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I have been training for a while(5+years) and have a good indication of what works for my body and what doesnt. I am a strongman BTW. When I train My goal is to maximise my strength while adding size to various places in my body where i am lacking. I used to have a firm belief that if you are going to train for size...train for size and if you are going to train for strength.....you get my drift. I didnt think that i would be as benificial to train for both size and strength at the same time.I though I would be further ahead of the game then if I would have taken the time to put on the size and then switch up the training to make that new found muscle fiber as strong as possible.
So what do you think. Train size then strength....keep them seperate or modify both styles appropriatley and train them together?
What I have been doing for the past few years is....well....i am not sure what you call it. Its working quite well I suppose. I am getting much stronger and but my ability to put size on is less then spectacular. BTW....its partley genitic and partley because of my training style. My diet is in check. I know a lot of newbies around here thhink their diet is up to par when it isnt but I assure you mine is.
So the genitic thing I cant control. I think my training for size lacks...well...a little guidence. I used to be a powerlifter and now I am a strongman(trying hard to look like a BBer BTW...) so most of my training and thought processes have been centered around Max strength. I still take time to do some specific size training but i think that I may be training them a little wrong. For instance, If i am training say 3x5 deadlifts(strength), on my last rep of my last set....i am lucky if i get it...the exercise usually turns into 3 or 4 warm up sets and then a max 5 attempt. on the other hand, when I do Incline flys or press or something of the sort, say for 3x10....i usually have the same approach, my last set is usuall a max attempt and my form may be compromised to finish. I use the same speed of reps/same intensity/ same concentration. A usual rep for me is fairly fast. Like when benching, my press is as fast and explosive as possible(which may be fairly slow if heavy enough) and my negitave is usually twice as slow as my press. I generally do this with most every lift.
I am not afraid of using a little body english because in strongman...it doesnt matter how clean your form is if you cant move the weight. I am trying to combine the 2 different styles of training to maximise my strength and size developement. Just wondering if anyone had any good Ideas for me to try or ways i could improve. BTW, I always start my workout with a heavy compound movement. I always switch things up....week to week. As an example. If I do max 5 flat bench on monday, the next week i will do max 8 DBs and then the week after Incline log for max 3.....ect. I never let a specific bodypart fail more then 3 weeks in a row or i give that body part a week or two of light work. Hope i am making sense and hope that someone may be able to give me some guidance
Thanks in advance
So what do you think. Train size then strength....keep them seperate or modify both styles appropriatley and train them together?
What I have been doing for the past few years is....well....i am not sure what you call it. Its working quite well I suppose. I am getting much stronger and but my ability to put size on is less then spectacular. BTW....its partley genitic and partley because of my training style. My diet is in check. I know a lot of newbies around here thhink their diet is up to par when it isnt but I assure you mine is.
So the genitic thing I cant control. I think my training for size lacks...well...a little guidence. I used to be a powerlifter and now I am a strongman(trying hard to look like a BBer BTW...) so most of my training and thought processes have been centered around Max strength. I still take time to do some specific size training but i think that I may be training them a little wrong. For instance, If i am training say 3x5 deadlifts(strength), on my last rep of my last set....i am lucky if i get it...the exercise usually turns into 3 or 4 warm up sets and then a max 5 attempt. on the other hand, when I do Incline flys or press or something of the sort, say for 3x10....i usually have the same approach, my last set is usuall a max attempt and my form may be compromised to finish. I use the same speed of reps/same intensity/ same concentration. A usual rep for me is fairly fast. Like when benching, my press is as fast and explosive as possible(which may be fairly slow if heavy enough) and my negitave is usually twice as slow as my press. I generally do this with most every lift.
I am not afraid of using a little body english because in strongman...it doesnt matter how clean your form is if you cant move the weight. I am trying to combine the 2 different styles of training to maximise my strength and size developement. Just wondering if anyone had any good Ideas for me to try or ways i could improve. BTW, I always start my workout with a heavy compound movement. I always switch things up....week to week. As an example. If I do max 5 flat bench on monday, the next week i will do max 8 DBs and then the week after Incline log for max 3.....ect. I never let a specific bodypart fail more then 3 weeks in a row or i give that body part a week or two of light work. Hope i am making sense and hope that someone may be able to give me some guidance
Thanks in advance
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