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Title: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: muscleman-2013 on September 07, 2016, 05:54:34 AM
Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?

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Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: nzmusclemonster on September 07, 2016, 06:03:27 AM
You make a lot of shit threads.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: WannaBePro on September 07, 2016, 06:04:08 AM
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Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: muscleman-2013 on September 07, 2016, 06:05:46 AM
You make a lot of shit threads.

srs question bro - do you even lift?
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: nzmusclemonster on September 07, 2016, 06:09:11 AM
srs question bro - do you even lift?

You must be new around here.

I'm kind of a big deal.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: DanM on September 07, 2016, 07:39:59 AM
It's just something used to justify not feeling like a pussy when these big lazy BBer types go really light while "training"
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Macrofitter on September 07, 2016, 07:46:06 AM
Actually the Mind/Muscle connection is my main focus when training these days.

Could also protect a lotta retarded ego-lifters from serious injuries.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 07, 2016, 09:02:42 AM
To quote Steve Reeves:

"I had no limitations, and I used extreme concentration. In other words, when I worked out, I'd concentrate on the movements, doing them nice and slow so that I could really feel the movement all the way up and all the way down. I used a full range of motion, and it really worked out well for me. What you have to do is create a superior line of communication between your brain and your muscles. And you can only do that two ways: by concentration and by practicing muscle control in your spare time when you're not working out. When you can flip those muscles (e.g. getting your biceps to twitch through brief, voluntary flexion), that means you have great communication between your mind and your muscle tissue. So by building up a greater, superior line of communication between the brain and the muscles, I was able to develop much faster and easier, in other words, I didn't put so much time into it. I'd work out three days a week for about two to two and a half hours a day. Probably two and a half hours counting my upper body and lower body, and the other four days a week I would rest because rest is just as important as working out."
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: polychronopolous on September 07, 2016, 09:29:10 AM
Ultimate Warrior was a big proponent of it.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: calfzilla on September 07, 2016, 10:39:51 AM
I actually find it to be the most useful of all the brosciences.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: ratherbebig on September 07, 2016, 10:41:45 AM
good post Eric c!
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Dr Dutch on September 07, 2016, 01:26:03 PM
Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?

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Where did you find this picture of Wes ?
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Rambone on September 07, 2016, 05:27:11 PM
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Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 07, 2016, 07:26:10 PM
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Thanks for nothing!
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 08, 2016, 07:58:42 AM
Who gives a shit what Blaha says about anything?
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: WannaBePro on September 08, 2016, 08:19:39 AM
Who gives a shit what Blaha says about anything?

This whole thread was created because of Bloho's video. He posted it and then the next day this thread is created. OP is clearly trolling.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 08, 2016, 08:26:05 AM
This whole thread was created because of Bloho's video. He posted it and then the next day this thread is created. OP is clearly trolling.

Don't know about that. The thing is the Mind/Muscle Connection is real, but doesn't get any use, nor currency, on a site where drugs, implants and synthol are the only answers.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: WannaBePro on September 08, 2016, 08:28:39 AM
Don't know about that. The thing is the Mind/Muscle Connection is real, but doesn't get any use, nor currency, on a site where drugs, implants and synthol are the only answers.

I actually agree with what Bloho said on the subject, and that's a rarity. He said that the mind-muscle connection is just a hippie newage way of saying control the weight and squeeze the muscle instead of just moving it from point A to point B.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 08, 2016, 08:37:27 AM
I actually agree with what Bloho said on the subject, and that's a rarity. He said that the mind-muscle connection is just a hippie newage way of saying control the weight and squeeze the muscle instead of just moving it from point A to point B.

He's an AssHole. It doesn't know what he's talking about. He knows nothing about the Mind/Muscle Connection. It doesn't seem that his mind is connected to anything.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: WannaBePro on September 08, 2016, 08:50:34 AM
He's an AssHole. It doesn't know what he's talking about. He knows nothing about the Mind/Muscle Connection. It doesn't seem that his mind is connected to anything.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D well said
Careful now, his reptilian handlers might kill you for what you said, unless you enter Texas and Bloho finds you himself. According to him, murder is legal in TX.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 08, 2016, 08:57:52 AM
;D ;D ;D ;D well said
Careful now, his reptilian handlers might kill you for what you said, unless you enter Texas and Bloho finds you himself. According to him, murder is legal in TX.

