In terms of hanging out on the forum, happy to do so. My favorite things in the world are interacting with people, writing, and training (in that order). Hanging out on forums and answering questions lets me do all of those things. Welcome to the community, definitely looking forward to having you around =)

Regarding information over-load.

It’s hard, for sure. But like I said, I just LOVE training, and learning about it. Every time someone else in the field comes up with something new, I get excited and really eager to learn and apply. I don’t “throw out” too much–I believe that everything has a place, and that almost nothing is useless.

I tend to stick to basic principles that work, but I am always open to new ideas willing to augment what I’ve been using if something seems to be a good fit.

The main thing is to have the discipline necessary to stick with whatever program you’re on while you’re on it.

Most programs that get published are pretty decent, at least as templates for the ideas they are trying to communicate. The abundance of information isn’t the problem–it’s the impatient reaction to immediately try that information that causes most people not succeed,

I’m all for ingenuity, creativity and out-right craziness: for program design.

For program execution: the intelligent application of consistency, stability, and intensity win out over anything else, every time.

What also what great is how you got in the forum with the Q&A. That was very cool of you. And just found your site here & I’m looking forward to hanging out here & learning.

Also, in your field, how do you not go crazy with information overload? Sometimes with all the info out there, T-Nation & all the writers, various programs, etc, can be very confusing!! How do you go about that and what is your approach with what to apply or throw out? How do you keep it simple?

See you around!

Dean

-Nate

Originally Posted By Ylwa
I’ll answer that, John. All guys should, cause all girls would say yes to that. I belive a guys most attractive area isfrom his chest/shoulders and up. A pair of nicely defined delts and pecs leaves at least me drooling more than a pair of sixx-packs. Not that I mind that either.

I listened to that coaching call, Roman. Is this the “first” work-out of the week you should do, and the other ones being 50% shoulders and 50% other?

Yes, exactly. For anyone not wanting to specialize to the extent that you’d do 3 dedicated shoulder workouts per week, you would do precisely as you said.

The above workout would be workout 1 (Monday) and then Wednesday and Friday would be workouts comprised of 50% shoulder stuff and 50% other stuff.

The option I describe in the article is 3 workouts for shoulders in a given week, and a single day dedicated to a full body circuit. Both approaches work very well, just depends on a) what you enjoy more, b) how many times you can realistically get to the gym, and c) to what extent you want to prioritize.

Lots of different ways to set it up.

Thanks for listening to the call! Hope you enjoyed =)

I definitely need better shoulders, so I immediately got this workout noted and will try it as soon as possible.

Many wacky/fun exercices too, I’m sure we’ll all have a blast trying it out

I also read your article on TMuscle, super good info there too!

Originally Posted By Fred
Looks like a great program for targeting your shoulders John. One quick question: when you said:

“the fastest way to progress is to have short periods (4-6) where you focus intently on a single body part and lower the volume for everything else.”

On the 4-6, I imagine we are talking about days, correct?

Otherwise, great stuff man. Highly appreciated!

Oh, bollocks. That was a typo, it’s supposed to be every 4-6 weeks.

The main point of the article is that the majority of people–once they’ve reached a certain level of development–will progress more effectively by focusing on a single body part for a short while, rather than trying for full body growth.

Thanks for pointing out the typo.

Quick, to the edit-mobile!

With the Javelin press, we keep the torso completely upright, and use abdominal bracing for maximal stability.

I have a video on my YouTube account I can link to.

You could do this 3 times per week, certainly. I would say you would want to do this once or twice per week, alternated with another shoulder workout. That workout would have slightly different exercises, as well as these exercises with different set and rep schemes.

I listened to that coaching call, Roman. Is this the “first” work-out of the week you should do, and the other ones being 50% shoulders and 50% other?

“the fastest way to progress is to have short periods (4-6) where you focus intently on a single body part and lower the volume for everything else.”

On the 4-6, I imagine we are talking about days, correct?

Otherwise, great stuff man. Highly appreciated!