Well it's official, I'm now a Certified Personal Trainer!

[Taffin]

Hypertrophy isn't rocked science.

True.  It's not brains surgedry either.

[DroppingPlates]

True.  It's not brains surgedry surgery either.

But some spelling skills might help....








 (sorry Coach!) 

[Coach is Back!]

I should’ve been more specific I meant not optimal. Ben Johnson was arguably the most explosive sprinter of all time and did very little plyometric work. The easiest way to become faster is to become stronger.  The larger your strength base the more room for plyometric work to benefit you. A guy with a triple bw  squat for example is probably going to benefit more from plyometric work if increasing his vertical jump and getting faster is his goal. Most athletes, even at the pro level, are too weak for this to be an issue.

Ok, so. Yes, Ben Johnson did do plyos. Not much in the traditional sense that you might be thinking but like most track athletes (elite) there are a SHITLOAD of “plyos incorporated in track workouts. Skips and bounds or really anything eccentric/concentric (stored elastic energy - short/stretch reflex) ankling for example is a low impact plyo.

[Vince B]

Notice how Wiggs has abandoned this thread? Coach has taken over as the resident bro-science fitness and training expert.

[Coach is Back!]

Notice how Wiggs has abandoned this thread? Coach has taken over as the resident bro-science fitness and training expert.

lol...you think what I posted was “bro science” ? 😂😂😂😂

[Vince B]

lol...you think what I posted was “bro science” ? 😂😂😂😂

You claim to have 20 years experience in your field. What science have you done? So I conclude you claim knowledge from experience.

I accept that bodybuilders usually provide better information than certified trainers when it comes to resistance training. You have to

agree that this experience is hardly science.

[chaos]

You claim to have 20 years experience in your field. What science have you done? So I conclude you claim knowledge from experience.

I accept that bodybuilders usually provide better information than certified trainers when it comes to resistance training. You have to

agree that this experience is hardly science.

Coach > Vince B

[Vince B]

Coach > Vince B

LOL. What you, Chaos?!

[SF1900]

Coach > Vince B

Vince Basile has never really trained anyone on his Bicep Supination Machine.

I think his BSM is in a basement somewhere collecting dust.

[Agnostic007]

Vince has competed in and won a known competition. Who here can say that?

[chaos]

Vince has competed in and won a known competition. Who here can say that?

It was one contest where he picked his own judges,  settle down. Coach has competed multiple times, never picked his own judges.

[Agnostic007]

It was one contest where he picked his own judges,  settle down. Coach has competed multiple times, never picked his own judges.

Cool! what competitions has Coach competed in? I may become a fan

[Vince B]

Cool! what competitions has Coach competed in? I may become a fan

Joe had a great physique. That doesn't make him an expert in exercise science.

[FREAKgeek]

Wish you the best brother, I know we don't talk much but I've read much. Love you no homo.

[werewolf operative]

Cool! what competitions has Coach competed in? I may become a fan

Joe had a great physique. That doesn't make him an expert in exercise science.

Both of you should be euthanized.

[The Scott]

Joe had a great physique. That doesn't make him an expert in exercise science.

As to the science of exercise, well, some things make sense and others seem senseless.   If it works for you, it works for you.  Underneath it all we are all pretty much the same but each person is a variation on that theme of humanity and will respond according to their genetic makeup.  Drugs just make that response far more pronounced.

No drugs and you'd still have a Franco Columbu or a Lee Priest but they'd just be a whole lot dinkier muscle wise.  Height without steroids might mean a person will grow taller as male hormones signal the arrival of maturity and as such tend to signal your body to stop growing taller.  I think that's why so many top bodybuilders today are relatively short.  They started taking stuff before they reached maturity and BAZINGA! You've got a Lee Priest! "Dinkier"?  Damn that reads funny!

[Coach is Back!]

You claim to have 20 years experience in your field. What science have you done? So I conclude you claim knowledge from experience.

I accept that bodybuilders usually provide better information than certified trainers when it comes to resistance training. You have to

agree that this experience is hardly science.

Vince. Shut up or dispute what I wrote. I wasn’t referring to bodybuilding. Btw. Pick up a book. You’re excercise science theories are rusty if not non-existent.

[Coach is Back!]

I’m talking about applied plyometrics and freaking Vince is talking about bodybuilding 

[Vince B]

I’m talking about applied plyometrics and freaking Vince is talking about bodybuilding 

I have never been impressed with plyometric exercises. Amazing the stuff that gets accepted by instructors.

I have seen athletes do all manner of crazy and dangerous things over the decades.

[Coach is Back!]

I have never been impressed with plyometric exercises. Amazing the stuff that gets accepted by instructors.

I have seen athletes do all manner of crazy and dangerous things over the decades.

Well Vince, that’s because you know absolutely ZERO about it. Keep trolling and keep getting owned. Dispute my previous posts.

[Vince B]

Well Vince, that’s because you know absolutely ZERO about it. Keep trolling and keep getting owned. Dispute my previous posts.

So you have a few personal training certificates. So what? Still mainly bro-science as far as I am concerned.


https://www.ipersonaltrainer.net/trainer/joemarino

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Still have my profile
https://www.ipersonaltrainer.net/trainer/melvingoodrum

[Coach is Back!]

So you have a few personal training certificates. So what? Still mainly bro-science as far as I am concerned.


https://www.ipersonaltrainer.net/trainer/joemarino

I must say I’m looking pretty fucking thick from TWELVE YEARS ago. But anyway, what’s our point. You’re looking real bad right now Vince. Now, show me where I showed in the example that I used, Short/stretch reflex is “bro-science”. Cite something for me.

Better yet, dispute this..

http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/ricard/Vertical-Jump.html

[Vince B]

I must say I’m looking pretty fucking thick from TWELVE YEARS ago. But anyway, what’s our point. You’re looking real bad right now Vince. Now, show me where I showed in the example that I used, Short/stretch reflex is “bro-science”. Cite something for me.

Better yet, dispute this..

http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/ricard/Vertical-Jump.html

Sorry, Joe, save your posts because I won't be debating this issue with you. I don't consider you an authority in exercise science.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Sorry, Joe, save your posts because I won't be debating this issue with you. I don't consider you an authority in exercise science.

And no one considers you an authority to tell someone that...much less anything else.  Joe has a highly successful business and lives in a million dollar house.   You finished last at the Mr Australia, your gym is closed, your wife left you, and you live in a warehouse alone with nothing but your old gym equipment and that stupid bicep supinator.