Very much agree. The gym/weight room should be used to build strength, size (if you’re after that), power, speed, etc. The octagon/ring/field is where you teach your body to use those new attributes and apply them to your current skillset.
For example, you have a solid guard… you increase your squat, lunge, and Romanian deadlift numbers… you use time on the mat learning how to transfer that strength into an even better guard.
[quote]ZeusNathan wrote:
FutureGL wrote:
wait wait wait, aside from some random hammer curls (still can’t figure out why he does those) sherk’s training is like the antithesis of bodybuilding
sherk says in his interviews
“i basically lift like a bodybuilder”
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Last year, Sherk was profiled in Flex magazine.
http://www.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/sports_body_training_performance_bodybuilding_strength/sean_sherk_in_aprils_flex_magazine
Consider the source (it may have been Flex-ified), but he said his schedule at the time was:
Monday and Thursday: Arms
Tuesday and Friday: Back and shoulders
Wednesday: Chest
Saturday: Legs
The thing about those training videos, is that you’re only seeing an uber-brief snapshot of a few exercises, a few reps at a time. In the last video Calilaw posted, with BJ’s 135 squat, maybe we were seeing reps 30-35 of an endurance set. Maybe he just did 50 burpees as a warm-up. It’s just too hard to accurately diagnose the “flaws” in someone’s training from such a relatively-out-of-context snippet.
Take the training videos as entertainment, possibly inspiration, but not necessarily a how-to, unless you’re seeing a 75-minute uninterrupted shot of a complete workout. And even then, it’s not in the full context of the training cycle, but it’s a bit more accurate.