Doggcrapp Training

[Alcoholiday]

Originally Posted by GqArtguy

Good god someone edit that shit. I like reading about fitness and stuff, but that DC manual needs some serious editing and more brevity.

Edit it! make a cliff notes version. You'll be the internet god!

[umass]

Originally Posted by Alcoholiday

Is there any real reason why he uses the smith machine and hammer strength movements, and is there any real drawback to using "functional" movements?

The reasoning that He gives is that since you're going to failure 3 times on during a rest-pause set if you don't have a spotter there's a good chance you'll end up stuck under the bar. He also doesn't like flat bench for chest at all but I believe his reasoning for that one was He said it was bad for your shoulders. So realistically I think the only drawback is if you don't have a competent training partner to spot you on the lifts you might get stuck under.

[Alcoholiday]

Originally Posted by umass

The reasoning that He gives is that since you're going to failure 3 times on during a rest-pause set if you don't have a spotter there's a good chance you'll end up stuck under the bar. He also doesn't like flat bench for chest at all but I believe his reasoning for that one was He said it was bad for your shoulders. So realistically I think the only drawback is if you don't have a competent training partner to spot you on the lifts you might get stuck under.

yea, i mean a power rack would be just as fitting as a partner in terms of spotting. The only benefit a partner has is to push you to get the reps.

his reasoning for not using a flat bench was b/c he believes that is causes many more pec tears than incline benching. I think it's kind of valid. I never liked benching, probably b/c i suck at it, but i like incline benching a lot more. Of course, there are some that believe that certain "assistance" can cause an increase in pec tears too, but there's really no solid evidence to this, i don't think.

[umass]

Originally Posted by Alcoholiday

yea, i mean a power rack would be just as fitting as a partner in terms of spotting. The only benefit a partner has is to push you to get the reps.

his reasoning for not using a flat bench was b/c he believes that is causes many more pec tears than incline benching. I think it's kind of valid. I never liked benching, probably b/c i suck at it, but i like incline benching a lot more. Of course, there are some that believe that certain "assistance" can cause an increase in pec tears too, but there's really no solid evidence to this, i don't think.

I agree with using the power rack but was his reasoning.

oh I missed the pec tear thing, I thought the though with said assistance was more increasing chances of tendon damage because the tendon can't adapt as quickly a the assisted muscle, which I buy that explaination. Then you could argue that incline bench decreases risk of tendon damage because you use less weight.