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Weightlifting and weight training was invented long before forklifts. Even levers were not properly understood back then. My favorite historic example of typic

by thesz 9mo ago

Weightlifting and weight training was invented long before forklifts. Even levers were not properly understood back then. My favorite historic example of typical modern hypertrophy-specific training is the training of Milo of Croton [1]. By legend, his father gifted him with the calf and asked daily "what is your calf, how does it do? bring it here to look at him" which Milo did. As calf's weight grew, so did Milo's strength. This is application of external resistance (calf) and progressive overload (growing calf) principles at work. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_of_Croton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_of_Croton Milo lived before Archimedes.

aaronbrethorst 9mo ago
Dad needs to respect that we need rest days.
- thesz 9mo ago
  Bulgarian Method does not have rest days: https://www.mashelite.com/the-bulgarian-method-is-worth-a-look/ https://www.mashelite.com/the-bulgarian-method-is-worth-a-lo... Alexander Zass (Iron Samson) also trained each day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zass "He was taken as a prisoner of war four times, but managed to escape each time. As a prisoner, he pushed and pulled his cell bars as part of strength training, which was cited as an example of the effectiveness of isometrics. At least one of his escapes involved him 'breaking chains and bending bars'." Rest days are overrated. ;)
  - hxugufjfjf 9mo ago
    They are until you get injured, burned out or both and stop training all together.
    - thesz 9mo ago
      If you do a single set of half of exercises you need to train each day of the week, rotating these halves, you get 3 and a half sets of each exercise per week. Training volume of Bulgarian Method is not much bigger than that of regular training splits like Sheiko or something like that, if bigger at all. What is more frequent is the stimulation of muscles and nervous system paths and BM adapts to that - one does high percentage of one's current max, essentially, one is training with what is available to one's body at the time. Also, ultra long distance runners regenerate cartilages: https://ryortho.com/2015/12/what-ultra-long-distance-runners-regenerate-cartilage/ https://ryortho.com/2015/12/what-ultra-long-distance-runners... Our bodies are amazing.
chairmansteve 9mo ago
Milo might have had slaves, the forklifts of his time....
epiccoleman 9mo ago
> what is your calf, how does it do? ... it's a calf, dad, just like yesterday
gadflyinyoureye 9mo ago
I looked up the weight of cows from that era. Only about 400 lbs. Seems doable.

by thesz 9mo ago

aaronbrethorst 9mo ago

Dad needs to respect that we need rest days.

thesz 9mo ago
Bulgarian Method does not have rest days: https://www.mashelite.com/the-bulgarian-method-is-worth-a-look/ https://www.mashelite.com/the-bulgarian-method-is-worth-a-lo... Alexander Zass (Iron Samson) also trained each day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zass "He was taken as a prisoner of war four times, but managed to escape each time. As a prisoner, he pushed and pulled his cell bars as part of strength training, which was cited as an example of the effectiveness of isometrics. At least one of his escapes involved him 'breaking chains and bending bars'." Rest days are overrated. ;)
- hxugufjfjf 9mo ago
  They are until you get injured, burned out or both and stop training all together.
  - thesz 9mo ago
    If you do a single set of half of exercises you need to train each day of the week, rotating these halves, you get 3 and a half sets of each exercise per week. Training volume of Bulgarian Method is not much bigger than that of regular training splits like Sheiko or something like that, if bigger at all. What is more frequent is the stimulation of muscles and nervous system paths and BM adapts to that - one does high percentage of one's current max, essentially, one is training with what is available to one's body at the time. Also, ultra long distance runners regenerate cartilages: https://ryortho.com/2015/12/what-ultra-long-distance-runners-regenerate-cartilage/ https://ryortho.com/2015/12/what-ultra-long-distance-runners... Our bodies are amazing.

chairmansteve 9mo ago

Milo might have had slaves, the forklifts of his time....

epiccoleman 9mo ago

> what is your calf, how does it do? ... it's a calf, dad, just like yesterday

gadflyinyoureye 9mo ago

I looked up the weight of cows from that era. Only about 400 lbs. Seems doable.