http://www.t-nation.com/article/bodybuilding/first_person_christian_thibaudeau
What are these guidelines, you ask?
1. Train five to six days a week.
2. Train at least parts of both the upper and lower body at every session.
3. Never go below 80% of my maximum on my main work sets.
4. I don't have to go all out at every session. For example, if I don't feel super strong I might perform only two reps with a weight that I could do four to five times. As long as I stay at 80% or above, I'm fine.
5. Include a deadlift and press variation in every workout.
6. When I feel strong and my form feels solid, I turn on the machine!
The Exercise Bank
With my guidelines in mind, I created an exercise bank from which to pick my two main movements:
Deadlift Exercises
Easy days: 3 to 4 sets of 3 to 5 reps, leaving 2 to 3 reps in the tank
• Deadlift from mid-thigh
• Sumo deadlift from mid-thigh
• Snatch-grip deadlift from mid-thigh
• Romanian deadlift
• Dumbbell Romanian deadlift
• Power shrugs (deadlift from mid-thigh plus shrug)
• Good Mornings
Moderate days: 4 to 6 sets of 2 to 3 explosive reps, stopping before it slows down too much
• Clean pull from blocks
• Clean pull from hang
• Clean pull from floor
• Snatch pull from blocks
• Snatch pull from hang
• Snatch pull from floor
Hard days: 6 to 9 sets of 1 to 3 reps, close to a maximal lift or even working up to a daily max
• Conventional deadlift
• Sumo deadlift
• Snatch-grip deadlift
• Conventional deadlift standing on a podium
• Sumo deadlift standing on two 25-pound plates
• Snatch-grip deadlift standing on a podium
Pressing Exercises
Easy days: 3 to 4 sets of 3 to 5 reps, leaving 2 to 3 reps in the tank
• Rack lockouts
• Decline press
• Decline bench press
• One-arm standing barbell press
Moderate days: 4 to 6 sets of 1 to 3 reps, leaving 1 to 2 reps in the tank
• Four-board press
• Three-board press
• Military press
• Dead-start bench press (bar starts on pins in the power rack, two inches from the chest)
• Close-grip bench press
• Dumbbell bench press
• Dumbbell incline press
• Dumbbell push press
Hard days: 6 to 9 sets of 1 to 3 reps, close to a maximal lift or even working up to a daily max
• Bench press
• Push press
• Incline press
• Floor press
• Two-board press
Structuring the Workouts
My basic training schedule looks like this:
Day 1: Hard deadlift and easy pressing
Day 2: Hard pressing and easy deadlift
Day 3: Moderate deadlift and moderate pressing
Day 4: Off
Day 5: Easy deadlift and easy pressing
Day 6: Hard deadlift and hard pressing*
Day 7: Off (or another easy deadlift and easy pressing workout)
* From my experience as an Olympic lifter, I always had better results if I had an easy day prior to maxing out, rather than an off day.
So from the moment I walk into the gym, I know exactly what kind of day I'll have. All that's left is to simply pick the two main exercises for that day.
Jeg kan godt lide ideen med en dødløft og en pres variant hver træning - men hvor vil man smide squat og andet bentræning ind? For ikke at tale om hvordan man skulle periodiserer det?
Jeg ville nok smide lidt ekstra reps på de forskellige dag. Den tunge dag vil nok blive de 6-9x3 som i programmet, den mellem tunge vil nok blive 4-6x5-6 og den lette dag ville blive 3-4x6-8 - og aldrig til failure.
Jeg er tilhænger af frekvens og akkumulering af træthed - så mon ikke der er på tide jeg prøver det på min egen krop
Hvad siger I til det?






