tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-20759820411288354482017-02-11T07:00:00.004+01:002017-02-11T07:07:11.967+01:00Pyramid Training & Drop-Setting - Both Useless? | Part 2/2 of a Research Update on 3 Popular 'Intensity Techniques'
Machines offer ideal conditions for drop-setting: Switching back and forth between weights is easy and fast.
As I've pointed out in the first part of this article (published on Tuesday), people tend to assume that there is a linear relationship between workout intensity and the gains you're rewarded with. "It just feels effective", or "I feel that I've made greater progress" are characteristicAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-22330287534880024542017-01-08T04:12:00.000+01:002017-01-08T04:18:36.715+01:00Pyramid-, Synergistic & Antagonistic Supersetting - How do Experienced Resistance Trainees' Brain & Brawn React?
While all subjects in the study at hand were men, there's no reason to believe that the results for women would be fundamentally different.
Ok, let's get the most significant message out right away: the study at hand will not be able to tell you which of the four regimens (the fourth being traditional training) is going to maximize your individual 2017 gains. What it will and does do, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-90952243949956421982012-04-18T17:08:00.000+02:002012-04-18T17:37:46.865+02:00Up & Down The Rack: Study Compares Strength & Size Gains from Good Old Double-Pyramid and Reverse Loading
Image 1: Persian Wrestling Champions, Tehran, Persia (Iran), September 1949
Everyone who is following me on Facebook, will be aware that I am currently spending the little free time I have devouring Randy Roach's Muscle Smoke & Mirrors Volume 1 & 2. Aside from the fact that the two volumes are simply amazing (and can come handy, whenever you need some weights and have no dumbbell at Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-24966051094330236202012-02-02T17:30:00.001+01:002012-02-02T17:31:56.060+01:00Adelfo Cerame - Road to Wheelchair Nationals '12: Reviving an Ancient Training Technique - Intensified Reverse Pyramid Training For "Disgusting" Graininess and Vascularity!
Image 1: "The Rock", Dwayne Johnson, certainly looked less "disgusting" as the Scorption King in The Mummy Returns ;-)
If I had not seen his latest pics, which were taken after my friend Adelfo went on his new torture ... ah, pardon... I mean, training regimen, I would certainly voice more concerns about the latest increase in training volume by which he intends to bring his physique to yet Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com