Re-Tooling Your Training Strategy For 2010: 7 Essential Questions For Renewed Progres

[Phil]

Re-Tooling Your Training Strategy For 2010: 7 Essential Questions For Renewed Progress
By Charles Staley



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[Skidmark46]

This article really addresses the average trainee's kitchen sink mentality. Charles' decision to gain weight to be more competitive is the same as my own.

You have to prioritize or else you never get anywhere in this game. I'm no longer as mobile as I was 2 years ago. Certain body positions have become uncomfortable since gaining 20 lbs, but I'm willing to be somewhat uncomfortable in order to be capable of lifting more weight.

The recovery aspect mentioned in the article can't be stressed enough. That's where your success lies. Everyone knows how to become exhausted. Not everyone knows when or why to stop their training such that they can realize the effects of it.

[Phil]

Great points Skid. You cant always have your cake and eat it to. When you strive for something more then average pretty much any time something else will suffer. Its IDing it and accepting it at least in the short term to reach your goals

[nitehawk710]

Best one you've written all year!
Matt

[GetStronger09]

To echo an earlier point, trying to lose weight and improve your maximal strength is a recipe for failure. A recipe that even I made the mistake of following in 2009.

Regarding the statement above and comparing that to EDT is what I am curious about.

I started training EDT style a little over a month ago with two objectives in mind - increased strength and lean muscle mass.

I really enjoy training EDT style and plan to continue it for a couple more weeks, but am a little concerned after reading articles like the one above that perhaps EDT is not the best program for gaining maximal strength and perhaps after doing EDT for 8 weeks or so, switch programs to something else more focussed on maximal strength and then after doing that for a couple of weeks, come back to EDT.

Am I totally off-base here?

[charles]

There are different applications of ETD- this, for maximal strength:

http://www.staleytraining.com/articl...evelopment.htm

Originally Posted by GetStronger09

Regarding the statement above and comparing that to EDT is what I am curious about.

I started training EDT style a little over a month ago with two objectives in mind - increased strength and lean muscle mass.

I really enjoy training EDT style and plan to continue it for a couple more weeks, but am a little concerned after reading articles like the one above that perhaps EDT is not the best program for gaining maximal strength and perhaps after doing EDT for 8 weeks or so, switch programs to something else more focussed on maximal strength and then after doing that for a couple of weeks, come back to EDT.

Am I totally off-base here?