William Rohe
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Don’t think I saw this posted anywhere in the thread yet, my bad if I missed it. What’s your preworkout supplement protocol? Do you take a preworkout supplement with caffeine or just coffee?
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That’s your goal Lewis. Always get more reps and increase weight and go until failure. As long as you’re eating enough, you will build muscle.
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Just wanted to say I enjoy the frequent content you put up on the site! I’ve seriously binge watched everything in the first 2 months of membership to the site and learned so much. Got me away from a lot of the high volume and bro-ish approach previously taken. And your workout videos are perfect for getting in the right mindset before leaving for the gym 🙂
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Go under “Services” and and there’s an option at the bottom to submit a request for services.
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^Agree with Craig. Just got done watching the Live With interview and it was a good one! Glad you’re getting more and more recognition and even more appreciation for your work ethic and sacrifice you’re making by not having a sponsor.
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Those esters will be wearing off and tren is a big strength builder. Will make a difference for sure. Maybe try a different chest lift before your shoulder press?
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Need to look at reasons why it might be stalling. Placement in the workout(what lifts you’re doing before it, what else you’re training that day), not recovering, maybe just need to take it out of rotation for a week or two and bring it back in.
I’ve been able to progress on stalled lifts by looking at those factors.
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Sary – here’s a explanation of widowmaker sets
http://www.swolhq.com/what-are-widowmaker-sets-and-why-should-you-do-them/ -
Hey Sas, I know the plan is to grow and prep for the Olympia. Jordan mentioned gaining as much as 20-40lbs, but the Olympia is in September. Something like 10-12ish weeks right now. Is this push really intended to be for this years Olympia? That is A LOT of weight to gain in a short time. Let alone cutting down and trying to come into the Olympia with great and crisp conditioning.
Maybe I interpreted/heard this wrong and the 20-40lb increase is the plan after this years O?
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It’s really going to come down to what works for you. Dorian believed in 1 all out set for each movement and it worked for him. Jay Cutler was a very high volume lifter and it worked for him. It’s about trying both and seeing what your body best responds to.
Talking about training to failure on compounds and then form and squeeze on isolation is complicating it a bit. I think most of us were drawn to Jordan’s site because of his training and knowledge. His philosophy has always been progressive overload(getting stronger) + progressive eating(eating more) = growth. Much like from a nutritional aspect and not one diet works for everyone, but the overall principal of calories in vs calories out will apply to everyone. We can say the exact same thing for training. Progressive overload is king. You have to experiment to see which style of training your body responds to.
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I’d recommend reading through the workouts Jordan posted in the Articles section of the website and watch some of his videos. Progressive overload in a variety of rep ranges is key. If you’re trying to beat your log book on a per session basis to progress, you must go to failure to hit that higher weight or higher reps. Jordan’s a big advocate of DC training and his training is a variation of it. Training to failure in multiple rep ranges, you will hit hypertrophy and grow as long as you’re eating enough and recovering.
The cost benefit of this is your body is going to be taking a beating every session and recovering is very important. Eat enough, get enough sleep, keep stress low. As long as you are doing these things, you will be able to progress your lifts and grow.
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Hey Jordan, have you noticed better times to use an upper/lower split vs a PPL split? For example, do you notice the higher frequency of upper/lower helps you build and progress lifts better in the offseason? One you prefer more during your prep than another? I guess I’m just curious at what times you prefer upper/lower and what times you prefer PPL?
I’m bulking and just finished PPL. Taking several days rest and then starting upper/lower. Tendons took a beating with PPL but made some serious progress in strength and body weight.
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Love your mindset and way you’re going about everything Sas! You’d almost NEVER hear of a bodybuilder dropping a sponsor because they want to focus 100% on a competition or becoming a better bodybuilder. That’s basically losing some income. You will do well with the focus, mindset, and hard work you’re putting in! Cannot wait to see the finished product at the O
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I think it depends on your body and how you’re feeling going into that first week. If you feel really good, come back with high intensity but maybe cut down the initial volume. Like warming up more and 1 max intensity set per exercise. If you went into your rest week with a lot of pains, maybe ease into it with a higher rep range for your intense set.
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Glad to see we will get to follow along with you on here! How long have you been training similar to JP’s style?
I’ve come from a high volume training background prior to following JP and since changing styles to being more DC-ish, strength and size has blown up. Hope the same can happen for you! Looking forward to some more videos 🙂