifters/bodybuilders)

Nice video, i enjoyed it. Some follow up thoughts. Kelly Starrett basically (from what i understand) advocates exhaling, getting tight and then inhaling. And it makes a lot of sense to me if i think about it. Getting organised before getting into a position is superior to getting organised when your geometrics are in less than ideal position of getting tight.

Europes 3rd weightlifter in his weight class trains at the gym i go to and i get to watch what he does between my sets. He does a lot of different things, quite many. And his technique is spot on. He doesn't use crazy weights. He does do a fair bit of isolation exercises for different muscles though. Cables, dumbbells etc.

Just from an observers point of view i see how his technique is superior to others. Typically a relatively new enthusiast runs the risk of doing too much too fast. The body needs to catch up and get used to the new regime. Muscles can outgrow bones and tendons, ligaments, if you don't do enough cardio there can be problems there etc etc. I think it is good to, at some point, maintain and claim what you've trained for. Listening to your body is key, if it is fatigued as fuck then taking a rest is the best thing you can possibly do. Sustainability is key but you already know that.

Also, why do you cut? The big weightlifters are gigantic and carry a fair bit of fat on them. You do realise that's how you will look like soon and people will, again, look differently at you

Cheers.

On October 06 2015 12:24 cariadon wrote: Nice video, i enjoyed it. Some follow up thoughts. Kelly Starrett basically (from what i understand) advocates exhaling, getting tight and then inhaling. And it makes a lot of sense to me if i think about it. Getting organised before getting into a position is superior to getting organised when your geometrics are in less than ideal position of getting tight. Europes 3rd weightlifter in his weight class trains at the gym i go to and i get to watch what he does between my sets. He does a lot of different things, quite many. And his technique is spot on. He doesn't use crazy weights. He does do a fair bit of isolation exercises for different muscles though. Cables, dumbbells etc. Just from an observers point of view i see how his technique is superior to others. Typically a relatively new enthusiast runs the risk of doing too much too fast. The body needs to catch up and get used to the new regime. Muscles can outgrow bones and tendons, ligaments, if you don't do enough cardio there can be problems there etc etc. I think it is good to, at some point, maintain and claim what you've trained for. Listening to your body is key, if it is fatigued as fuck then taking a rest is the best thing you can possibly do. Sustainability is key but you already know that. Also, why do you cut? The big weightlifters are gigantic and carry a fair bit of fat on them. You do realise that's how you will look like soon and people will, again, look differently at you Cheers.

+1 on Kelly Starrett. His book is great and his mobility WODs on Youtube are fantastic.

People cut for many reasons; aesthetics, health, or maybe to lift in a certain weight class. Lifting weight and eating at a surplus =/= being fat.

Powerlifters, in general, aren't shredded or huge but lift more than any jacked/diced/shredded bodybuilder you see. Compare a 180lb power lifter to a 180lb bodybuilder and their bodies will be vastly different. The former will look like he spends some time in a gym whereas the latter has the body of a Greek god. The powerlifter could lift 600-800 more lbs in total than him in bench, deadlift, and squat but you would never know :/. Different strokes for different folks.

Ye mostly what TheHuhu24 said . I cut for all those reasons. When I do compete it will most likely be in the 148 weight class so I'll have to make weight (thats where I can still gain like 10 more pounds of muscle plus be pretty lean. So my weight will be as useful as possible in the meet. Almost all powerlifters that are competitive hover between 10-15% bf when they are training for some sort of competition. (past 308 theres basically an infinite weight, weightclass lol). If its a long off season they might go higher. Being below 9% doesnt lead to the best athletic performance over the course of a potential 10 hour meet usually. I think huhu is right about the 180lb comparison but imo its a bit too stretched. More like the powerlifter would be someone that looks really fit but not a god. And the bodybuilder would probably lift about 250-500 pounds less on average. For a while there was this sort of trend people were calling it Powerbuilding. And people were trying to be both. But I guess it fizzed out when literally everyone realized it was just powerlifting with a decent amount of accessory lifts worked in. Powerlifters typically just dont have as accentuated show muscles as bodybuilders. I feel They also typically have bigger waists than bodybuilders too. Which takes away from that V taper. Not to mention typically bodybuilders have more developed rear delts and some other areas. Depending.

On October 06 2015 12:24 cariadon wrote: Nice video, i enjoyed it. Some follow up thoughts. Kelly Starrett basically (from what i understand) advocates exhaling, getting tight and then inhaling. And it makes a lot of sense to me if i think about it. Getting organised before getting into a position is superior to getting organised when your geometrics are in less than ideal position of getting tight. Europes 3rd weightlifter in his weight class trains at the gym i go to and i get to watch what he does between my sets. He does a lot of different things, quite many. And his technique is spot on. He doesn't use crazy weights. He does do a fair bit of isolation exercises for different muscles though. Cables, dumbbells etc. Just from an observers point of view i see how his technique is superior to others. Typically a relatively new enthusiast runs the risk of doing too much too fast. The body needs to catch up and get used to the new regime. Muscles can outgrow bones and tendons, ligaments, if you don't do enough cardio there can be problems there etc etc. I think it is good to, at some point, maintain and claim what you've trained for. Listening to your body is key, if it is fatigued as fuck then taking a rest is the best thing you can possibly do. Sustainability is key but you already know that. Also, why do you cut? The big weightlifters are gigantic and carry a fair bit of fat on them. You do realise that's how you will look like soon and people will, again, look differently at you Cheers.

Isolation exercises typically are prioritized differently depending the persons purpose for doing them. For instance bodybuilders its all about lagging bodyparts they can bring up to make them bigger. For a powerlifter or a weightlifter. the order of operation would usually allocate those training resources to bringing up some muscle group that is hindering their preformance. So a powerlifter might have shitty calves, but still focus on isolating their triceps because they are having trouble locking out on the bench press. (very random example). Though it can certainly work to like i said above. Just add in those fluff exercises to be more aesthetic also.

"Muscles can outgrow bones and tendons, ligaments" I havent really heard of this being an issue for the big guys. I'm curious to see more evidence on it. And ye people should definitely ease into volume especially in the first 2 years of training. Volume doesnt have to be extreme to progress solidly. .

Oh and the cardio thing. Eh. IMO cardio isn't NECESSARY. Its useful. There's lots of guys that dont do any. And work on adding to their conditioning by doing stuff like 10x10 with light weights at high pace. Or some sort of other conditioning work that wouldn't quite count as cardio. OR honestly almost no such conditioning work at all. People like greg nuckols dont do any cardio and are strong as fuck. It realy depends what a persons goals are tbh. I'd advocate it to some degree. But wouldn't fault certain people for not doing it.