FAO YOSH

You have HUGE quads. How can I get mine that big? Whats your secret?

Eat McDonalds.

I guess for overall quadricep size; I lift weights and run in the mountains for fun.

My secret is... I have a mustache?

Do you use any protein drinks or anything like that?

Is there some way to block out people's avatars so we don't have to see ugly faces/bodies, etc? Thanks.

No. I've used protein in the past. I really don't think they are anything
special. Most of the food you eat everyday has enough protein and
stuff in it. Maybe if I wanted to bench press a truck, I would take
creatine but that really isn't on my list of goals/things I want to do.

I sometimes eat a huge amount of food though. Yesterday I ran 10 miles and for my recovery snack/dinner, I ate 20 hot wings, steamed vegetables, rice, garlic bread, a blackened Mahi filet, a salad, and drank a beer. It was delicious.

Yeah I eat a lot too but mostly because its still swim season and swimming makes me hungry.

Yosh wrote:

My secret is... I have a mustache?

wow i never noticed that.

and the corrector, there is a feature where you can block someone else so you dont see any of their posts. if the avatar bothers you that much, by all means use it.

Yosh wrote:I guess for overall quadricep size; I lift weights and run in the mountains for fun.

My secret is... I have a mustache?

What I really meant is whats your secret to such massive quads. I guess I'll have to hit the gym even harder.
I also have a 'stache maybe that's the secret to godly quads. Thanks wish there were more knowledgeable members like you.

Go back to Let's Run if you want, but based on the number of times you've come back here I'm guessing that deep down you really like this forum.

I do really. Its nice to see there is still some life here on the boards. And theres actually some knowledgeable adults here like yosh.

Its mustache march!...good time to grow one I guess.
haha, A bunch of guys are trying to sport molestor staches now (those that can grow one anyways).

offtopic..

Well, I'm not a typical runner. When have you heard about a runner getting second place in their weight class for a small time, local strongman competition? I definitely identify as a runner though since I ran XC and track for 4 years and still run and sign up for races, but after high school my mileage went down a lot. I was probably doing at least around 40 miles a week during the season for high school, but now I run only around 20 miles a week (but I have mostly kept that up off and on for about 5 years). I just train in a lot running and other things; sort of like a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. Liftingwise, I focus on compound, functional movements like the bench press, dead lift, squat, different variations of the overhead press, etc. I train my body as a unit since that's how it works in real life. I never do bicep curls when I could do pull ups for example. I am not a body builder and I don't care how big or not my "quads" are; I respect the hard work and dedication it takes to do bodybuilding, but I think they care entirely on looks. Train for function and everything else will follow.

I don't really have a set work out plan or system. On a usual day though, I will do a couple warm up sets, then a couple sets of 2-4 reps with a heavy weight, then a couple sets of 10 reps with a less amount of weight, and then go to a light weight and pump out like 50-100 reps. So for example, do a set of push ups or two, then bench press like 230-240 pounds a couple of times, then do a couple sets of 10 at 185, and finally finish off with 100 reps of just the 45 lbs. bar. Physiologically, I'm not sure how that works since there are several sets in a lot of different rep ranges, but my theory behind it (which I adapted from my XC coach in high school) is to work the muscles and fill them with lactic acid then work through the pain on the endurance set at the end. I also do other things like a lot of heavy max single reps to focus on straight strength or do many heavy sets of lower reps for strength-endurance, or circuits of various exercises like push ups-pull ups-abs, or whatever really.

Pinthin wrote:Its mustache march!...good time to grow one I guess.
haha, A bunch of guys are trying to sport molestor staches now (those that can grow one anyways).

offtopic..

at my school november was mustache month. they called it "movember". all the male teachers grew mustaches and people voted for the ones with the best mustaches each week by putting coins in their bins. each week the teachers with the worst mustaches were kicked off until the final week when someone was crowned the title of best mustache. all the money raised went to child leukemia i think.

yeah we have no shave november and mustache march...pretty sweet must say

Yosh wrote:Well, I'm not a typical runner. When have you heard about a runner getting second place in their weight class for a small time, local strongman competition? I definitely identify as a runner though since I ran XC and track for 4 years and still run and sign up for races, but after high school my mileage went down a lot. I was probably doing at least around 40 miles a week during the season for high school, but now I run only around 20 miles a week (but I have mostly kept that up off and on for about 5 years). I just train in a lot running and other things; sort of like a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. Liftingwise, I focus on compound, functional movements like the bench press, dead lift, squat, different variations of the overhead press, etc. I train my body as a unit since that's how it works in real life. I never do bicep curls when I could do pull ups for example. I am not a body builder and I don't care how big or not my "quads" are; I respect the hard work and dedication it takes to do bodybuilding, but I think they care entirely on looks. Train for function and everything else will follow.

