Comments on: The THT 2.0 Training Cycle. How To Train Your Back (part 13)

By: Rex

Rex — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:33:13 +0000

Im not really in charge of making my own food and stuff since im 17 but i try to eat as much as i can everyday

By: Rex

Rex — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:30:20 +0000

so mark are you suggesting i should forget about the product? because ive followed all your workout methods and have got really strong and also built muscle but my weight does seem to increase! ( im 5 11 but only 55kg) so im willing to do anything to increase my weight

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:06:55 +0000

Woot! An answer just in time for back day! Thx a million, Mark – for absolutely everything from the diet to the excel logs to the blog to the videos and on the list goes. They oughta give you a medal, man. 🙂

By: jason

jason — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:02:34 +0000

thanks mark, when i get back into training again i reakon i’m going to strengthen my back first with those exercises before i start the cycle.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:19:36 +0000

@Rex. All weight-gainers are fat-gainers. It won’t do anything that regular calories won’t do. The only time I’d recommend this type of product is when someone finds it hard to eat the amount of Calories they need to add muscle. But this isn’t a “muscle-gainer”. No supplement “builds” muscle as such. You stimulate growth with a workout, then simply eat what your body requires to rebuild the damage.
@Jason. With the 5-day split workouts, you simply do the workouts. Remember, that each body part has plenty of recovery time between workouts. With the full-body HIT program, POP comes into play. If you notice on Wednesday that you aren’t stronger than Monday, stop the workout and rest another day.
@Jerry. I haven’t looked much into resistant starch specifically, but for an article that makes an awful lot of claims, there are zero references. Where studies are mentioned there is no reference but they do say that they were carried out on rats. Nice.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:45:29 +0000

Mark,
This isn’t directly related to training your back, but I wasn’t sure how to contact you directly and wanted to share this Yahoo article with you. It talks about “resistant starch” and how it can help to burn fat. Somewhat contradictory to most of what I’ve been reading about carbs, although it is consistent in suggesting the right kind of carbs to control insulin levels. I thought you might find it interesting. Shown below is the link. Thanks again for all your great bodybuilding tips.

https://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/8-reasons-carbs-help-you-lose-weight-2442968/

By: jason

jason — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:57:43 +0000

hi mark.
quick question. with this TH2 (latest one you have re-done) do i train using my POP or just do mon, tues, wed and so on, is it just the mass phase workout where you use your POP? very confused.

thanks

By: Rex

Rex — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:45:24 +0000

hey mark i know this is off topic, but what do you think of this product
**PRODUCT LINK DELETED**
the reviews seem to be good and it looks like a real weight gainer which is really important to me since im rele skinny

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:36:11 +0000

@Dan @Rich. Thanks, guys!
@Jo. If I had access to a pullover machine, I would do 3 sets of deads for the overall back, followed by 3 sets of pullovers on this cycle. In other cycles, I would incorporate a rowing movement to change things up a little. I will be publishing an “exercise bank” soon with lists of alternatives for each exercise so each trainee can plan ahead his or her future cycles. If you want to do 3 deads, 2 bb rows, and 2 pullovers this cycle, that’s certainly a good choice too. Stick to the order I just mentioned though.
@John. See my above reply.
@Mike. Barbell Rows. But again, 3 deads, 2 pull ups, and 2 bb rows, in that order works well. Packers or Steelers? I’ll be honest, I had to google those terms to see what you meant. I got Manchester United 😉

By: mike

mike — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:52:00 +0000

Mark, I use pullups on my back day.What exercise should i exclude if i do pullups? also who ya got Packers or Steelers? Mike in Wisconsin

By: John A Davis

John A Davis — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:27:01 +0000

I have the same question as @Jo:
Do I substitute Lat Pullover machine for barbell rows? Or do I add barbell rows?
My 3.1 Volumne cycle had all 3, deadlift, barbell rows, and lat pullovers.
and thanks!

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:12:31 +0000

OK, I am officially confused.

Lat pullovers are better than rows for lats. Got it. But don’t rows target your mid back primarily and not your lats? Or would it be acceptable to jettison the rows altogether for pullovers for those of us with access to a pullover machine? Any harm in tacking on a few sets of pull overs to get lower, mid, and lats all three? HAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPP.

(oh, and maybe worth mentioning – barbell rows and I don’t get along thx to some injuries, so it’ll be the cable seated ones for me if that makes any difference 🙂 )

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:49:23 +0000

Hi Mark

This THT2 plan is very slightly different to how I remember it (I still have the PDFs and logs on disk) but I have to say- MUCH BETTER! Really like the split you’ve put together in the XL download, the low-volume approach will suit me well and I really like the lower reps on deadlifts.

Cheers mate, an excellent start to 2011!
Rich

By: Dan Cravens

Dan Cravens — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:13:33 +0000

“you can’t squat much with a weak back, nor can you even barbell curl much on bicep day with an underdeveloped back. It’s true, when your barbell curls get heavy, you need a strong back to stabilize the body and counteract the forward momentum of the load. If not, your last rep won’t be true failure of the biceps, but of the back”

good points, thanks Mark!