Not to step on Milos' toes here, but I have used the giant set method with good results and naturally as well. At first your strength will go down, but after a few weeks it starts coming back up and before long you are doing giant sets with the same weight you were doing straight sets with. I did not use the # of exercises Milos' does, I used far less, about 5-6 for a giants set. it was a fun alternative for awhile.
CHAOS and others;
Here is the thing:
When I talk about GIANT SETS everyone immediately assumes that what I mean by that is: 4+ exercises in the row (2 would make so called "super-set" and 3 different exercises would be called "tri-set"...when we have 4+ exercises it is accepted as the "giant set") and NOTHING MORE!
So, I want you to step back and think about it.
Do I expect someone to put any 4 exercises in a row and perform them identically with SAME load, repetition protocol, tempo, range of motion, grip, stance...WHATEVER?
What would be a point?
Or...I suggest CAREFULLY choosing the exercises WITH PRECISE GOAL IN MIND...
And USING THIS WAY OF THINKING - numerous athletes from NUMEROUS different sporting activities could apply weight resistance training using GIANT SETS best adjusted to suit their SPORT SPECIFIC NEEDS...
Why expect SAME, SAME, SAME SAME, SAME...(did I say SAME?)
Same exercises (year around...or LIFETIME AROUND to be blunt...Yes, I have witnessed NUMBER of great bodybuilding champions who during their ENTIRE career didn't change much ANYTHING in their training...Almost as they started and learned "BEST EXERCISES" for whatever muscle group they continued doing THE SAME, SAME, SAME - for 20+ years...For the love of God - how can anyone do that?), same VOLUME, same number of sets, same number of reps..same kind of muscle contraction (same eccentric and same concentric part of the movement), same grip...same stance..same range of motion, same angles, same plain of the movement, same tempo, same E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G....Day after day, year after year, decade after decade...
And WHY exactly?
Because everyone fails to even THINK about asking the question: CAN I DO ANYTHING TO IMPROVE ANYTHING?
Anything at all?
As we are the creatures of habit - quite often we just accept something and do it...FOREVER...or should I say - for prolonged period of time - until some A-hole Milos (for example) tells us: "who are you kidding?"
Let's face it: WHY do 90% of the bodybuilding champions from the last half of the Century have ALMOST IDENTICAL everything?
Choice of exercises, workout programs, sets/reps protocols, way of lifting, breathing, resting...even POSING....
Why the same craze continues nowadays...?
Can we even imagine doing ANYTHING DIFFERENT?
Anything better?
How about SOMETHING BY FAR SUPERIOR?
And who is to tell if something is good, better, best?
Well, WE ALL ARE...if we are open minded, listen, observe, exchange the knowledge and experiences, discuss and analyze opinions...and MAYBE test few things together...collectively.
..or alone (doesn't matter really)...
But, I simply propose: LETS HELP EACH OTHER, learn from each other...IMPROVE, progress, EXCEL...rather than boycott, ruin, attack, fight, complain, insult...etc..etc
I have organized FREE SEMINAR last year - mainly for my GETBIG friends and enemies...(hoping that few enemies will show up, talk to me...see who I really am and THAN judge me...) and a lot of people just DIDN'T SHOW UP...
I made myself available for questioning (like this column) but than and there I could respond and answer ANY question instantly...On the net is completely different as I don't really have that much time (and few will question that - not realizing how much I really have on my plate)...
I am offering AGAIN - free seminar with PROMISE that whatever I have to say and show you guys will "blow your mind"...but...as this sounds arrogant and I can't stand arrogance - I have to say it differently...Maybe: EXCEPT to learn SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT as what is conventionally accepted as correct...
And YES, for all of you who have doubts and wants me to PROVE what I am saying...I will tell you right now: I WILL PROVE everything and let you decide with your own logic IF what I am telling is THE TRUTH...
As I never wanted to talk about it - I simply didn't...
But, as many of you guys here talk about Milos and INSULIN...you don't realize that YES, I teached many champs how to use it correctly.
I could have kept the secret for myself back in 1993...but I didn't...
I exposed what I knew and what I experienced to many bodybuilders - and changed their life COMPLETELY...
I helped some beat me in the contest...and had no problem...
I believe in TRUE SPORTSMANSHIP.
Let's have the same tools and than let's see who is better.
First guy who I helped is now talking so much "wonderful things" about me - it is truly sad...
The difference I made in him is still worth checking and improvements he made from 1994 Mr. Olympia to 1995 Houston and NOC shows which he convincingly won - in shocking fashion...
As the very person who's career I helped to the point that he became top contender for years to come - started spreading THE FALSE INFORMATION about my insulin protocol - I decided to PUBLISH THE ARTICLE about correct usage of insulin for athletes/bodybuilders...
I was in very good terms with Bill Phillips at the time and I gave him the article which he published in Muscle Media 2000 - which revolutionized bodybuilding competitions (Hmmm, should I mention that I did that FREE OF CHARGE? Both - athlete who became top contender and multimillionaire editor who gladly took everything I was giving him for years with promises that he will 'sign me up" and pay me handsomely for my contribution to his magazine...).
My friendship with the athlete soon ended up - as I couldn't accept the way he conducted himself in public...and his unthinkable ethics and willingness to spread false rumors with intentions to HURT many people...
While "little jokes" would be no big deal - his attempts to pretty much destroy few careers of bodybuilders who were our colleagues and some my personal friends - by telling them COMPLETELY FABRICATED and FALSE INFO (insulin protocol to be exact) - was ENOUGH for me...
The same guy (we all know who I am talking about) gave DEA some more false info - that made them interested to investigate me in the first place (after certain PRO initiated the whole thing...)...and after I survived everything - he now has few more things to say about me...I guess to best thank me for MAKING HIS CAREER...
Anyway, I am mentioning few things here for a reason...
I said numerous times and I'll repeat one more time:
I love people and I would like to help as many people as I can...
I was raised that way and absolutely love ethics, morals and values my parents gave me (and my sister).
And most importantly: I stand behind everything that I say and/or do...so IF any of you guys from GETBIG have your doubts I would encourage you o come to my next seminar, meet me in person and test me - point blank...
As I was trying to help many readers here with some info - I was attacked as money hungry "snake oil selling charlatan"...only trying to sell my product...so I stopped beating a dead horse...pretty much...
IF there are ENOUGH INTERESTED people - I will organize another free seminar...WITH PLEASURE...
