rhysmcfc said:
If you run a mile, but stop every 100m to catch your breath, you're not going to get the same out of it as running it in one go.
It's a pretty irrelevant analogy really mate, it's not running, you're not stopping to catch your breath and it would also insinuate that HIIT isn't a great training principle.
rhysmcfc said:
Check out Ben Pakulski - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.benpakulski.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.benpakulski.com/</a> - especially his mi40 program, he's real big on the no pause. he's got a masters in kinesiology and came 4th in the recent Arnold classic, so he does know his shit.
Being honest Rhys I was hoping for something more concrete with credible studies rather than what just looks like someone trying to market a set of principles and a training routine, much of what he says is common knowledge and generally accepted scientifically (and what we've discussed thus far), so what he seems to be saying does hold plenty of water in that respect, but all he's done is just thrown in a few little twists and 'theories' (his own actual word) and branded them in order to market it, he's not doing anything different to what I've seen other Pro's do down the years though so don't particularly blame him on that score, but the fundamentals remain the same.
One more thing of interesting note, I say interesting because it's something many people forget or don't take into account, he's clearly gifted, as all the top Pro's ultimately are, apart from vastly superior muscular genetics, he'll have vastly superior response to training, vastly superior response to protein synthesis and nutrient turnover, a vastly superior CNS and CNS recovery, vastly superior response to PED's (and he also clearly displays a 'GH gut'), he'll be in and around the top 1% in the world in all the above respects, in short, these types of people will respond greatly to the most shittiest of routines and diets, this is much of the reason why there's much disparity as to how 'the elite bodybuilders' built their physiques, Serge Nubret, who I've had the pleasure of speaking to, used to use huge amounts of volume and always 20+ reps per set, Arnold Schwarzenegger used to live in the gym, Mike Mentzer's were short and intense.
I don't believe in a magic figure, or a magic number, but what I do believe in is optimal parameters and this seems to sit within those so if it suits you and you're getting the results you want then I certainly don't have a problem with it. ( sorry if any of that sounds condescending mate, it genuinely wasn't/isn't my intention).
