+10 points for Greg's second trebuchet reference on the podcast

@greglnuckols

4 жыл бұрын

It's clearly the superior siege weapon.

@archiebrock6519

3 жыл бұрын

i guess Im kind of off topic but do anyone know a good website to watch newly released series online ?

Glad I found this podcast. I'm in total agreement about the benefits of variety. However, here is the problem with machines: people sit on them. At the gym, I see people do their set on a machine, and then instead of getting up and walking around, they stay sitting and they pull out their cell phone and look at it for the next three minutes until their next set. I asked one person what he was doing on his phone, and he said he was rearranging the songs in his playlist. Good use of time LOL. The result is that these people are spending 80% of their time at the gym sitting.

Another great podcast. The amount of useful information you guys are putting out is astonishing . Thank you gentlemen!

Get home to see this posted, now my plans for the night are sorted! Great stuff as always.

absolutely brilliant gents

Awesome podcast

Just subscribed, love your content!!👍👍💖

What are your thoughts on snatch grip deadlifts?

is there any natural lifter that does just fine doing machines only?

@Ariel-oo1nc

4 жыл бұрын

I doubt it - but I think I've got an approach that uses them well. Currently, I'm doing two Full Body workouts per week with Undulating Periodization. Day 1 mostly Machines, Day 2 mostly Free Weights. *Day 1: Strength Training* - I overload my Multi-Joint workouts on Machines (Machine Bench / Leg Press / Calves / Dips / Machine Rows etc.) so that I don't need to worry about using Stabilizing Muscles to compensate for balance, and I don't need to worry about getting crushed if my Muscles give out. I do one main set to Failure for each (+ 1 or two warmups) or I'll do a second set to Failure if I feel there's more I can squeeze out. Pretty efficient workout. *Day 2: Hypertrophy* - I use Free Weights / Bars to target more secondary Muscles / Joints / and Stabilizing interactions to maintain Functional Strength and improve overall Hypertrophy. 2-4 sets at 40%-50% 1RM for 6-12 Reps with all final Sets to Failure, or close to it. Longer workout. I will probably add in a Month or so periodically where I use Free Weights for Strength Training to make sure that I'm not compromising function (Chinups / Squats / Deadlifts / Dumbell Bench etc.). So far Strength results are good - Muscles feel pretty dense.

I always wondered if increasing bone mass increases the potential for more muscle mass, and how one can target bone mass / density through training. It seems that there is a very effective way to do it, I found something called "Osteostrong", which is supposed to be backed up by science. Apparently it takes a force of about 4x bodyweight to trigger bone growth, and Osteostrong's Website mentions they are able to apply forces of 8x bodyweight safely with certain machines. I want to try it, but it is not available everywhere yet.

@greglnuckols

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds impressive, but you get compressive forces in excess of 4x bodyweight doing most exercises. Femoral compressive force is something like 3.5x bodyweight with a bodyweight squat, for example, so if you add virtually any external load, you're well clear of 4x. I really think for most people in the general population, most standard resistance training (strength or hypertrophy training; low-load strength endurance training may not be sufficient) is sufficient. The question was asked from the perspective of someone already doing a lot of resistance training, though, so plyos and overload stuff are the only things I can really think of to increase compressive forces further.

@johnhunter743

4 жыл бұрын

@@greglnuckols Thank you for making that clear, it's very interesting, I did not know that the force is so high even with bodyweight, I thought you would literally need to lift 4x you bodyweight to get that effect :D I was skeptical about Osteostrong, and still am, because I thought, when the force needs to be that high to trigger bone growth, why do you already get benefits when doing resistance training without lifting 4x your bodyweight? So my thought was either it does not take that much force and their claims are wrong, or there is something else going on that I do not know, your answer confirms the latter. Furthermore, I looked at videos of the treatment yesterday with their machines, they are basically just doing isometric holds in certain positions and the machine is measuring the force, that seems to be all it is. I guess you already thought about that, but does isometric training against objects that can not be moved increase the compressive forces as well? I also thought maybe just holding on to very heavy weights without moving would allow me to use more weight than on any other exercise to get the maximum compressive force, but I do not know if that is a good idea :D

Can anyone drop a TLDW?

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So much talk of society's expectation of women's weight, but glossed right over societal expectations of boys and our proclivity to medicate them into compliant behavior.

@greglnuckols

4 жыл бұрын

We're fitness people, not psychiatrists, so we're somewhat qualified to talk about the former, but not the latter.

@cdrtej

4 жыл бұрын

Thats fair

@YajoX

4 жыл бұрын

@baby bean _ Bullshit. Plain and simple.

@CH-tv1cy

4 жыл бұрын

Society tries to tame men because men can be dangerous. At the end of the day, all rules and social expectations are created to promote a more harmonious society. 'For the greater good'. Wild risk taking men pose a big threat to peoples safety so that behaviour is conditioned out of us. Pretty simple concept.

godforsaken netherlands? :o

@christophersaunders4664

4 жыл бұрын

Running joke since EP1 when a bunch of Dutch gave the podcast bad reviews.