Thread: Train Smart! E-Book

Has anyone besides me read this? When I read this, I found it quite confusing because the style of writing flew from one idea to another, at one point, he was talking about completing some calculations, then they next he was talking about what exercises to do. I read this e-book 3 times and all, I got out of it is that, I should rest a couple days between workouts and that bench pressing 100 lbs 12 inches is the same as benching 200 lbs six inches. Also, what if I use a machine because often times my friends aren't there to spot me. Can anyone please help me?

In brief his method is thus as follows:

1. Load up heavy;
2. Reduce range of motion to strongest range for each exercise to concentrate exercise;
3. Rest until fully recovered;
4. Repeat.


Pete Sisco is using the calculations and introductory section of his book to explain why he is right and conventional methods are wrong by using physics and calculations as a means to justify it all - he has to come up with something to try and make himself sound better than everyone else so he can flog his book.

Essentially he, Pete Sisco, is trying to get across the point that you can load your weights extra heavy if you're lifting the weights in your strongest range of motion for each exercise - which is merely stating the obvious. However, without a spotter or using special machines (that he also sells - surprise surprise) that you can adjust for a small range of motion you really can't load up heavy enough to use his methodology to train.

Through increasing the weight lifted and reducing the amount of movement he is promoting a concentrated exercise for each muscle and surmises that due to this heavier weight and more concentrated exercise you should increase your muscle mass faster than conventional lifting techiques. He promotes longer rest periods than normal because he is promoting heavier lifting and more concentration than normal.

Pros:
1. Concentrates the exercise on the specific muscle; and
2. Promotes muscle growth.

Cons:
1. Concentrates the exercise on the specific muscle - thereby - not allowing as many stabilising muscles to workout;
2. Require a spotter for free-weights or specialised equipment because you max out on all standard equipment after about a month; and
3. Time consuming - even though he says it's quicker - you'll find yourself taking forever to load up the damn weights.

BUT what in the hell do I know?