Maybe there's a misunderstanding about yoga. Yoga practices are split in a lot of schools. You have yoga that fits for relaxing at night and you have yoga that is basically calisthenics, which is to my understanding is approved as quite effective (looking at gymnasts and whatnot). I tried some of it out of interest thinking it'd be a lighter training session in between, sort of recovery session when I couldn't add more gym training. Turned out I couldn't complete a single session perfectly, it was heavy stuff due to all the adjustments on leverages and compromising range of motions where the muscle isn't at its strongest. I liked Greg Nuckols' beginner squat program design where you would start the sets with AMRAP so you would really be honest about how your strength had developed. And I suppose as a beginner you see much more progress throughout the block unlike with very experienced lifters. For myself I discovered that when I got into groove and I was supposed to do 8 RM on that week of the progression, the AMRAP ended up being at 14. Even though I was referring to the intermediate program with % of RM for the weight of the week, that AMRAP helped keep the designed intensity and not let me willy nilly perform subpar. It was the first time I really found out how much I could push and surprised myself about how different it feels to approach failure with a bigger load (I also had access to a proper squat rack with safety side bars so I could just go if I felt like there might be one more rep in me) and it was due to that program design. As a side effect it also taught me how to push in an exercise like squat when you get tired, where it's free weights and a lot of weight too, you need to keep your body lined up while squeezing all out and it's quite different from isolated exercises. And learning how at the end of the block you're quite exhausted and hit your biggest weights, you think you don't have more left, you feel weak and tired but you can still give a rep or two more. It's not very intuitive until you try it.
can you reliably increase loading in yoga/pilates? it seems like it could be a decent gateway to resistance training but I imagine the benefits would stall pretty quick once someone hits the point where the workouts just aren't that challenging anymore (and most people just doing pilates in a group fitness class aren't gonna push themselves to find ways to make it harder)
Depends what you mean by reliable. Calisthenics is thought to be pretty effective. You can most of the time adjust the exercises to be at less advantageous leverages just like at the gym, and increasing volume and cutting rest times. For example if you're set for 50 handstand pushups, you might be too fit for calisthenics. I'm not aware of many of those people. Obviously in some exercises less easy and you reach some limits faster. However it obviously also depends on how much you're into it, how much are you willing to find ways and if you enjoy doing that stuff. People can get pretty jacked like that, but there's always the question if the person is thinking of their potential gains or their realistic gains. Similar to how people look at their programs and diets at the gym and think they are losing gains if they skip a rep or a day, while they might not be committed to train for the next 20 years and turn every stone for the full genetic potential. Most of the people seem to be more than satisfied with the "80%" of the gains that come from committing to about any method of training and sports with some caveats. I'm thinking people more commonly run out of interest than ability to make gains and challenge themselves in calisthenics fashion. Gym training just feels better and easier (at least in my experience, I hate the compromised muscle advantages and the burn). But there's instructions about yoga training with muscle building in mind out there. With the vast amount of yoga schools it's just easy to build an image of how a yoga session would look like yet be with completely different goal in mind. On the other hand for someone with training goals the yoga might be just a period of training rather than their complete training for the rest of their life. It would make sense. Or it could be compementary too, yoga emphasises more the ability to move in space or control in space, the mobility, and thus might give some minor convenience factors to daily life over gym. Not that gym wouldn't give you mobility, but the movements are a bit more restricted in space.
Thankyou for letting your guest talk and not constantly interrupting like many other channels. You are a great interviewer.
Thanks, I appreciate it :-)
Love this chat. Well done guys, leaned a lot
Fantastic episode! You covered the field really good, there is a lot of valuable information in there, and also very well communicated.
Great interview. Teed up some great great questions for him.
Maybe there's a misunderstanding about yoga. Yoga practices are split in a lot of schools. You have yoga that fits for relaxing at night and you have yoga that is basically calisthenics, which is to my understanding is approved as quite effective (looking at gymnasts and whatnot). I tried some of it out of interest thinking it'd be a lighter training session in between, sort of recovery session when I couldn't add more gym training. Turned out I couldn't complete a single session perfectly, it was heavy stuff due to all the adjustments on leverages and compromising range of motions where the muscle isn't at its strongest.
I liked Greg Nuckols' beginner squat program design where you would start the sets with AMRAP so you would really be honest about how your strength had developed. And I suppose as a beginner you see much more progress throughout the block unlike with very experienced lifters. For myself I discovered that when I got into groove and I was supposed to do 8 RM on that week of the progression, the AMRAP ended up being at 14. Even though I was referring to the intermediate program with % of RM for the weight of the week, that AMRAP helped keep the designed intensity and not let me willy nilly perform subpar. It was the first time I really found out how much I could push and surprised myself about how different it feels to approach failure with a bigger load (I also had access to a proper squat rack with safety side bars so I could just go if I felt like there might be one more rep in me) and it was due to that program design. As a side effect it also taught me how to push in an exercise like squat when you get tired, where it's free weights and a lot of weight too, you need to keep your body lined up while squeezing all out and it's quite different from isolated exercises. And learning how at the end of the block you're quite exhausted and hit your biggest weights, you think you don't have more left, you feel weak and tired but you can still give a rep or two more. It's not very intuitive until you try it.
can you reliably increase loading in yoga/pilates? it seems like it could be a decent gateway to resistance training but I imagine the benefits would stall pretty quick once someone hits the point where the workouts just aren't that challenging anymore (and most people just doing pilates in a group fitness class aren't gonna push themselves to find ways to make it harder)
Depends what you mean by reliable. Calisthenics is thought to be pretty effective. You can most of the time adjust the exercises to be at less advantageous leverages just like at the gym, and increasing volume and cutting rest times. For example if you're set for 50 handstand pushups, you might be too fit for calisthenics. I'm not aware of many of those people. Obviously in some exercises less easy and you reach some limits faster.
However it obviously also depends on how much you're into it, how much are you willing to find ways and if you enjoy doing that stuff. People can get pretty jacked like that, but there's always the question if the person is thinking of their potential gains or their realistic gains. Similar to how people look at their programs and diets at the gym and think they are losing gains if they skip a rep or a day, while they might not be committed to train for the next 20 years and turn every stone for the full genetic potential. Most of the people seem to be more than satisfied with the "80%" of the gains that come from committing to about any method of training and sports with some caveats. I'm thinking people more commonly run out of interest than ability to make gains and challenge themselves in calisthenics fashion. Gym training just feels better and easier (at least in my experience, I hate the compromised muscle advantages and the burn). But there's instructions about yoga training with muscle building in mind out there. With the vast amount of yoga schools it's just easy to build an image of how a yoga session would look like yet be with completely different goal in mind. On the other hand for someone with training goals the yoga might be just a period of training rather than their complete training for the rest of their life. It would make sense. Or it could be compementary too, yoga emphasises more the ability to move in space or control in space, the mobility, and thus might give some minor convenience factors to daily life over gym. Not that gym wouldn't give you mobility, but the movements are a bit more restricted in space.
Legends!
how many sticks of gum and how many reps of chewing do i need to do a week to get a strong jaw like that?
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