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Totalstrength
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Why dosent Adam compete now?
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macmad
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I don't think he's motivated by masters records.
He is the best MC in the country now, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of powerlifting history, and seems to be in pretty good health now.
Adam has mentioned to me in the past that to be elite in Powerlifting is probably not healthy, but that also holds true for most other sports, to be the absolute best requires putting your body on the line to get there.
I've never had the opportunity to see him squat, but I've seen him reverse grip bench and sumo deadlift, and in both lifts his technique is absolutely perfect.
All his warmups were exactly the same as the comp lifts, apart from speed.
From discussions with him his training was based on coan style periodisation, with reps reducing from 8's to 5's and 3's just before comp.
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Paullie
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some_cs_student
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For Oliver.
Adam trained 3 days a week, one lift per day - Squats- bench - dead
No boxes, no bands, no chains. assistance work was kept to a minimum.
Stuff I did see him do was chins, rows, CGBP, cant remember much else.
As Paul pointed out, technique was flawless, every rep, every set.
Seldom wore equipment aside from knee wraps and a belt.
When he went over PPP, he said it was like we used to train, as the weight went up, the reps decreased and the sets increased, we'd hit a peak, start again.
This has been going on forever, the length varies, thats about all.
Very basic training, always very heavy weights, 300kg deads and 200kg benches raw, he would hit these very often.
Adam trained 3 days a week, one lift per day - Squats- bench - dead
No boxes, no bands, no chains. assistance work was kept to a minimum.
Stuff I did see him do was chins, rows, CGBP, cant remember much else.
As Paul pointed out, technique was flawless, every rep, every set.
Seldom wore equipment aside from knee wraps and a belt.
When he went over PPP, he said it was like we used to train, as the weight went up, the reps decreased and the sets increased, we'd hit a peak, start again.
This has been going on forever, the length varies, thats about all.
Very basic training, always very heavy weights, 300kg deads and 200kg benches raw, he would hit these very often.
I have to admit, you inadvertantly train like Adam did 20 years ago, except for the structure, basic lifts, minimum fuss.
Adam was very consistent and always used progressive resistance. His sessions were quite long, he did lots of sets
Paul mentioned that Adam used periodisation. I'm not sure I witnessed that, but I only trained with him from 1988 to 1990, when Tarzan and Jane closed down, Adam continued to compete for quite a few years after that.
Maybe Paul can ask Adam to come on here and explain a little himself.
Adam was very consistent and always used progressive resistance. His sessions were quite long, he did lots of sets
Paul mentioned that Adam used periodisation. I'm not sure I witnessed that, but I only trained with him from 1988 to 1990, when Tarzan and Jane closed down, Adam continued to compete for quite a few years after that.
Maybe Paul can ask Adam to come on here and explain a little himself.
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