And next thing, I going to raise attention with my website about bodyweight training. How is your view on only training with bodyweight? Is that bad in the long run?

Hope to see you here in Stockholm

Anthony / Stockholm

This is where you are looking correct?

http://www.the21convention.com/category/2009/

-Dream

Thanks man, I worked hard on it, glad you got something out of it.

As discussed above by Ron and I, wheat in particular is a grain you want to avoid. Overall though, yes, you want to avoid grains as much as possible- and so should your food (meat/eggs).

Regarding your second question…I’m not sure what you are referring to. Could you clarify?

thanks for commenting

-Dream

Also, why isn’t this on the videos or footage on the main page yet? I tried to look for it there but could only find it after looking for your thread you posted on the forum.

Great comment- sounds like your doing well, and you train at a well informed gym! Medx machines are excellent- I have used them myself extensively.

First of all, I would recommend listening to Drew Baye’s speech at

http://www.the21convention.com/2009/09/08/drew-baye-t21c-2009/

Very informative, should clear up a lot for you.

Beyond that, I would recommend doing less. Less volume, and less frequency (continue training to failure).

Minimum of 5 controlled slow reps, max of 8 (or in time under load terms, minimum of 45 seconds, max of 80).

Don’t be afraid to hover around 50-60 either. Tension plays a huge role in hypertrophy.

Also, never lock out- especially if you perform a static hold.

As for isolated vs compound movements…do both. While I’m not a fan of “functional” training, there is something to be said about how our bodies were meant to function, and which muscle groups were meant to work in tandem when moving a heavy load.

Try not to overlap your training- meaning dont bother working your traps if you just performed a lat pull down and a seated row- totally unnecessary.

Finally, as I mentioned a moment ago, train less frequently. Try working out on a 5, or even 6 day interval. Think rest=growth. If you interrupt growth with more exercise, you’re not going to grow.

And, train for less time. My workouts last anywhere from 10-45 minutes- and 45 minutes is on the extreme long end of things. Regardless of how long I actually spend in the gym, my total time actually “exercising” never exceeds about 10 minutes.

Nutritionally speaking, need more details. Although I will give you the sage old advice…eat more. Reduce your carbohydrate intake, pack in the fat. Meats, eggs, organic grass fed butter/heavy whipping cream (in a shake), olive, coconut oil, avocados, nuts, etc…

Consider buying a protein supplement like some grass fed Whey as well.

thanks for commenting, lookin forward to working further with ya, gl with your training

-Dream

I have access to a gym with only MedX machines where there’s no cardio and no free weights but only the machines. There’s the compound machines like leg press, lat pull and some kind of “bench press” machine etc., where several muscles are worked at the same time and there are the machines for training the muscles as isolated as possible, like bicep curl, shrug machine, a tricep machine etc.

The gym’s philosophy is to
-train each muscle as isolated as possible to get ideal growth.
-controlled, steady movements
-one set to failure (real failure, if you do it right, theres no way you can do another repetition and youre kind of shaking afterwards)
-one repetition is 10 seconds (4 positive, hold for 2 seconds, 4 negative)
-less than 6 repetitions possible –> decrease load, more than 9 repetitions possible –> increase load.
-a full body workout that takes about 1 hour, each 3rd day

Now my situation is that I have trained for ~5 years ( now I am 21) and still I am pretty skinny and I would like to be bigger. It used to be worse, but I always wondered how my friends who went to “normal” gyms were more muscular than I am. Part of it might be due to my body type which is more tall and less muscly but I still always thought that something was hindering me even though these machines were supposed to be so much better and everything. For some reason I think more is possible for me in terms of muscle size.

(I am 21 yrs old, about 6 foot 2, and weigh 163 pounds)

Do you have any idea where I might go wrong? Maybe nutrition or something? Also, do you recommend rather the isolated exercises or the compound exercises? I’d appreciate any input. If you need any more info, let me know.

Thanks for your opinions in advance, I’m looking forward to hearing from you

D

That’s bad ass that you feel better now than when you were my age! Although, I’m sure many wheat eaters are skeptical

As for not speaking more about grain and wheat…I probably should have but was a bit pressed for time as I wanted to let Drew Baye speak (check out his speech on the front page of the21convention.com, it’s REALLY good) as much as possible.

Perhaps next year, in the mean time I’ll hope people stay away from grain overall- and don’t think wheat is somehow special (a la “whole grains”).

I check out Stephens blog on occasion, will continue to do so! Thanks for commenting

-Anthony