Comments on: Beginning Weight Training Part 2

By: Electhor

Electhor — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:22:13 +0000

I have recently began weight training again after a 20 year lay off. I have made good gains in a few months – never thought I would get in to this shape, for at least a year and have made larger gains than anyone else at the gym (which is remarkable seeing I am 45 years old!) Regarding Goal 6 – You state, “when an athlete starts to give up, the coach can get them to go a little bit further. The athlete learns that they didn’t die, that the pain wasn’t really that bad.”
This is very true, however I would like to suggest that one can train their mind to push through that barrier with or without a coach/training partner (admittedly, a coach/training partner helps).
I have told some of the young ‘new trainers’ that one of the most important part of weight training is to train one’s mind to push through the pain barrier (as one’s mind tends to give out before the body is fatigued). Alas, it seems to fall on deaf ears.
When my son saw me train for the first time (about 10 weeks in to training) – he said, “Dad, I have never seen anyone train like that. It’s unbelievable.” (He has spent 6 months at gym in another State, so has seen many people training).
What relevance does the above have? I am a trained Clinical Hypnotherapist, so I know something about mind training. I believe my ‘mind knowledge’ has gone a long way to assisting my physical gains. Adding a section on mind training could be a valuable addition to this topic, or even be developed as topic in it’s own right.

By: lylemcd

lylemcd — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:08:01 +0000

As I mentioned in Part 3 or Part 4, it’s mainly a time thing. With regular training and progressive loading, connective tissues will adapt.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:07:49 +0000

I second Eric’s comment.

As always your work and articles are much appreciated.

Is there any way to help condition conective tissues(assuming that is possible through specific exercise) or does this only happen over time with training?

Thank you.

By: lylemcd

lylemcd — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:57:18 +0000

Both are very good books.

By: Jeroen

Jeroen — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:24:03 +0000

Just buy Startingh Strenght second edtion and Practical Programming for Strenght Training by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore. The info is all there

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:56:55 +0000

Lyle,

I think this comment is appropriate to make here. I was listening to one of your podcasts again and you mentioned how you weren’t sure about doing a training book since you didn’t feel that you could add anything new to what is out there. You might not be able to add anything new but you could definitely help sift through all the crap that is out there, as is evident by this series. There are so many misconceptions that you could clear up if you take on a project like that. Just offereing my 2 cents. I have a couple of other q’s from that podcast but I’ll go look for the answer in the forums.