[quote]tom63 wrote:
Yep. My best pull was 585 before I started with Josh. The first three weeks killed me. Dead.
Now he has me pulling 525, 590 then three sets of 495 x 2 three minutes rest . My gpp or actully spp is up. Feeling like crap, tired, flat. and I still have the ability to move the weight. Which is what I want to do.
I’m in my late forties . Running hills is not my current interest . My son is in better " shape " thsn me but I can blow through sn equivalent workout much easier .
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[quote]tom63 wrote:
I wouldn’t bother except for stretching and foam rolling which should be done daily .
If you’re sn athlete or losing fat this would be different. IMO , if you have all this workout energy left over, you’re not training hard enough. And again , if you’re training for some other athletic event other than powerlifting that’s a different story .
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I disagree
I think if you don’t have the energy for them your GPP is too poor (maybe because I am young)
I also think that they do speed recovery and are also very useful to help bring up lagging muscle groups.
I know Donnie T does them. So do lots of other big name lifters.
I saw a big difference when I started doing them, in my recovery and in how fast I could bring up lagging muscles.
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This
I don’t understand how ever other sport have practice everyday and in Powerlifting people are worried about recovery from lifting “heavy” when it’s mostly because you’re out of shape.
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Couldn’t be because the energy demands and physiological consequences of “every other sport” are VASTLY different from powerlifting. Nah. Just couldn’t be.
Absolute piss poor analogy. Playing basketball or running football drills (not full pads, full contact, full speed for 60 minutes of clocktime, mind you) at 80-100% intensity is something you can recover from in 24 hours. Try “practicing” powerlifting at those intensities every day and see how long you last. Besides, doing 100 extra reps of tricep pushdowns every single day isn’t “practicing” shit and it’s not going to have a significant short-term contribution to GPP since that takes years of work to develop.
Hell, even the closest relative lifting sport to powerlifting, Olympic lifting, is so vastly different from Powerlifting that you can’t make 1=1 comparisons between the two.
You’re better served putting your efforts into your actual workouts, recovering when it’s time to recover, and gradually increasing relevant workload during your training sessions to increase GPP instead of dragging a 30 lb sled for 100 feet every day thinking that it’s going to get you into shape.
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Nice. I hope I’m moving that much weight when I’m your age.