Quote: (06-27-2016 08:26 PM)talvesh Wrote:
Everything works for beginner lifters. Compliance is a significantly more important predictor of success than rep scheme. An older man is doing compound lifts and can deadlift significantly more than his bodyweight. This thread reads like a sewing circle. His workout is fine and he's happy with his results. Good for him.
It's one thing to go to the gym and make it no one's business but your own what you're doing, it's another thing to say that to thousands or possibly millions of fans who trust that what you're saying is a good idea.
It is extremely unethical to make statements using your own authority outside of your area of expertise.
Given that Taleb has railed incessantly in the past against using anecdotal evidence like it's gospel (ie we don't make rules based on exceptions), it's really, really weird and uncharacteristic to exactly copy someone else's workout routine just because he's big (and probably fat as shit).
A bad deadlift is all the more possible because you're only doing it once a week. Good luck nailing down that technique when you're lifting as heavy as possible for one lousy rep each week.
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