The Montana Method, or That thing Hanley's doing with those people.

[Hanley]

Well, maybe I can progress for a while just doing 85% AMRAP for S/B/D on test week? I'll try to get my insurance situation sorted out next week.

If you decide you want to keep with the Montana Method for another month or two, I think I'd bias all sessions toward hypertrophy.

[AaronM]

Well, maybe I can progress for a while just doing 85% AMRAP for S/B/D on test week? I'll try to get my insurance situation sorted out next week.

If you decide you want to keep with the Montana Method for another month or two, I think I'd bias all sessions toward hypertrophy.

Hmmm, would a caloric surplus + 2 months of hypertrophy session = more muscle mass?

[tdood]

I signed up for another 2 months. Just payed him.

[Hanley]

Hmmm, would a caloric surplus + 2 months of hypertrophy session = more muscle mass?

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Your body seems to really, really dislike working above 90% right now, so maybe go full Bro, and do a high volume of work in the 65%-75% range. The occasional single @8 should keep you from totally losing strength. You can turn the jackedness into peak strength later, once recovery/life shit works out.

[AaronM]

Hmmm, would a caloric surplus + 2 months of hypertrophy session = more muscle mass?

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Your body seems to really, really dislike working above 90% right now, so maybe go full Bro, and do a high volume of work in the 65%-75% range. The occasional single @8 should keep you from totally losing strength. You can turn the jackedness into peak strength later, once recovery/life shit works out.

Does this mean I'm a special snowflake?

Sounds funny, but I wouldn't even know what a reasonable full Bro routine looks like. Maybe I should start a new thread for that...

[Murelli]

Hmmm, would a caloric surplus + 2 months of hypertrophy session = more muscle mass?

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Your body seems to really, really dislike working above 90% right now, so maybe go full Bro, and do a high volume of work in the 65%-75% range. The occasional single @8 should keep you from totally losing strength. You can turn the jackedness into peak strength later, once recovery/life shit works out.

Does this mean I'm a special snowflake?

Sounds funny, but I wouldn't even know what a reasonable full Bro routine looks like. Maybe I should start a new thread for that...

Maybe you are a bad responder to high intensity. Mike T says something about it on one of his videos.

[AaronM]

Hmmm, would a caloric surplus + 2 months of hypertrophy session = more muscle mass?

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Your body seems to really, really dislike working above 90% right now, so maybe go full Bro, and do a high volume of work in the 65%-75% range. The occasional single @8 should keep you from totally losing strength. You can turn the jackedness into peak strength later, once recovery/life shit works out.

Does this mean I'm a special snowflake?

Sounds funny, but I wouldn't even know what a reasonable full Bro routine looks like. Maybe I should start a new thread for that...

Maybe you are a bad responder to high intensity. Mike T says something about it on one of his videos.

Is there a "scientific" way to figure out if the primary issue is being a poor-responder or recovery? It seems like if my recovery was so bad it messes up heavy single attempts, it would reflect in my RPE at reps in the 80-85% range, but I seem to consistently perform really well in those ranges.

[Murelli]

Hmmm, would a caloric surplus + 2 months of hypertrophy session = more muscle mass?

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Your body seems to really, really dislike working above 90% right now, so maybe go full Bro, and do a high volume of work in the 65%-75% range. The occasional single @8 should keep you from totally losing strength. You can turn the jackedness into peak strength later, once recovery/life shit works out.

Does this mean I'm a special snowflake?

Sounds funny, but I wouldn't even know what a reasonable full Bro routine looks like. Maybe I should start a new thread for that...

Maybe you are a bad responder to high intensity. Mike T says something about it on one of his videos.

Is there a "scientific" way to figure out if the primary issue is being a poor-responder or recovery? It seems like if my recovery was so bad it messes up heavy single attempts, it would reflect in my RPE at reps in the 80-85% range, but I seem to consistently perform really well in those ranges.

