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Hey Joe, can you break down back training to upper back and lats? Which movement patterns are best to train lats and which to train the upper part of back?
You see, I keep asking questions regarding back, however is not a weak point of mine, but I find it pretty interesting and complicated to program.
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I’ve got a question about formulating splits and what you think or research shows is best for the most optimal growth. Been training for a little over two years with nothing but muscle group specific splits, like back on one day, then Chest, Legs, delts, etc. and have seen really good development and growth in my physique, but always feel it can be better.
You and Jordan Peters, who I’ve been following for as long as I’ve followed you, both implement and seem to advocate for push/pull style splits like the one you posted a few weeks ago.
For someone in my spot who’s still trying to “get there” with his physique, are push/pull/nutsack day splits still great for someone who’s physique isn’t as developed as you and josh and JP, or should I stick to muscle group specific splits?
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Just started with this and after my first chest session my whole back is sore because of protracting en keeping them down. Is this normal or am i doing something wrong. Chest felt amazing tho!
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you’ve said highest carb meals for you are post workout and before bed. lets say you want to hit 175 carbs postworkout from food only sources (no carb shakes). I’ve heard you state faster digesting carbs would work best post workout. lets say 10 oz of jasmine rice is already on the menu (about 90 -100 carbs) how would you recommend getting the remaining 75-85 carbs? gummy bears? just double up on the rice and eat 18oz jasmine rice in one meal? would love to hear your opinion on this. Thanks for all you do here and thanks for answering my previous question about deloads.
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Could you please expand on your reasoning why you want to keep volume as low as possible while gaining weight / “massing” , and does this apply fr naturals too? For example, if your food intake is at 3000 kcal and you’re cutting on 2000, it doesn’t make much sense to do more volume when cutting and you can recover from. I can see a reason if someone is matching this with their drug protocol or they have issues gaining weight already.
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just been for some biomechanics testing and I have incredibly flat feet, no arch at all. I have been given some prescription orthotics (insoles) to wear and it’s been suggest I squat, deadlift wearing them. I was wondering if you had any experience with this and had any tips around accessory work I could do to assist me in essentially training muscles that have been quite dormant when training legs and deadlifting? My legs shake uncontrollably at the moment while doing RDL’s. Any help would be much appreciated.
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I’ve watched your supplement video twice and I have a few questions. I’m going to ditch the post protein shake and switch to Thorne’s Amino Complex.
1. Would it be alright to add taurine, glycine, l glutamine, creatine, and electrolytes all in the same post workout drink (with the amino complex)?
2. Do you cycle on and off creatine or is that a myth?
3. What are you views on beta-alanine as a raw pre workout supplement?
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in regards to triceps training in your last training split, is there any specific reason of not varying arm placement? you mostly perform cable cross Tri X which has good alignment, strength profile, bracing and etc. I understand that. However, dont we have to train with different arm placement as well? such as overhead extensions? Do we miss some sort of hypertrophy if not training from different angles or it is me paying too much emphasis to the details?
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what do you think about prep (power rack eccentric potentiation) protocol training ? (overloading the eccentric) and just focusing on that… I was think of doing that style of training but in cluster sets…
https://youtu.be/0__jU-ib1O8 check this link out… this style of training but in cluster sets… what are the pros and cons you think?
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would be interested to hear your views on how you would structure an upper lower split. Being an advocate of lower volume training it would be great to get your opinions on how you would structure workouts within this split. Obviously chosen exercises must adhere to the basics of good alignment, profiles and bracing but eager to understand the order and number of exercises you would place within these sessions?
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Thoughts on Halo from Redcon1? Is it worth taking/buying? Does it work?
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Understood that increasing frequency for lagging body parts is beneficial (to the point you can recover from it, accounting for overall volume etc).
Is there still a benefit to maintaining this increased frequency during a calorie-deficit period (e.g continuing to train calves every other day, or hitting hamstrings every 3/4 days during an 8 – 16 week cut/diet phase). Thanks, Jon
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In several videos you mention, in reference to frequency, that you should train a lagging body part as often as you can recover from it. How do you determine that a body part has fully recovered from the last training session? I spent a lot of years doing a push/pull/legs/off/repeat routine with very high volume and I would hit whatever the scheduled body part was regardless of how I felt just because it was what was scheduled for that day. I’m trying to get out of that mindset but how do you know when you need to pull back and give yourself another day or two to recover vs just needing to stop being a bitch and push through?
