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*.* 2013 General Fitness Thread *.*
Welcome to 2013! Now get your ass in top physical condition!
**From the 2012 Thread** If you want to get back into lifting, or need a new lifting routine, START HERE: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wi...inner_Programs If you have questions about the SS programs, look here: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ Keep in mind that you're a novice lifter for a longer period of time than you think you are. Novice lifting can last anywhere from a few months to a year or two, depending on how hard you hit the weights and where you started. Once you've reached the point where you don't make regular progress on the SS program, you are ready to move on to the intermediate stage, which can last you for a good number of years. Find it HERE: http://madcow.hostzi.com/5x5_Program/Linear_5x5.htm If you're a very advanced lifter (many, many years of CONSISTENT weight training), then there are lot of programs out there, and which one you pick is simply a matter of preference. If you're really that advanced, you should know what works for you and what doesn't by this point. |
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I would say that Shaun T is as extreme about what he does as the Mr. Olympia contestants are at what they do. Take two average Joes off the street and train them to compete in a decathlon one year in the future. You train one to do nothing but power lift. I'll train the other to do cross fit. Who wins?
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I do a lot of stuff (running, biking, football, volleyball, lifting, crossfit) but my biggest sport is racquetball. I travel around the midwest playing tournaments every winter. I actually got a sponsorship deal a few years ago. I would say that Crossfit is probably better training for racquetball, but my game really started to pick up when I got serious about lifting legs. Squats are king! |
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Maybe I took it out of context, but thats pretty damn close. Either way, I think heavy weight training carries over and can be applied to pretty much everything in life, both physically and mentally. |
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I guess it also depends on where each person came from. In HS I was a 6'2 155lb athletic string bean. Now I'm a 6'2 235lb well built dude after over a decade of hard work. While I'm not nearly as athletic or have the endurance I would never want to go back to that type of size and frame which I feel just doing crossfit would likely do and I would lose my current size. I don't want to be able to run a 5K or be under 200lbs or climb flip climb a damn rope.
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That's why I say that different people have different practical applications. You might have to move refrigerators and color TVs, so power lifting works for you so you don't break your back. I don't do that kind of work. Worst case scenario for the kind of shit I do is that I might get a blister on my little finger or maybe on my thumb.
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I was trying to make a different point there. That was in reference to bodybuilding for no purpose other than purely power lifting...where people completely disregard all other performance related benefit are ignored. If your only goal is to be capable of lifting as much pure weight as possible straight up in the air...I don't get it. If you're using weights to get faster, stronger, more explosive, etc. rather than just trying to increase your max, I totally get it. Still...if you've got to chose between just cross-fit and just weight lifting in order to become a better athlete? Give me cross-fit every time.
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