a very important question

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Proteinboy

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i have been reading a lot from westside barbell, where they take their training advice and training experiments from elite lifters.

i am not an elite lifter.

would it be a bad idea to lift with the same principles as the elite lifters at westside? ie: speed day, max effort day, switching core exercises every 2 weeks, using bands, chains, box squatting, deadlifting very infrequently and using the conjugate method..etc?

because i know that if someone wants to become a huge bodybuilder, you cant go straight to ronnie coleman's workouts and expect it to work.

so im just wondering if its the same principle with strength training to become elite. :SaiyanSmilie_anim:

thankyou
 
I don't think you need to deadlift very infrequently, but otherwise it's ok.. it's just another method, nothing magical.
 
have you tried their methods?

and cool--because i am definetly giving it my attention once im done cutting.

and there must be something special about it, considering it is producing and improving many of the strongest lifters around
 
I've not tried it just like they say, but I've had speed days, etc. I always follow my own program now a days.
 
i knowww i love making my own programs too ;D

anyway, how is your back feeling nowadays? and are you back to lifting heavy? whats the problem with it karks?
 
I use a somewhat modified version, incorporating the same pricipals. That is I do a TBT 3 times a week, one day heavy 5x5, one day recovery 2x12, one day speed 2x12. I do heavy stiff legged deadlifts (pyramid style 12,8,6,5) after heavy squats. I find that makes my squat stronger. I seldom do conventional deadlifts. I usually do different stuff heavy and recovery on a given day, so lower heavy and upper recovery on the same day.
 
I used to have a training log, but I got so annoyed last year when I hurt my shoulder again (doing heavy seated presses behind the neck) I stopped keeping a log. My shoulder was betting better, then I tweaked it again last month. I probably should start keeping up my log again, if I can find it.
 
don't know what the problem is, it just hurts. I can deadlift 160kg again, but not more. I want to get it up to 200, though. I can do cable rows again, which is awesome, I wasn't able to do those before. I still think bent over rows are out, though.
 
thats a sexy deadlift! : D
 
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