I fell into a sweet spot of maintaining a decent amount of strength where I could stay injury-free. I’ve reduced my number of workouts and weight as a strategy to avoid injury. Half Powerįor the past few years, I’ve played a balancing act between following the basics of Power To The People and focusing more on bodyweight exercises (chin-ups, dips, push-ups). Then I’d return to the gym and start the build-up process all over again. I’d be sidelined with an injury for weeks. Although these days I know better, then I would often work through the pain or work around the pain. My body stopped gaining muscle and I was often in pain.
I was sidelined from lifting for over 6 months. I started to get back pain and I hurt my right wrist so bad I needed surgery. end each set a few reps before failure.I met Pavel in 2004 The Russian Bear Got MeĪ few years into the workout regime, I decided to try Pavel’s Russian Bear protocol for gaining mass. I’ve been preaching against low-weight high-rep training ever since. This book made me a believer in low-repetition weight training. I could squat almost 300 pounds and deadlift over 300 pounds. For the first time in my life, I was benching my weight. And it worked.ĭuring the first three years of using the Power To The People protocol, I gained almost 20 pounds of muscle. Hammer those two hard and strength will follow was the message of the book. The focus of the weight lifting plan wasn’t numerous isolation moves, but deadlifts and a pressing move. And to get stronger, I’d have to increase my rest between sets. Pavel taught me to reduce the reps to just 3-5 and increase the weight. Then I read Power To The People and everything changed. You are always sore and your strength levels never seem to go up. Not so much if you’re a drug-free ectomorph. It works wonders if you are a steroid taking mesomorph. You know the hit-the-body-from-every-angle with multiple sets of 8-12 reps. Prior to this book, I had been lifting weights as the muscle magazines taught me. Power to the People! : Russian Strength Training Secrets for Every American is by Pavel Tsatsouline. It was almost 10 years ago that a book arrived in the mail that would change my life.
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