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the idea that the third squat is the ultimate position for anything other than an unweighted free squat is ridiculous. They still havent gotten the difference between a straight back and a vertical one. Show me one lifter(other than Dimas or a bodybuilder in smith machine) that squats like that with...

Plus, S.A.I.D rules. Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands. Basically you get what you train for and only that.Lance Armstrongs marathon demonstrates that. You do crossfit you get good at crossfit and activities that resemlble it. I think form should be the bottom line. If you cant demonstrate or h...

too bad couch doesnt have any performance standards for himself.the man talks way too much shit when he looks like that.

now if couch would just take his own advices.

Bill, I think the content and progressions of this book should be the focus of the RKC cert course . The way it's laid out and the logical progressions and restrictions would help a lot of newbies coming into kb'ing as well as prepare for the cert.Keep the certs focus on the basic moves and obtainin...

RD,

my tongue is firmly in my cheek.who could couch intimidate? plus HQis 45 minutes away .

I'm still scared to visit HQ. I know its only ten minutes from my house but I'm scared, thats why I dont go.couch is intimidating.

I knew you'd give up first.

well it figures you would scroll down quickly to the bodybuilding pictures instead of the powerlifters with solid physiques you asked about. OOh the secret history I dont know about. wow, now I know where all this anger you have comes from; getting kicked out of DD. The TSC to me is a game, like all...

Yeah, I would rather look like a GS pro than any of these guys

http://strengthnspeed.tripod.com/images/GeneBell.jpg

RDB,

Yes , except for the most of supers LOTS of powerlifters have incredible physiques> Gene Bell, Ed Coan,Kirk karwoski,Tony Conyers, Jesse Kellum, etc. etc. Tons of solid muscle. AS far as READY to Defend, well I'm talking about the contest as it is now and the attributes it tests.

and, to top it off, those GS pros have one helluva physique!

Bill! you know Lew? Cool. I love Jr's and get all my ceegars from them. great quality,selection and prices. the fake cubans suck though, lol.

oh course, when you explain it so clearly like that I wonder why didnt I see it. Your ability to communicate is unbefuckinglievable.

different methods for different goals. No one right way. so whats wrong with the tsc?

and I'm thinking more about the swing variations as the real beneficiaries of comp acc. with kbs, not necessarily the quick lifts as you have to alternated between tension and speed to do them correctly.

Bill, Louie's tension requirements were a lot like Pavels feed forward tension technique.or Ernie Frantz's flexing every muscle as hard as possible. More tenison, more rigidity, less moving parts, better directed force and more "strength".So we agree on that, same as Ptp. I dont think of i...

Bill, Louie's tension requirements were a lot like Pavels feed forward tension technique.or Ernie Frantz's flexing every muscle as hard as possible. More tenison, more rigidity, less moving parts, better directed force and more "strength".So we agree on that, same as Ptp. I dont think of i...

I spent a lot of time on the phone every week with Louie for years.He loved to talk training.Our gym was the first to have a reverse hyper in California and we flew Louie out to give us a seminar on how to do WSB correctly in 1993. We got to spend two days with him and it was insane.He told us every...

TEFM,

I was qouting Bill, thats not my line. BUT I remember being coached hard by Louie and others to flex the hell out of my lats,my erectors and push the abs out as hard as I could before my squat.Far beyond the existing resisitance required. Isnt that the same?

Bill, Point taken for the snatch but I think more of the swing rather than the snatch for the Comp Acc .the swing is much harder for me( and I think most) because you can keep trying to keep rooting and creating acceleration all the way to the top. No float, like the snatch. Plus you can use a heavi...

"Doing a drill inefficiantly to make it harder is silly IMO"

Bill I dont look at HS as doing a drill inefficiently but using comp accelration and trying to maximize force output, or tension, as long as possible. Just like WSB style powerlifting.

Hey, I'm the first one to say GS is seriously hard, too hard for me.But also way too boring I just dont like training like that.I prefer to flog myself in different way.Years of powerlifting barely lets me consider anything over five reps as tolerable but that is changing. As far as what I can squat...

yeah tell that to Louie Simmons. Compensatory acceleration and maximizing total body tension are the keys if you want to get stronger and more powerful,rather than just more "endurant". as far as what allows you to do more work, I would ask: more work per rep or per minute or what? max eff...

hardly. but going as easy as possible for each rep just doesnt interest me. after training for one rep maxes for 15 years its Hard Style for me! LOL!!