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Parte final de "The Endurance and Hypertrophy Paradox":
Motor Units for Greater Strength and Size
For maximum hypertrophy, the Type IIB motor units must be recruited. I?ve stated it so many times it hurts ? Type IIB fibers have the greatest potential for strength and size enhancement. If you neglect them, you're hindering your progress.
This is why training with large loads is mandatory for strength and hypertrophy development. Utilizing the 10 x 3-5 or 5 x 5 parameters are excellent methods for strength and size development. Most of the high-repetition conditioning programs with short rest periods will make you weak and small (German Volume Training included).
I designed the Outlaw Strength and Conditioning (OSC) program to utilize low repetitions and short rest periods in order to maintain maximal strength levels while subsequently turning you into an aerobically efficient, ass-stomping machine. What I wanted to show the training world, and what made the OSC program so unique, was that it proved an endurance/conditioning program could be devised using: low repetitions, larger than normal loads, and very short rest periods. The program is awesome, albeit, in retrospect, poorly named. Check it out here.
But type IIB fibers aren?t the only fibers with potential for growth. Working type IIA fibers will also aid your hypertrophy-enhancing efforts. That's why it?s not a good idea to focus on one set of parameters throughout a training cycle. Even if you chose an effective set/rep scheme for strength/hypertrophy (10 x 3), you'd be solely focusing on the type IIB fibers, and neglecting the type IIA (obviously, the same is true for training type IIA and neglecting type IIB).
As such, I designed the Anti-Bodybuilding Hypertrophy program to adequately tax both sets of fiber types for maximum growth. My point is that you should seek and design programs that constantly vary loading and repetition patterns to tax all type II fiber types.
Take Home Points
1. Programs primarily designed around high repetition, short-rest period parameters will make you small and weak, whether you like it or not.
2. Programs designed with set, unchanging parameters will cause you to neglect other important strength qualities, such as muscle fibers and motor neurons.
3. Always include at least one workout/week with some type of low-repetition (<5 reps) parameters, using a load that's at least a 6 RM (repetition maximum).
4. Alternate high-repetition training with strength/hypertrophy training on a weekly basis. Pure endurance phases will turn you into Paul Ruebens, aka PeeWee Herman.
5. If you seek increased endurance/conditioning levels without losing strength and size, utilize low-repetition sets with very short rest periods (5-60s).
Here are the parameters I recommend based on everything I've pointed out in this article. You can use them to design your own blood and guts conditioning program for endurance:
Waterbury Endurance-Training Guidelines
1. Use a load that's no less than a 6 RM (repetition maximum).
2. Use short-duration rest periods (5-60s) between sets to challenge the cardiovascular and lactic acid systems.
3. Use multiple sets (5-12) per body part and keep adding more sets over time to increase the volume of the workout.
4. Lift the load as quickly as possible to activate the explosive motor units.
5. Also, use high repetition, light training with adequate rest periods on the order of at least 2 minutes rest between sets. Or perform these on your non-strength training days for increasing capillary density and greater sarcoplasmic hypertrophy.
So now you know how to train for greater endurance and increased conditioning levels if you want to be a lean, explosive, ass-kickin? Taj Mahal of muscle. Don?t follow those old-school endurance guidelines or else you too will end up lookin? Like a Nancy boy!
MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TU AYUDA!!
Motor Units for Greater Strength and Size
For maximum hypertrophy, the Type IIB motor units must be recruited. I?ve stated it so many times it hurts ? Type IIB fibers have the greatest potential for strength and size enhancement. If you neglect them, you're hindering your progress.
This is why training with large loads is mandatory for strength and hypertrophy development. Utilizing the 10 x 3-5 or 5 x 5 parameters are excellent methods for strength and size development. Most of the high-repetition conditioning programs with short rest periods will make you weak and small (German Volume Training included).
I designed the Outlaw Strength and Conditioning (OSC) program to utilize low repetitions and short rest periods in order to maintain maximal strength levels while subsequently turning you into an aerobically efficient, ass-stomping machine. What I wanted to show the training world, and what made the OSC program so unique, was that it proved an endurance/conditioning program could be devised using: low repetitions, larger than normal loads, and very short rest periods. The program is awesome, albeit, in retrospect, poorly named. Check it out here.
But type IIB fibers aren?t the only fibers with potential for growth. Working type IIA fibers will also aid your hypertrophy-enhancing efforts. That's why it?s not a good idea to focus on one set of parameters throughout a training cycle. Even if you chose an effective set/rep scheme for strength/hypertrophy (10 x 3), you'd be solely focusing on the type IIB fibers, and neglecting the type IIA (obviously, the same is true for training type IIA and neglecting type IIB).
As such, I designed the Anti-Bodybuilding Hypertrophy program to adequately tax both sets of fiber types for maximum growth. My point is that you should seek and design programs that constantly vary loading and repetition patterns to tax all type II fiber types.
Take Home Points
1. Programs primarily designed around high repetition, short-rest period parameters will make you small and weak, whether you like it or not.
2. Programs designed with set, unchanging parameters will cause you to neglect other important strength qualities, such as muscle fibers and motor neurons.
3. Always include at least one workout/week with some type of low-repetition (<5 reps) parameters, using a load that's at least a 6 RM (repetition maximum).
4. Alternate high-repetition training with strength/hypertrophy training on a weekly basis. Pure endurance phases will turn you into Paul Ruebens, aka PeeWee Herman.
5. If you seek increased endurance/conditioning levels without losing strength and size, utilize low-repetition sets with very short rest periods (5-60s).
Here are the parameters I recommend based on everything I've pointed out in this article. You can use them to design your own blood and guts conditioning program for endurance:
Waterbury Endurance-Training Guidelines
1. Use a load that's no less than a 6 RM (repetition maximum).
2. Use short-duration rest periods (5-60s) between sets to challenge the cardiovascular and lactic acid systems.
3. Use multiple sets (5-12) per body part and keep adding more sets over time to increase the volume of the workout.
4. Lift the load as quickly as possible to activate the explosive motor units.
5. Also, use high repetition, light training with adequate rest periods on the order of at least 2 minutes rest between sets. Or perform these on your non-strength training days for increasing capillary density and greater sarcoplasmic hypertrophy.
So now you know how to train for greater endurance and increased conditioning levels if you want to be a lean, explosive, ass-kickin? Taj Mahal of muscle. Don?t follow those old-school endurance guidelines or else you too will end up lookin? Like a Nancy boy!
MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TU AYUDA!!
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