TP Kicks It Up A Notch

[Arnold]

(surgeon said it was worn/frayed, likely from years of heavy lifting).

I do not understand this, it's not like a tendon is a non-living object like a rope, it is a living piece of tissue that is constantly rebuilt, is it not?

 

[Jodi]

Yeah, I forgot, you're old. I'm not but you are. Those few days between us makes a world of difference.

I like to change up all the time. One exercies go 6-8 reps heavy and then the next exercise go 15 reps and lighter. I can really make a body part burn that way, especially shoulders

 

[Twin Peak]

I do not understand this, it's not like a tendon is a non-living object like a rope, it is a living piece of tissue that is constantly rebuilt, is it not?

Not my area, so I can't speak to the regenerative ability of tendons. Even if that is the case, he could see that mine was worn when he was in there, so the freying was outpacing the regeneration.

 

[Twin Peak]

Yeah, I forgot, you're old. I'm not but you are. Those few days between us makes a world of difference.

I like to change up all the time. One exercies go 6-8 reps heavy and then the next exercise go 15 reps and lighter. I can really make a body part burn that way, especially shoulders

Sure, it works nicely if you are training for the burn.

We shall see how it does for muscle growth. I expect it will work fine, but only because I will be using relatively heavy weights.

 

[Designer Supps]

Not my area, so I can't speak to the regenerative ability of tendons. Even if that is the case, he could see that mine was worn when he was in there, so the freying was outpacing the regeneration.

I have a lot of exp. in this dept. (I have an all titanium shoulder, have had my shoulder scoped 2 times and reconstructed twice). From what my Drs have told me, although it is living and constantly trying to rebuild, as BBs we abuse certain overlooked muscles/tendons on a 5 day week basis. As we get older there is only so much the body can repair each week, before the abuse starts to get ahead of the repair curve. Not to mention as we get older we lose all the nice healing hormones like GH and Test, then stack the ton of weight we lift on top of it and at some point something has to give. Which usually is the weakest link, the rotator cuff (RC) area.
If we spent more time on general shoulder heath then we can prevent most of this from happening. Most people however dont do RC work until after they have torn it or hurt it. Then once repaired even though its better then what it was when injured its unlikely because of the shoulder structure that it will be stronger then it was preinjury.
Now you have to learn to train around it, and higher rep is the way to do it, you can still go heavy on certain exercises and you can always have a short period of heavy training, but you want to be thinking long term. At age 35 do I want to be able to play baseball with my son etc.

 

[Twin Peak]

Holy crap, Sledge is Wolverine!

 

[Dale Mabry]

I have an all titanium shoulder, have had my shoulder scoped 2 times and reconstructed twice

Sounds like someone is making excuses for losing all ready. Make sure that philosophy major gets all this down for when he writes your journal for you.

 

[Robboe]

Hey Stevie.

You gonna be employjng high reps for all exercises, or just the ones that involve your shoulders most?

 

[Twin Peak]

All.

I will be training in the 8-15 rep range for most exercises, henceforth.

 

[ShadowJack]

Holy crap, Sledge is Wolverine!

That's adamantium. Sldge said his shoulder was only titanium.

 

[Robboe]

Isn't that Captain America?

 

[ShadowJack]

Isn't that Captain America?

Not quite. I can tell you're from Britain.

Captain America's shield is an alloy of (true) Adamantium and Vibranium, which has never been duplicated. This makes his shield even stronger than Wolverine's skeleton (which is true adamantium).

Dont'cha know?

 

[Twin Peak]

Achem, geek.

 

[Twin Peak]

Update: The eve of Christmas Eve.

Ah, the life of a bodybuilder. Most of the time, lately, I feel (relatively) small but fat. Yet when I enter the gym, I look good (though still fat). It must be the lighting, mirrors, etc. Oh well. Today was no exception. Yesterday I was wondering, concerned, whether this higher rep training was causing me to lose size. My arms looked puny. I got to the gym and looked much better.

Then, when I started training arms, they blew up. This, of course, is to be expected. But still. And in the middle of my routine, my arms looked as big as they ever have. At the end, I taped them, because I was curious. The tape read 19". That was pretty cool, even if there was 1 1/4" increase from blood flow.

While my chest strength has been steadily decreasing from week to week, my arm strength has been increasing. Here is my workout, from memory.

Barbell Curls

95 x 18
115 x 10
105 x 12

Skull Crushers

90 x 20
100 x 18
100 x 15

Heavy Hammer Curls

80 x 10, 6

V-bar Pressdown

130 x 18
145 x 12

Preacher Curl

70 x 12, 10

1-Arm overhead DB Presses

50 x 8, 10

Standing Double Bi Overhead Cable (what the hell is this really called, anyway?)

30 x 12
35 x 10

Rope Kickback

25 x 15, 12


THE CUT -- Plan of Attack

I have kicked around different ideas on how I will tackle this. I am finishing up my article on how to integrate Carb Cycling and TP-PT, so I will do just that. The first 4 weeks will be an Intensity Phase, and the second 4 weeks will be a Volume Phase. More details to come.

 

[ShadowJack]

Achem, geek.

YOU are the one who 1st brought Wolverine into the discussion.

Wanna talk about Ultron next?

 

[Dale Mabry]

Yet when I enter the gym, I look good (though still fat). It must be the lighting, mirrors, etc. Oh well.

It is the mirrors and lighting, I can assure you. I am content with the way I look in the gym mirrors, but not in my home mirror.

 

[Twin Peak]

YOU are the one who 1st brought Wolverine into the discussion.

Wanna talk about Ultron next?

What's Ultron?

And yeah, I HEARD of Wolverine, I haven't memorized all of his and Cap'n America's stats!

 

[Jodi]

TP - Do you still have your Superman Underoos?

 

[Dale Mabry]

TP - Do you still have your Superman Underoos?

Don't you mean She-Ra Princess of Power?

 

[Twin Peak]

Its Spider-man, thank you very much.

 

[Twin Peak]

And shit, no discussion about the workout, the type of training, the higher reps, etc. Dang.

 

[Dale Mabry]

I furngot, why are you going high reps again?

 

[Twin Peak]

Arg!

 

[CowPimp]

Could you elaborate more on incorporating carb cycling into TP-PT?

 

[Twin Peak]

I can. Or you can wait for the article.

In general, the article will spell out how to best merge the two for all bodytypes/goals.

 

[ShadowJack]

Its Spider-man, thank you very much.

TP, you actually have Spider-man Under-oos?

hehe

 

[ShadowJack]

And shit, no discussion about the workout, the type of training, the higher reps, etc. Dang.

Those sets of 18 on BB Curls and Skull Crushers are particularly impressive.

I sometimes will incorporate some heavy sets of 12 reps into my cycle, and I really feel the burn even after 12. Sets of 18 must really bring it about.

 

[Twin Peak]

Yeah, the burn and pump are are intense. And because the weights are still fairly significant, I really feel like this will work.

 

[Dale Mabry]

Arg!

Urgh!

 

[Robboe]

The start date is getting ever closer and we've still yet to finalize all the details. Some questions, if i may:

1. Have we decided upon how scoring will work?

2. Are we going to run separate journals or are we all going to pitch into one big thread with separate threads for the photo checkpoints?