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Should I continue with 3x8 or should I switch to 3x5?

Continue with 3x8 then later on switch to 3x5
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Switch now to 3x5 since that's enough volume for proper hypertrophy
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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #90 on: November 05, 2010, 06:50:21 pm »
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Hahaha , no copyright , its a gift to the adarq.org community 8)
Target training paces (min/km), calculated from 5K PR 22:49 :
Easy run : 5:48
Tempo run : 4:50
VO2-max run :4:21
Speed form run : 4:02

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it's the biggest trick in the run game.. go slow to go fast. it doesn't make sense until it smacks you in the face and you're like ....... wtf?

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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #91 on: November 06, 2010, 12:06:10 am »
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Well I don't feel like there's another way... I don't see one. It's not like I'm competing in powerlifting, 3 months should be "enough" for strength training.

3 months is not that much but its not little either. From personal experience your main concern should be the cutting phase , it is imperative to maintain strength in order to avoid yo-yo.
So connecting that to JCs post , IMO 3 months of bulking are enough to put some serious mass and strength , but then yo umust plan the fat-loss phase really good. I would suggest caloric deficit and increased cardio combined with heavy singles ( MSEM ) workouts & big eating. It should be more like a try-catch approach , start with a scheme ( low eating + MSEM ) , see how your body responds to it , adjust , retry and so on...

void fat_loss_phase( void )
{
    project_plan = init_fat_los_plan();
    do{
        iok = attemptFatLoss( project_plan );
        if( iok != continue_current_plan ){
             project_plan = adjust_project_plan()
        }
    }while( iok != fat_loss_achieved )
}

int attemptFatLoss( int project_plan )
{
    int iret;

    if( doFatLoss( project_plan ) != succesfull ){
         iret = needs_adjust;
    }else{
        if( isFatLossComplete() ){
            iret = fat_loss_achieved;
        }else{
            iret = continue_current_plan;
        }
    }
    return iret;
}


Note that this programm deliberately doesn't have an abort case , it will continue forever untill you succeed!

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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #92 on: November 06, 2010, 11:42:41 pm »
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Well I don't feel like there's another way... I don't see one. It's not like I'm competing in powerlifting, 3 months should be "enough" for strength training.

3 months is not that much but its not little either. From personal experience your main concern should be the cutting phase , it is imperative to maintain strength in order to avoid yo-yo.
So connecting that to JCs post , IMO 3 months of bulking are enough to put some serious mass and strength , but then yo umust plan the fat-loss phase really good. I would suggest caloric deficit and increased cardio combined with heavy singles ( MSEM ) workouts & big eating. It should be more like a try-catch approach , start with a scheme ( low eating + MSEM ) , see how your body responds to it , adjust , retry and so on...

void fat_loss_phase( void )
{
    project_plan = init_fat_los_plan();
    do{
        iok = attemptFatLoss( project_plan );
        if( iok != continue_current_plan ){
             project_plan = adjust_project_plan()
        }
    }while( iok != fat_loss_achieved )
}

int attemptFatLoss( int project_plan )
{
    int iret;

    if( doFatLoss( project_plan ) != succesfull ){
         iret = needs_adjust;
    }else{
        if( isFatLossComplete() ){
            iret = fat_loss_achieved;
        }else{
            iret = continue_current_plan;
        }
    }
    return iret;
}


Note that this programm deliberately doesn't have an abort case , it will continue forever untill you succeed!

GO GET IT!


epic post, hall of fame status.






adjusted for raptor:

typedef struct exercises {
char * name;
int status;
} exercise_t;

exercise_t exercises[EXERCISE_MAX];


void fat_loss_phase( void )
{
    project_plan = init_fat_los_plan();
    init_exercise_list();
    do{
        iok = attemptFatLoss( project_plan );
        if( iok != continue_current_plan ){
             project_plan = adjust_project_plan()
        }
    }while( iok != fat_loss_achieved )
}

int attemptFatLoss( int project_plan )
{
    int iret;
    exercise_t * ex;


    ex = provide_safe_exercises();
    if(ex == NULL) { puts("you're fucked, relax"); exit(1); }

    if( doFatLoss( ex, project_plan ) != succesfull ){
         iret = needs_adjust;
    }else{
        if( isFatLossComplete() ){
            iret = fat_loss_achieved;
        }else{
            iret = continue_current_plan;
        }
    }
    return iret;
}

#define EXERCISE_CURRENTLY_SAFE 0
#define EXERCISE_CURRENTLY_UNSAFE_AND_PROBLEMATIC 1
#define EXERCISE_CURRENTLY_UNSAFE_DONT_FUCKING_DO_IT 2

exercise_t * provide_safe_exercises(void) {
exercise_t * ex = NULL;
int i; for(i=0;i<EXERCISE_MAX;i++) { if(!(exercises.status == 1 || exercises.status == 2)) { ex = &exercise; break; }}
return ex;
}





ok typed that out real quick, hope it compiles.

