Join date: Feb 2011
Location: Alberta, CAN
Posts: 1049
I would argue that he is one of the smartest lifters in the world. He has the most calculated way of training imaginable and is extremely smart about his training. everything has a purpose and everything is done to a perfect quantity. A great inspiration and yes, people ought to look up to his fantastic achievements.
Join date: Jan 2007
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Posts: 4932
arramzy wrote:
I would argue that he is one of the smartest lifters in the world. He has the most calculated way of training imaginable and is extremely smart about his training. everything has a purpose and everything is done to a perfect quantity. A great inspiration and yes, people ought to look up to his fantastic achievements.
His training philosophy is the basis for mine.
Extremely talent lifter. By far the most cerebral.
Join date: Oct 2010
Location: Texas, USA
Posts: 2792
detazathoth wrote:
arramzy wrote:
I would argue that he is one of the smartest lifters in the world. He has the most calculated way of training imaginable and is extremely smart about his training. everything has a purpose and everything is done to a perfect quantity. A great inspiration and yes, people ought to look up to his fantastic achievements.
His training philosophy is the basis for mine.
Extremely talent lifter. By far the most cerebral.
I want to be like him when I grow up.
The fact that he is so cerebral is a major reason why I look up to him and am digging his training philosophy.
Join date: Aug 2010
Location: Washington, USA
Posts: 331
Isn't he an aero-engineer or something? Anyway, smart guy. Amazing lifter!
Has anyone purchased his training manual and care to share any thoughts? When I browsed through the website the whole spreadsheet thing being sold with it plus all the numbers and perceived effort stuff made my head spin...and I'm a CPA.... Anyway, I was wondering if anyone put any effort into decyphering all this and care to share some experience
Join date: Feb 2007
Location: North Dakota, USA
Posts: 992
mlekava000 wrote:
Isn't he an aero-engineer or something? Anyway, smart guy. Amazing lifter!
Has anyone purchased his training manual and care to share any thoughts? When I browsed through the website the whole spreadsheet thing being sold with it plus all the numbers and perceived effort stuff made my head spin...and I'm a CPA.... Anyway, I was wondering if anyone put any effort into decyphering all this and care to share some experience
He's a missileer, not an aero-engineer.
I was actually at that meet. My wife took that video. You can see the same background in my avatar, haha.
Join date: Oct 2010
Location: Texas, USA
Posts: 2792
mlekava000 wrote:
Isn't he an aero-engineer or something? Anyway, smart guy. Amazing lifter!
Has anyone purchased his training manual and care to share any thoughts? When I browsed through the website the whole spreadsheet thing being sold with it plus all the numbers and perceived effort stuff made my head spin...and I'm a CPA.... Anyway, I was wondering if anyone put any effort into decyphering all this and care to share some experience
I've recently purchased his Reactive Training Manual and am really glad I did. I've been implementing the info from the manual for the past month or so and definitely see myself continuing to do so for the foreseeable future.
The manual is pretty cool in that each chapter is a step towards making your training better suited for yourself. So far the main thing I've learned and am drawn to is the objectivity towards judging how hard a lift is (rate of perceived exertion) and managing stress. But I suppose the number crunching and objectivity appeals to the science and math nerd that I am.
Join date: Dec 2008
Location: Georgia, USA
Posts: 415
I've been working with him for 7 weeks now and have made awesome progress (50lbs on my total in 4 weeks). I've also purchased his training manual and it's great.
The main thing I really enjoy about his training is the fatigue percents using RPEs. Pause DLs, Squats, and benches have helped my a lot too, and something I never really thought about before. Right now he's working with a new software (normally used in physics called Tracker) to analyze the force curve of a 1RM and identify the weakest position. It was a HUGE eye opener for me because I was completely off as to where my weaknesses were. His TRAC software is also something worth looking into. After logging a few exercises it tells you how fatigued you are and how to change your training to address that (somedays we can push it, somedays we need to pull back...)
He is great! We work with similar software at the University. I'm an orthopedic surgical resident and a Human Movement Scientist. I specialized in exercise physiology and biomechanics...
I love the scientific approach to his training! In Dutch (literally translated) we say: "Measuring is Knowing"
Let's see if we can catch up, i have a raw totall right now of 1960lbs...But my deadlift is by far not as strong as his!!!
I also think his approach to training is sick! But if I ever had to calculate that many numbers and RPE and be so scientific I think I would get bored as hell.
Join date: Feb 2007
Location: North Dakota, USA
Posts: 992
For some reason, my edit didn't go through, but basically, we're guests in their house. We also keep control of the eccentric on the deadlift since we're on the second floor. Gary Glock, the meet director, puts on a great show with the resources available to him, but it's a small town. We get like 18 people to compete.
Mike was a great enough guy to come to the meet and put on a great show. Rather than worry about music, I just appreciated what he did for us.
Join date: Sep 2011
Location: Indiana, USA
Posts: 367
I can't believe he deadlifted 850. That was amazing. He's already an elite lifter but still looks like he'll be able to progress even further in the sport. Does anyone know how much he weighed at this competition?
Join date: Jan 2007
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Posts: 4932
Rudy2401 wrote:
I think this dude is ridiculously strong...
I also think his approach to training is sick! But if I ever had to calculate that many numbers and RPE and be so scientific I think I would get bored as hell.
For us nerds, it's incredibly exciting to calculate all these numbers and figure out periodization models and the like :D
I write out training programs to my team mates as practice for my own approach to training for fun... because I have no life