I don't really have a set work out plan or system. On a usual day though, I will do a couple warm up sets, then a couple sets of 2-4 reps with a heavy weight, then a couple sets of 10 reps with a less amount of weight, and then go to a light weight and pump out like 50-100 reps. So for example, do a set of push ups or two, then bench press like 230-240 pounds a couple of times, then do a couple sets of 10 at 185, and finally finish off with 100 reps of just the 45 lbs. bar. Physiologically, I'm not sure how that works since there are several sets in a lot of different rep ranges, but my theory behind it (which I adapted from my XC coach in high school) is to work the muscles and fill them with lactic acid then work through the pain on the endurance set at the end. I also do other things like a lot of heavy max single reps to focus on straight strength or do many heavy sets of lower reps for strength-endurance, or circuits of various exercises like push ups-pull ups-abs, or whatever really.

Your training is similar to mine, I thought lifting heavier weights with a lower rep would be for strength while lifting lower weights with an emphasize on higher reps would provide a strength-endurance type of workout. Is it actually the other way around?

Lindgren Runner wrote:

Yosh wrote:Well, I'm not a typical runner. When have you heard about a runner getting second place in their weight class for a small time, local strongman competition? I definitely identify as a runner though since I ran XC and track for 4 years and still run and sign up for races, but after high school my mileage went down a lot. I was probably doing at least around 40 miles a week during the season for high school, but now I run only around 20 miles a week (but I have mostly kept that up off and on for about 5 years). I just train in a lot running and other things; sort of like a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. Liftingwise, I focus on compound, functional movements like the bench press, dead lift, squat, different variations of the overhead press, etc. I train my body as a unit since that's how it works in real life. I never do bicep curls when I could do pull ups for example. I am not a body builder and I don't care how big or not my "quads" are; I respect the hard work and dedication it takes to do bodybuilding, but I think they care entirely on looks. Train for function and everything else will follow.

I don't really have a set work out plan or system. On a usual day though, I will do a couple warm up sets, then a couple sets of 2-4 reps with a heavy weight, then a couple sets of 10 reps with a less amount of weight, and then go to a light weight and pump out like 50-100 reps. So for example, do a set of push ups or two, then bench press like 230-240 pounds a couple of times, then do a couple sets of 10 at 185, and finally finish off with 100 reps of just the 45 lbs. bar. Physiologically, I'm not sure how that works since there are several sets in a lot of different rep ranges, but my theory behind it (which I adapted from my XC coach in high school) is to work the muscles and fill them with lactic acid then work through the pain on the endurance set at the end. I also do other things like a lot of heavy max single reps to focus on straight strength or do many heavy sets of lower reps for strength-endurance, or circuits of various exercises like push ups-pull ups-abs, or whatever really.

Your training is similar to mine, I thought lifting heavier weights with a lower rep would be for strength while lifting lower weights with an emphasize on higher reps would provide a strength-endurance type of workout. Is it actually the other way around?

no i'm almost positive you have it right. although i guess you were looking for yosh's input. he may know more about strength training than me, but that's what i was taught.

You guys are right about what you are saying. I would use the term muscular endurance for the typical load/rep range of low resistance/high reps that you were talking about. I used the term strength-endurance though. There are several variations of the word strength. Like I am using the term strength-endurance for muscular functioning under heavy resistance over a long period of time. Like if a guy at the moving company had to lift heavy boxes all day or a boxer having the strength-endurance to punch hard through all 12 rounds of a fight. There's also maximal strength like the most force you can lift in one exertion i.e. one rep max for bench press, overhead press, or any other exercise. Explosive strength would be the ability to produce force in a minimal amount of time.

Do you have any explosive and strength endurance leg workouts?

PCNQtrack wrote:yeah we have no shave november and mustache march...pretty sweet must say

oh yeah no shave november too. But its not nearly as cool..I wish I was a guy sometimes. haha

(psst..we better be careful not to become thread hijackers) haha

Facial hair is more exciting though..

haha

For leg explosive strength, you can do pylometrics, Olympic style lifts (snatch, cleans, etc.), lunges with weights, squats, etc. Primarily focus on the acceleration and force of the movement. You want that movement to be fast. If you try the Olympic lifts, really acclerate the barbell using your legs. I read somewhere that every weightlifter at the Olympics can stand underneath a basketball net and slam dunk a basketball due to the explosive leg strength they have from doing clean and jerks and stuff like that all the time.
Snatch and Box Jump
Shane Hamman, a 350 pound weightlifter at the Olympics in 2000 and 2004, does a box jump

For strength endurance for your legs, run some hills or do lifts and either cut down your recovery or do more sets.

Thanks yosh