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#1. Re ABCDE, Lyle McDonald questions from #111 - from SFarrin261
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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 01:48:55 EST From: SFarrin261 <SFarrin261@aol.com> Subject: Re ABCDE, Lyle McDonald questions from #111 Just responding to some questions and statements you made on digest #111. You began by asking:"Question: how much were you eating on a daily basis prior to starting the ABCDE diet? I ask because I find a lot of lifters who have trouble gaining mass are not eating enough calories per day. So I wonder if it's the cycling per se that's causing you to make gains or the fact that you're getting sufficient calories during the 2 weeks of overfeeding." Good question. From the records I have starting in September of 97 I was taking in 3400/day then I progressed up to 4213/day dropped to a low for a few day of around 3800/day then back up to 4200/day the few weeks prior to gettin sick for 2 weeks. During the 2 week illness I took in 2500+/- which I considered my first low cal phase ( why not?). Then during my first high cal phase I started 4364/day which took me from 204 when I began to 214 at the end of the 2 week cycle. "I'm not sure what you're getting at here. I assume that you're arguing that increasing glycogen and water in the muscle cycle to cycle would eventually mean the muscle would have to get bigger as a consequence. Sort of. Glycogen adn water is stored outside of the individual muscle fibers (in the sarcoplasm of the muscle). So increased glycogen and water will make a muscle appear larger but you haven't actually added contractile tissue." That's what I was getting at and your response makes sense. My question would then be, with strength gains and increased size and weight, could both be attained with out an increase in contractile tissue. I qualify this by stating that I only perform the same exercises for one set every 16 or more days (HDII) so could the increases in strength and size be due solely to skill increases? "The general feedback I've seen to the ABCDE diet has been generally negative although some people seem to do well on it. I suppose you can just chalk it up to individual differences and I'm not about to tell someone that what they're doing isn't working (if it is) based on theoretical ramblings. But based on what I saw in the cited studies for the ABCDE diet (especially some of hte truly stupid ones like the Quail stretching studies), I'm not going to be the one to try it." Understood. Thanks for your responses. God Bless - Sean
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#2. Re: Single progression may be the best. - from Nick Forlano
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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 11:26:40 -0400 From: Nick Forlano <nick@uncool.com> Subject: Re: Single progression may be the best. >I just came across an interesting article on Time under load (aka >tension). > >It is found at http://www.x-net.net/ult_ex/tul.html If anybody liked the above article I recommend you check out: http://www.superslow.com Regards, Nick
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#3. Hit for Special Populations - from LFeld49371
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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 12:57:17 EST From: LFeld49371 <LFeld49371@aol.com> Subject: Hit for Special Populations Does anyone out there have any opinions on/experience with High Intensity Training on people with: 1)mild hypertension 2)type 1(insulin dependent)diabetes? Thank You LCF
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#4. Buc's strength camp - from MacThai
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Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 09:51:25 EST From: MacThai <MacThai@aol.com> Subject: Buc's strength camp Very good turnout this year.Mark and Aaron did a great job. Steve Wetzel gave a very informative talk and Ted Lambrinides told the truth about many popular supplements. The new training facilty is very nice with plenty of Hammer- Nautilus-and any equipment they feel is useful.
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#5. 1 set vs multiple - from Brad Collins
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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 05:24:52 PST From: "Brad Collins" <bcollins@hotmail.com> Subject: 1 set vs multiple I have had several people e-mail me about my last post. The letter by Ken Mannie is under HIT Stuff at Cyberpump!: http://geocities.datacellar.net/Colosseum/4000/hitstuff.html BC
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#6. Squats form - from Gary Bennett
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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:53:24 -0500 From: Gary Bennett <74663.2777@compuserve.com> Subject: Squats form After finishing squats last night, a rather large guy came up to me and explained that I was doing them incorrectly. The guy may be right, but I know he works out about 12 days a week, so his opinion on exercise to me is suspect. Hopefully someone here can help me out. The guy said that squats done in a rack should be done with your feet way out in front of your body, so that your basically leaning back against the bar. He said your knees, when bent, should not extend beyond your toes. This form, of course, could only be done with a rack because you'd fall backward. He claimed this is the way to avoid injury and that the movement simulates a leg-press. I was doing them with my feet about shoulder-width apart, and I keep my feet flat on the ground throughout the movement. Also, I only go down to parallel. I've only done squats a few times, but I just don't see much risk of injury the way I've been doing them. Can anyone tell me where I can see pictures of squats done properly? Or can you describe the proper form? Thanks, Gary
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#7. ECA Stack - from Frazier, Kyle
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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:11:03 -0800 From: "Frazier, Kyle" <frazierk@pwa.co.sacramento.ca.us> Subject: ECA Stack I was wondering if anyone has experienced headaches using the ECA stack. I have not used it for about 8 months and never had problems before. I just started it again because I'm going to try entering my first (and probably only) bodybuilding show. The headaches only come when lifting. It starts as pressure at the base of my head during the lift. When I rack the weight, the pain begins and spreads around to my whole head. It then subsides after a few minutes. Perhaps because I'm "amped" up I forget to breathe properly?. Or maybe my body has not adjusted to it yet, this is only the first few days of taking the stack. I've only noticed this happening during squats, behind neck press, and lunges. Thanks in advance, Kyle
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#8. Re: periodization - from Sonofsquat
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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 20:35:07 EST From: Sonofsquat <Sonofsquat@aol.com> Subject: Re: periodization Waggy wrote: <<My question is this, is there a prescribed length of time a lifter should use maximum effort,lifting to failure, then backing off for a period of time doing lighter lifts?>> Platues often occur between 6 to 8 weeks. The most likely reason being because the muscles have adapted to the stress -- or “under training” -- has occurred. Another possibility is “under recovery”. Proper sleep patterns, nutrition and supplementation has not been provided for the training. Of course, there is the slight possibility that over training has occured where no amount of sleep, nutrition or supplementation can help (this is the LEAST likely scenerio!). A fourth possibility is lack of attitude... Let’s face it, after a while, heavy training grates on the human spirit an the trainee yearns for a vacation! <<Is there some guidelines or suggestions on how long the heavy lifting cycle should go? Followed by how long to go easy?>> 6 to 8 weeks followed by 1 to 2 weeks active rest. << Would the easy phase be a good time try and loose some fat by upping time spent on aerobics?>> An excellent activity for active rest! Fred Hatfield II Visit the new BIGBOY cite at: www.colba.net/~john295
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#9. Good Reading - from JLoftus230
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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 21:51:15 EST From: JLoftus230 <JLoftus230@aol.com> Subject: Good Reading After spending my college years bench pressing with various sets and routines and taking a long time to do them, I was introuduced to Nautilus training by a Penn State football player, this was late 70's. It changed my routines forever. Now after almost 20 years of reading almost anything I could get my hands on to compare "the literature" of science, I have found an outstanding text. If you have an empty weekend, get your hands on "Betrayers of the Truth" Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science" (No Snickers) Written by William Broad and Nicholas Wade,(Simon and Schuster 1982) it is truly a plain english look at science as it is...not as it's purported to be. While there are no articles that deal with weight training, all articles deal with the biases of science.