Serious question... Are articles published by major publishers truthful when it comes to what famous athletes really do in their training?

[Baby Hanma]

Like, if I ask Google what Dwayne Johnson's training program is like, will the search result that leads me to Flex magazine or Men's Health magazine tell me what he really does? Or is it all just fabrication from Dwayne and the publishers for more fame and money?

I'm just honestly curious what the famous athletes really did to get to where they are. Everyone seems to know everything about how elite-but-not-famous athletes do in their training, but when a guy achieves Michael Phelps fame or Connor McGregor fame, the magazines paint these guys as superhuman with 10-hour, maximum intensity workouts, 30 hours a day, squatting 600 pounds per minute. I don't know what to believe anymore.

 

[ROcknrollracing]

Like, if I ask Google what Dwayne Johnson's training program is like, will the search result that leads me to Flex magazine or Men's Health magazine tell me what he really does? Or is it all just fabrication from Dwayne and the publishers for more fame and money?

I'm just honestly curious what the famous athletes really did to get to where they are. Everyone seems to know everything about how elite-but-not-famous athletes do in their training, but when a guy achieves Michael Phelps fame or Connor McGregor fame, the magazines paint these guys as superhuman with 10-hour, maximum intensity workouts, 30 hours a day, squatting 600 pounds per minute. I don't know what to believe anymore.

what do you think man? they put something out to sell the magazine and have people believing they will be the next superstar

 

[Baby Hanma]

I can't believe this thread got ignored. I legitimately forgot I even wrote it because no one (except RocknRoll) posted in it.

@ROcknrollracing

To respond to you... I don't know, that's why I'm asking. lol

Bro, I've read some rare magazine articles in the past that recommended quality, reasonable training programs. MuscleMag was the first thing that taught me the Push-Pull-Legs regimen.

 

[Slothbroth]

Examples of magazine articles on training program?

 

[maximus__]

@Baby Hanma The answer to your question is no. This exact topic used to be a question in the FAQ of this forum.
You trolling again dude?

It's in the guide and forbidden topics tab...
How does athlete "X" train / or athlete "X" does this, so shouldn't I? There's a few different reasons we don't like these sorts of threads.
#1. Elite athletes have multi-year training histories, building work capacity, basic athletic qualities and skills. You're a different person, with a different training history, so your training shouldn't be the same.
#2. Very rarely will you find complete and accurate information on how a particular athlete trains. What you see may only be a small portion of their actual training, or it could be for the cameras, to psyche out an opponent or what have you. Without knowing in detail the how and why of someone's training, you shouldn't be hasty to emulate it.
#3. How an athlete trains, or all elements of an athletes training isn't necessarily optimal. There's various reasons for this, from wrong and dated views on training persisting, coaches trying to train outside their area of expertise, to athletes trying bizarre things looking for any edge.

 

[cincymma79]

Like, if I ask Google what Dwayne Johnson's training program is like, will the search result that leads me to Flex magazine or Men's Health magazine tell me what he really does? Or is it all just fabrication from Dwayne and the publishers for more fame and money?

I'm just honestly curious what the famous athletes really did to get to where they are. Everyone seems to know everything about how elite-but-not-famous athletes do in their training, but when a guy achieves Michael Phelps fame or Connor McGregor fame, the magazines paint these guys as superhuman with 10-hour, maximum intensity workouts, 30 hours a day, squatting 600 pounds per minute. I don't know what to believe anymore.

No. Not even a little bit. I spent a lot of years copying the workouts from flex magazine in the late 90s through early 2000s.

 

[Trabaho]

I know a guy who was in Mens Health Croatian edition and they faked it, from diet to training. Even without him saying it I know it. We're from a small place and I seen him train hundreds times and know that he doesn't eat what they write there or takes such a relaxed aproach. It's just fun, in the publishments. This was however close to 20 years ago. They just sold magazines. It wasn't real.

 

[Trabaho]

@Baby Hanma The answer to your question is no. This exact topic used to be a question in the FAQ of this forum.
You trolling again dude?

It's in the guide and forbidden topics tab...
How does athlete "X" train / or athlete "X" does this, so shouldn't I? There's a few different reasons we don't like these sorts of threads.
#1. Elite athletes have multi-year training histories, building work capacity, basic athletic qualities and skills. You're a different person, with a different training history, so your training shouldn't be the same.
#2. Very rarely will you find complete and accurate information on how a particular athlete trains. What you see may only be a small portion of their actual training, or it could be for the cameras, to psyche out an opponent or what have you. Without knowing in detail the how and why of someone's training, you shouldn't be hasty to emulate it.
#3. How an athlete trains, or all elements of an athletes training isn't necessarily optimal. There's various reasons for this, from wrong and dated views on training persisting, coaches trying to train outside their area of expertise, to athletes trying bizarre things looking for any edge.

That wasn't his question actually.

 

[maximus__]

That wasn't his question actually.

I answered his question in my post. He asked do you think this is what they do and I said "No".

It's a banned topic because what is published in articles is a lie to sell magazines or get views and people want to copy these athletes. The threads used to be terrible, which is why it was banned. Next thing you have people don't have their previous training history, years of experience training in the traditional class format before they make the decision to work 1 on 1 with someone who tailors the program to them and their workload.

People thought they needed 10,000 calories for a while there post that Michael Phelps article back in the day.
They didn't realise he is doing 6 hours in the pool on an easy day, compared to their 20 min Crossfit WOD 2-4 x a week.

Same with pro mma fighters training 10+ sessions a week vs the hobbyist training 3x a week, thinking they need a fully optimised strength and conditioning program as opposed to just following a consistent program within their means.

 

[DEVILsSON]

No, most of it is written by ghost writers who have zero clue. Even if some of it is close to what the actual athlete does it would be incredibly short sighted to try to do it without knowing exactly what else they do and take.

What's worse is that some naive people try to replicate some of those programs and it's a complete disaster because if you try to naturally replicate what Sam Sulek or some other athlete/bodybuilder/influencer does on steroids/hgh/etc you're setting yourself up for failure and injuries.