Fadi
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Bodybuilders listen up!
You have been wrongly programmed to believe that to get bigger, you would need to get stronger. As a former weightlifter, I can tell you that the best way possible in remaining the same size you are now, is to train as Olympic weightlifters train: heavy weights with low repetitions, (and eat normal).
If your wish is to get mighty strong, with the numbers on the scales remaining the same or near the same, then repetitions in the vicinity of 3s should be your permanent domain. Weightlifters that put on muscle size do so due to the high volume and high frequency of their training and NOT due to the intensity or repetitions.
If you are still not convinced, then take a look at some weightlifters and see if the amount of training they do actually corresponds with the amount of muscles they have...NO WAY!
Check out Naim Suleymanoglu, at only 1.47 meters tall, he is known affectionately as the "Pocket Hercules". This man lifts a clean & jerk that is 10kg OVER TRIPLE bodyweight. He lifted 190kg at a bodyweight of 59.8kg back at the 1988 Olympic Games. Look at him closely. He looks like any black belt martial artist would look in the arms and shoulders area. Remember the late Bruce Lee? Bruce would’ve been bigger I would imagine.
So please don't get down or upset with yourself next time you see no improvement in your strength department; it's muscle size you're after.
In terms of frequency, there is really NO comparison between the way bodybuilders and weightlifters train. Here in Australia we were basing our training system on the Bulgarians and training 8 times a week, (double day training). Some nations have their weightlifters training 10 and 12 times per week. It has been established beyond any doubt, that to get mighty strong, frequency of training has to be employed. Of course, it goes without saying that ultra high frequency such as this, demands an ultra precise periodisation to go with it, (unfortunately something most bodybuilders haven't heard of). That is why bodybuilders are forever suffering from that dreaded disease called plateauing.
Eating? Well I was always different, consuming 13500 calories a day and sometimes more. I’ll put up this extraordinary diet for you soon on the forum to check out. But please remember, I was training 8 times a week whilst squatting 5 times with a metabolism that would make a Ferrari seem slow in comparison. So till next time, take care.
Fadi.
You have been wrongly programmed to believe that to get bigger, you would need to get stronger. As a former weightlifter, I can tell you that the best way possible in remaining the same size you are now, is to train as Olympic weightlifters train: heavy weights with low repetitions, (and eat normal).
If your wish is to get mighty strong, with the numbers on the scales remaining the same or near the same, then repetitions in the vicinity of 3s should be your permanent domain. Weightlifters that put on muscle size do so due to the high volume and high frequency of their training and NOT due to the intensity or repetitions.
If you are still not convinced, then take a look at some weightlifters and see if the amount of training they do actually corresponds with the amount of muscles they have...NO WAY!
Check out Naim Suleymanoglu, at only 1.47 meters tall, he is known affectionately as the "Pocket Hercules". This man lifts a clean & jerk that is 10kg OVER TRIPLE bodyweight. He lifted 190kg at a bodyweight of 59.8kg back at the 1988 Olympic Games. Look at him closely. He looks like any black belt martial artist would look in the arms and shoulders area. Remember the late Bruce Lee? Bruce would’ve been bigger I would imagine.
So please don't get down or upset with yourself next time you see no improvement in your strength department; it's muscle size you're after.
In terms of frequency, there is really NO comparison between the way bodybuilders and weightlifters train. Here in Australia we were basing our training system on the Bulgarians and training 8 times a week, (double day training). Some nations have their weightlifters training 10 and 12 times per week. It has been established beyond any doubt, that to get mighty strong, frequency of training has to be employed. Of course, it goes without saying that ultra high frequency such as this, demands an ultra precise periodisation to go with it, (unfortunately something most bodybuilders haven't heard of). That is why bodybuilders are forever suffering from that dreaded disease called plateauing.
Eating? Well I was always different, consuming 13500 calories a day and sometimes more. I’ll put up this extraordinary diet for you soon on the forum to check out. But please remember, I was training 8 times a week whilst squatting 5 times with a metabolism that would make a Ferrari seem slow in comparison. So till next time, take care.
Fadi.
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