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Originally Posted by Nine Pack  This technique really has no place in the training schedules of anyone training to increase muscle size, which is the case for most of the people on this board. It can allow you to increase endurance & strength but will yield little muscular gain in itself. It may be of use to push past a strength plateau & then return to normal methods though.
I am aware of the principles of synaptic facilitation, and Pavel Tsatsouline's methods, but I can't think of a single successful Bber that he has coached. I think this is where we are at cross purposes OSC. My methods are geared purely to the aesthetic of muscular growth, whilst you are talking about strength & endurance. As a Bber, I freely admit that my methods are not necessarily the best approach from a functional point of view (as I am reminded of when trying to dress myself in the morning!), but they do yield better visual gains and that's what 99% of guys in the gym are concerned with. When I stop competing, I will utilise a myriad of different methods & take a more 'all round' approach to my training, but for now and the forseeable future, I'll stick to what I know, and can show works. |
I think it has a place in bbing training..
As I pointed out in my first explanation that if extra weight were to be added to this type of regime then increased muscular size would be a byproduct of following it aswell as increases in strength and endurance.
Now if another method (ladders) of increased volume whilst without the need to go into training to failure mode was used then that would also give the individual increases in muscular size whilst still using the same exercise.
Increases in muscular size whilst using the same exercises over & over again can easily be achieved by the use of simple techiques posted above as examples (and there are many more) but also by a simple tweak of reps, sets, rest periods. It is usually the lack of proper planning that mean people fail to make continual gains...
ALL techniques have a place in ALL sports...
And I`m speaking as an ex competing bodybuilder...
And to be a bodybuilder DOESNOT mean that you have to be unfucntional, maybe you should do a bit of research on the likes of Grimek et al and they way they were not only huge guys but also very very functional & athletic..