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Its great that you got in shape lifting heavy weights. Mark Rippetoe discusses why it is easier to regain old strength as opposed to building new strength in hi
by Judson 13y ago
Its great that you got in shape lifting heavy weights. Mark Rippetoe discusses why it is easier to regain old strength as opposed to building new strength in his starting strength series.
I don't really see your anecdote disproving the GP, rather, it seems it is further evidence of the GP's hypothesis that heavy lifting is required for strength gains.
Congratulations on your gains, though.
- shardling 13y agoThe GP wasn't saying heavy lifting is required for strength gains, he was making the much stronger claim that it was necessary to be healthy. (Perhaps unintentionally; I'm not sure they actually read the bloody linked article.)
- Judson 13y agoI see the distinction you were making, but this study has an interesting conclusion[0]. "Muscular strength is inversely and independently associated with death from all causes and cancer in men, even after adjusting for cardiorespiratory fitness and other potential confounders." [0]: http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a439 http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a439
- shardling 13y agoThat's still looking at things the wrong way round. Even in your quote, it mentions the need to control for things like cardiorespiratory fitness. The conclusion that muscular strength will always improve your health does not imply that other things are useless! (And note that the linked routines does attempt to improve muscular strength, but the whole point of it was to be something you could do without special equipment.)
- shardling 13y agoThe GP wasn't saying heavy lifting is required for strength gains, he was making the much stronger claim that it was necessary to be healthy. (Perhaps unintentionally; I'm not sure they actually read the bloody linked article.)