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I don't know if anyone here is currently running the Juggernaut Method, but the second edition of the book will be available from Smith's website from 30th October.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by athletic?Boff
Gonna start running this after this last couple of weeks of beyond 5/3/1. I fancy some volume and am looking for a more athletic program with adaptive progress.
Has anyone got any further insights to running the juggernaut?
Can you elaborate on what you mean by athletic?
You're familiar with 5/3/1, so you already might be aware, but have you considered the original 5/3/1's body-weight assistance template? Wendler touts it as, "less stress/more athletic." Couple it with jumps, throws, conditioning, and hard stretching - you've got yourself a well-rounded program.
As a side, I know a few who have had success incorporating Juggernaut Method for their upper body work and 5/3/1 for their lower body.
Just my 2 cents.
5/3/1 for Football?Sure, I'm doing it with a side consideration for American football. Being in the UK, there's no S&C coaching with any understanding of what's needed and I'm too broke to bring someone in anyway. So I have to DIY.
I play tight end/ defensive end, so when I say athletic, I mean I'm not lifting for power lifting comps. Just football, door work, life etc. I fancied some of the hypertrophy to aid in absorbing damage and the higher rep ranges to deliver power consistently over a long drive.
I don't know if anyone here is currently running the Juggernaut Method, but the second edition of the book will be available from Smith's website from 30th October.
Boff
Gonna start running this after this last couple of weeks of beyond 5/3/1. I fancy some volume and am looking for a more athletic program with adaptive progress.
Has anyone got any further insights to running the juggernaut?
Boff
Gonna start running this after this last couple of weeks of beyond 5/3/1. I fancy some volume and am looking for a more athletic program with adaptive progress.
Has anyone got any further insights to running the juggernaut?
After a long lay off from training, I decided to run Juggernaut 2.0(Inverted). Since I was going to have to start light anyway, I figured I may as well use a slow burn program. I messaged Chad and told him the problems I'd had with tendonitis the last time. He advised me to keep to minimum reps until the last set of every Wave. Then go for AMAP.
So far, it's worked. I'm gaining strength and putting on a bit of muscle without any tendon issues. I like the Inverted method: 10 sets of 5 instead of 5 sets on 10, for example.
Summary?
I think it does a better job of what the wave is intended for- actually preparing your body to handle higher amounts of volume and intensity
Paid for the eBook and couldn't download it, currently Paypal transaction dispute ongoing. Will buy the new version though as I wanna run it at some point next year. Found the full thing on Scribd and it makes sense to me if you want to get bigger and stronger as the periodization part runs from hypertrophy (10 and 8 waves) down to strength waves (5 and 3). However if you're cutting weight or doing a lot of skill training and not eating like a pig I think 5/3/1 looks more sustainable on paper. I've got an urge to get swole and like the idea of a volume routine that adapts as you adapt.
Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!
Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. But yeah, this certainly looks interesting as hell to me.
It would be pretty cool to turn into Juggernaut! He's pretty bad ass!
I remember reading a little bit on Juggernaut method, but I don't think I ever finished the article or whatever it was i was reading.
It would be pretty cool to turn into Juggernaut! He's pretty bad ass!
I remember reading a little bit on Juggernaut method, but I don't think I ever finished the article or whatever it was i was reading.
Hahaha, spoken like a comic fanboy. Gambit was my favorite character in the 90's X-Men series on Fox.