Yeah, I'm worried.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Simple Simon on September 08, 2016, 09:05:25 AM
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4 sets 15 reps would have given him the same results.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: mazrim on September 08, 2016, 09:54:00 AM
No idea how they are going to measure it but there is going to/is a study being done on it by schoenfield.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 08, 2016, 10:38:10 AM
No idea how they are going to measure it but there is going to/is a study being done on it by schoenfield.

Any link to that study?
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Kwon on September 08, 2016, 01:51:34 PM
Any link to that study?

The Mind~Muscle Connection by Brad Schoenfeld, PhD, CSCS, CSPS, NSCA-CPT (http://jimmyzproductions.com/welcome)

The muscle pump isn't just cosmetic. It contributes to muscle growth.
Use multiple sets of moderate to high reps to engorge your muscles with blood.

Develop a strong mind-muscle connection to recruit more muscle fibers.

Visualize the muscles you're training, and between sets envision yourself doing your next lift. Use your mind to build your body.

Posing isn't just for those on stage. It can help you maximally contract muscles and produce more force during lifts.

Pick a power move and go heavy with lower reps on occasion. Building size doesn't mean neglecting strength. Arnold powerlifted.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: 10pints on September 08, 2016, 02:05:41 PM
I always have a laugh at fools in the gym swinging heavy weights, only thing they are training are their tendons....
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: polychronopolous on September 08, 2016, 03:10:31 PM
I always have a laugh at fools in the gym swinging heavy weights, only thing they are training are their tendons....

Not necessarily.

Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 09, 2016, 08:24:54 AM
I always have a laugh at fools in the gym swinging heavy weights, only thing they are training are their tendons....

Usually they are destroying their tendons.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: falco on September 09, 2016, 08:34:16 AM
This is how you connect the mind and the muscle.

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Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 09, 2016, 08:36:56 AM
This is how you connect the mind and the muscle.

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No, that's how you lose your mind, and get temporary muscles. Lose the drugs and you're shrink city. Not to mention shortened life span.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: mazrim on September 09, 2016, 08:47:44 AM
The Mind~Muscle Connection by Brad Schoenfeld, PhD, CSCS, CSPS, NSCA-CPT (http://jimmyzproductions.com/welcome)

The muscle pump isn't just cosmetic. It contributes to muscle growth.
Use multiple sets of moderate to high reps to engorge your muscles with blood.

Develop a strong mind-muscle connection to recruit more muscle fibers.

Visualize the muscles you're training, and between sets envision yourself doing your next lift. Use your mind to build your body.

Posing isn't just for those on stage. It can help you maximally contract muscles and produce more force during lifts.

Pick a power move and go heavy with lower reps on occasion. Building size doesn't mean neglecting strength. Arnold powerlifted.

I think he has only done an analysis of research up to this point. Right now he is actually working on his own study so not completed yet according to his facebook.

Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 09, 2016, 07:15:53 PM
I think he has only done an analysis of research up to this point. Right now he is actually working on his own study so not completed yet according to his facebook.



OK, he doesn't know. Thanks.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Rambone on September 09, 2016, 07:44:29 PM
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Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Erik C on September 09, 2016, 07:50:17 PM
Rambone is a knowledge less, total asshole. Completely stupid, even by the low Get Big standards.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Chidoman on September 09, 2016, 08:01:17 PM
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Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Ropo on September 09, 2016, 09:23:05 PM
srs question bro - do you even lift?

So if you lift yourself, why do you have to ask stupid questions like that? Is the Mind/muscle connection bullshit? No, it isn't, but you need some kind of brains to utilize it. Is reps beyond the pain barrier most efficient? Yes, if you know what it mean. Is pyramid system usefull? Yes, if you know what you do...see the pattern there? 1. You have to have a brains 2. you have to understand what you are doing and why. It is obvious that most of the getbig lack some of those premises, so let's simplify this to your level: yes, it is all bullshit. Don't believe anything what you read from the old school builders, it is all crap. Happy now?  ;D
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Hack Benchers on September 10, 2016, 02:57:39 AM
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Ramboner this is just fn hilarius. Full ROM of peas lol
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Simple Simon on September 10, 2016, 04:51:08 AM
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Anyone doing this in a gym I owned would be asked to leave.
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Rambone on September 10, 2016, 04:52:58 AM
Rambone is a knowledge less, total asshole. Completely stupid, even by the low Get Big standards.

Hi, Tom!
Title: Re: Is the MIND/MUSCLE connection just new age hippie BS?
Post by: Hack Benchers on September 10, 2016, 05:19:48 AM
Hi, Tom!
;D ;D always works