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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #93 on: November 07, 2010, 04:51:46 am »
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You're an odd little man, aren't you?
Current PR status:

All time squat: 165 kg/Old age squat: 130 kg
All time deadlift: 184 kg/Old age deadlift: 140 kg
All time bench: 85 kg/Old age bench: 70kgx5reps
All time hip thrust (same as old age hip thrust): 160kgx5reps

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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #94 on: November 07, 2010, 05:08:44 am »
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Hahahahaha , epic x 2 , that's exactly what i thought you would reply , word-by-word! :D

I typed mine on the go too.  :D
Funny thing , i really liked the whole idea and afterwards my mind has been working on the complete design pattern of that shit. An object oriented design , where depending on user we will load the apropriate function , that will be pretty epic but it comes pretty close to what i do at work so it ruins the fun of being in here , LOLLLLLLLLLLL

Oh well, here's a fast version of it , on the go again:

struct UltimateTrainer
{
     int assesmentFunc();
     int trainingFunc();
     int evaluationFunc();
     struct trainingData{
        ....
        ....
        ....
     }*data;
}

int goGetIt( string *athlete )
{
    struct UltimateTrainer *my_trainer

    my_trainer = initAthletesTrainer( athlete );
    runUltimateTrainer( my_trainer );
}

struct UltimateTrainer initAthletesTrainer( string *athlete )
{
    UltimateTrainer *my_trainer  = malloc( ...);

    if( athlete == 'raptor' ){
        assesmentFunc = aquireListOfSafeExcercises( my_trainer->data );
        trainingrFunc = attemptFatLoss( my_trainer->data );
        evaluationFunc = checkIfFatLossAchieved( my_trainer->data );
    }
     return my_trainer;
}

runUltimateTrainer( struct UltimateTrainer *my_trainer )
{
    my_trainer->assesmentFunc( my_trainer->data);
    do{
         my_trainer->trainingFunc( my_trainer->data);
    }while( my_trainer->evaluationFunc() != my_trainer->data->user_goal );
}

HAHAHAHA , loving it!  ;D  ;D  ;D

Pretty geeky too  :-\ , LETS NERD THE FUCK OUT!  :headbang:
Target training paces (min/km), calculated from 5K PR 22:49 :
Easy run : 5:48
Tempo run : 4:50
VO2-max run :4:21
Speed form run : 4:02

---

it's the biggest trick in the run game.. go slow to go fast. it doesn't make sense until it smacks you in the face and you're like ....... wtf?

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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #95 on: November 07, 2010, 05:16:29 am »
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dude this is epic, we need to create a separate thread for this.. re-post your little pseudo's in this thread:

http://www.adarq.org/forum/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/advanced-theory-programming-of-the-human-organism/new/#new

i added your initial post to topic hall of fame thread, check it, because the pseudo code actually crashes safari, how funny is that..


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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #96 on: November 07, 2010, 05:25:34 am »
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dude this is epic, we need to create a separate thread for this.. re-post your little pseudo's in this thread:

http://www.adarq.org/forum/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/advanced-theory-programming-of-the-human-organism/new/#new

i added your initial post to topic hall of fame thread, check it, because the pseudo code actually crashes safari, how funny is that..



hahaha , yup , that whole concept is very funny :D
on the other hand its very serious too , applies the KISS method , as long ass you know what to pick from the infinite pool of S&C info around... but it allways comes down to doing 2-3 simple things.
You acutally tried to compile it? its not pseudo , its C , just some funcs missing because i was too bored.
Target training paces (min/km), calculated from 5K PR 22:49 :
Easy run : 5:48
Tempo run : 4:50
VO2-max run :4:21
Speed form run : 4:02

---

it's the biggest trick in the run game.. go slow to go fast. it doesn't make sense until it smacks you in the face and you're like ....... wtf?

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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #97 on: November 07, 2010, 10:48:36 am »
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Daaaang, I'm starting to feel fat, nerdy with glasses and ground-bounded. Hey, I AM THAT! Well not really, but not far away.

I always hated programming. And it's silly because I had my first computer at 5 years old in 1990... used to play around "programming" stuff... but it all broke down from me in high school... damn I hated Pascal!
Current PR status:

All time squat: 165 kg/Old age squat: 130 kg
All time deadlift: 184 kg/Old age deadlift: 140 kg
All time bench: 85 kg/Old age bench: 70kgx5reps
All time hip thrust (same as old age hip thrust): 160kgx5reps

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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #98 on: November 07, 2010, 06:19:18 pm »
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Daaaang, I'm starting to feel fat, nerdy with glasses and ground-bounded. Hey, I AM THAT! Well not really, but not far away.

I always hated programming. And it's silly because I had my first computer at 5 years old in 1990... used to play around "programming" stuff... but it all broke down from me in high school... damn I hated Pascal!

i loved programming, but it just became too unhealthy.. i had to get out of it.

when i was in h.s., junior year i signed up for Pascal, but they kicked me out because of math requirements and put me in a QBasic class.. I freaking wrecked that class, I went on the net & found qbasic functions/libs that they of course weren't teaching us, and i'd make logic bomb codes and put them on a ton of the computers, so say at 12:30pm right before lunch, all of the qbasic codes I installed would trigger and start strobe lighting with really loud annoying as shit sound effects, like tone generators.. bwahahaha

that class was so boring, I just studied my unix books & coded on paper in C while I was in that dumb class..

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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #99 on: November 08, 2010, 12:11:15 am »
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Daaaang, I'm starting to feel fat, nerdy with glasses and ground-bounded. Hey, I AM THAT! Well not really, but not far away.

I always hated programming. And it's silly because I had my first computer at 5 years old in 1990... used to play around "programming" stuff... but it all broke down from me in high school... damn I hated Pascal!

i loved programming, but it just became too unhealthy.. i had to get out of it.

when i was in h.s., junior year i signed up for Pascal, but they kicked me out because of math requirements and put me in a QBasic class.. I freaking wrecked that class, I went on the net & found qbasic functions/libs that they of course weren't teaching us, and i'd make logic bomb codes and put them on a ton of the computers, so say at 12:30pm right before lunch, all of the qbasic codes I installed would trigger and start strobe lighting with really loud annoying as shit sound effects, like tone generators.. bwahahaha

that class was so boring, I just studied my unix books & coded on paper in C while I was in that dumb class..




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[7:31pm] adarq: he's just
[7:31pm] adarq: wrecking people
[7:31pm] adarq: daily




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Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« Reply #100 on: November 08, 2010, 12:16:48 am »
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haha