Alright, I take it back.

[Baby Hanma]

A recent thread of mine is a rant about me wanting to be back to being a permabulker. A diet-only guy for my fat loss needs without doing cardio, and going back to heavy and high volume barbell lifting and abandoning my endurance and calisthenics goals. But I thought things through some more and realized that my hero, Doug Hepburn himself, encouraged light weights with high reps in his book. It's for size and endurance. So he valued endurance as a quality for a weightlifter, probably to survive his fourteen-set per exercise workouts (yes, it gets that extreme). And hypertrophy can only be gotten through relatively light weights.

So I take back my anti-cardio mentality and revert back to my original plan of calisthenics and endurance training, albeit muscular endurance as opposed to aerobic endurance. I will just consider the whole thing as my physique phase of my lifting career since light weights with high reps cause hypertrophy.

Apologies if I offended people with that rant. I guess I will do three sports now instead of just two. Powerlifting, Olympic-style weightlifting, and now also bodybuilding. I will cause hypertrophy through calisthenics and high reps with back exercises (including glutes and hamstrings for "back") with my trusty 100-pound hammer curl bar at home. (Adjustable with weight plates. Adding and subtracting, just like any other barbell.)

It's good for sport longevity if I occasionally go through phases of light bodybuilding work. I am ready to downsize. Health needs me to.

Thanks guys.

 

[Baby Hanma]

 

[Fahcough]

Its good to keep a variety of styles and movement patterns. don't have to hate 1 to enjoy 1

 

[Oblivian]

IMO, if you enjoy lifting weights the most, the easiest way to keep general fitness is to run a mile or do something similar before lifting as your warmup and then lift. In your times not lifting, stretch some and do other light things (sports with the kids, go for a bike ride, swim, etc.). You'll be healthier than 99% of the population provided you don't eat like a complete dumbass.

 

[Baby Hanma]

IMO, if you enjoy lifting weights the most, the easiest way to keep general fitness is to run a mile or do something similar before lifting as your warmup and then lift. In your times not lifting, stretch some and do other light things (sports with the kids, go for a bike ride, swim, etc.). You'll be healthier than 99% of the population provided you don't eat like a complete dumbass.

So basically do a well-rounded fitness program?

 

[Baby Hanma]

Its good to keep a variety of styles and movement patterns. don't have to hate 1 to enjoy 1

It's not about variety or enjoyment for me. It's about long term progress.

 

[DEVILsSON]

It's not about variety or enjoyment for me. It's about long term progress.

Long term progress is tied to enjoyment. If you like what you're doing you're more likely to stick with it and achieve more long term results.

Focus on things you're good at like squats or bench or whatever else it is and sprinkle in other things to help with flexibility, mobility, balance, general health etc..

Seeing yourself make progress in lifts you're naturally good at will motivate you to keep going.

 

[godhatesacoward]

Did you have to like run for a bit or

 

[Stoic1]

I enjoy your trolling style. It has enough substance to keep it entertaining.

 

[maximus__]

I enjoy your trolling style. It has enough substance to keep it entertaining.

Comes in posts and then let's us argue for a bit. He used to take the brunt of it himself but realised he can just set the rest of us off.
I usually only respond to posts I am tagged in unless a fight is on, so usually I am very guilty of the back and forths.

 

[Trabaho]

Honestly the fat loss part depends on your diet. You need to majorly clean up your eating habits. Bodybuilding also 50/50 diet and training.

 

[Trabaho]

I enjoy your trolling style. It has enough substance to keep it entertaining.

I think he isn´t trolling. He is semi pretending to troll. In case something embarassing happens it is "a troll job".

 

[Oblivian]

So basically do a well-rounded fitness program?

I'd say lifting makes up 85% of it. My point is time commitment can be pretty damn low to other areas while be well rounded and fit.

 

[Baby Hanma]

I'd say lifting makes up 85% of it. My point is time commitment can be pretty damn low to other areas while be well rounded and fit.

Thank you but that's not how I do things. If I want three athletic qualities to develop, I will devote a lot of time for each three.

Just like how I devote a lot of time on doing a proper squat. A long pause at the bottom.

 

[Oblivian]

Thank you but that's not how I do things. If I want three athletic qualities to develop, I will devote a lot of time for each three.

Just like how I devote a lot of time on doing a proper squat. A long pause at the bottom.

I look forward to your results. It's a tale as old as time.

"My squat max is ____________. It seems weak but it can't really be compared to others because:
*I pause at the bottom
**beltless
***no chalk
****I'm not really focused on strength because I'm training to be an athlete
*****I'm on a calorie deficit
******I work 60+ hours per week
*******I was wearing my boyfriend's shoes instead of my squat shoes
etc."

 

[don't ask]

Sounds like we're dong the same thing. I start with some pure strength work and then finish with a ton of calisthenics. It builds muscle really well.

 

[Baby Hanma]

Sounds like we're dong the same thing. I start with some pure strength work and then finish with a ton of calisthenics. It builds muscle really well.

Thanks.

The way I see it, endurance training (with weights), whether calisthenics or dumbbells or whatever, is still within Doug Hepburn's training system. He recommends training for hypertrophy with light weights. And since endurance training with weights cause hypertrophy, it's within his system.

If you don't know yet, Doug Hepburn was a former weightlifting gold medalist in the fifties who created a training system. I follow his training system.

 

[don't ask]

Thanks.

The way I see it, endurance training (with weights), whether calisthenics or dumbbells or whatever, is still within Doug Hepburn's training system. He recommends training for hypertrophy with light weights. And since endurance training with weights cause hypertrophy, it's within his system.

If you don't know yet, Doug Hepburn was a former weightlifting gold medalist in the fifties who created a training system. I follow his training system.

All I know about him is his famous strength program.