Do two cycles. One going high intensity with more frequency, and one with less. Track your workouts and fatigue on RTS Training Log and track. Get a Block Review from both cycles and see your fatigue response to the more high intensity block and to the less high intensity. Profit.

[damufunman]

Hmmm, would a caloric surplus + 2 months of hypertrophy session = more muscle mass?

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Your body seems to really, really dislike working above 90% right now, so maybe go full Bro, and do a high volume of work in the 65%-75% range. The occasional single @8 should keep you from totally losing strength. You can turn the jackedness into peak strength later, once recovery/life shit works out.

Does this mean I'm a special snowflake?

Sounds funny, but I wouldn't even know what a reasonable full Bro routine looks like. Maybe I should start a new thread for that...

Maybe you are a bad responder to high intensity. Mike T says something about it on one of his videos.

Is there a "scientific" way to figure out if the primary issue is being a poor-responder or recovery? It seems like if my recovery was so bad it messes up heavy single attempts, it would reflect in my RPE at reps in the 80-85% range, but I seem to consistently perform really well in those ranges.

Could bolded also indicate low NME, like a woomin?

[Hanley]

Could bolded also indicate low NME, like a woomin?

The two greatest discrepancies that I have seen between e1rm and tested 1rm (with the bigger load on the tested 1rm) were from two woman (one went on to win an IPF World's Gold and the other broke a national record...but still, women).

I don't buy the NME as an explanation for discrepancies between e1rms and tested 1rms.

[mgil]

I don't buy the NME as an explanation for discrepancies between e1rms and tested 1rms.

Looking at various samples on the internets, I would agree. I think women might run out the novice phase sooner, but the reasoning that women can put in more reps near their [actual] 1RM seems to not be as true as some would claim it to be.

[mbasic]

I don't buy the NME as an explanation for discrepancies between e1rms and tested 1rms.

Looking at various samples on the internets, I would agree. I think women might run out the novice phase sooner, but the reasoning that women can put in more reps near their [actual] 1RM seems to not be as true as some would claim it to be.

A counter argument to that:
The women (celebrated ones and/or ones most likely to post and/or the one who get noticed) on the internet probably/might display more "masculine characteristics".
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[mgil]

I don't buy the NME as an explanation for discrepancies between e1rms and tested 1rms.

Looking at various samples on the internets, I would agree. I think women might run out the novice phase sooner, but the reasoning that women can put in more reps near their [actual] 1RM seems to not be as true as some would claim it to be.

A counter argument to that:
The women (celebrated ones and/or ones most likely to post and/or the one who get noticed) on the internet probably/might display more "masculine characteristics".
(

Even the non-Anavar women that seem to be serious about lifting don't fall into the "lower NME" generalization quite as neatly as proposed.

[Hanley]

Even the non-Anavar women that seem to be serious about lifting don't fall into the "lower NME" generalization quite as neatly as proposed.

Yeah. I just have't seen it.

[CamLeslie]

Is it too late to get in on this train to Montana?

@Hanley I'd like to talk to you about being a Guinea Pig.

[Hanley]

Is it too late to get in on this train to Montana?

@Hanley I'd like to talk to you about being a Guinea Pig.

Well, the "free" 1-month experiment is over this week. But I'm offering a not-terribly-expensive option to Exodus peeps for getting a refined (and somewhat customized) version of the program that my beloved Guinea Pigs used.

Can you send me an email (john[at]barbellhacks[dot]com? The message system has been acting weird (I've had a message sitting in my outbox for 18 hours?).

[Manveer]

Message in your outbox vs sent means that the recipient hasn’t viewed it. Confusing, but now you know.

[Hanley]

Message in your outbox vs sent means that the recipient hasn’t viewed it. Confusing, but now you know.

I love you

[Manveer]

Message in your outbox vs sent means that the recipient hasn’t viewed it. Confusing, but now you know.

I love you

I know

[AaronM]

Message in your outbox vs sent means that the recipient hasn’t viewed it. Confusing, but now you know.

I love you

I know

I approve of this Star Wars reference.