liquidboi69
01-09-2009, 01:24 AM
Hello,
I'm 21 years old, about 165-170lb. My goals are to gain size and strength. However, most people lose a lot of speed and explosiveness with added mass. So athletes often do Plyo's and incorporate Dynamic Effort lifting into their programs.
However, I was watching one of Joe DeFranco's clips, and he said for younger people...you probably don't need to worry about this. He said that adding size and strength alone would give you more speed and power when young.
Does anyone have any input in this? I'm currently only doing Maximal Effort and Repetitive Effort method. I'm also training on a linear periodization program, with a 6 week mesocycle.
Also, I read on some forum that dynamic effort method is pretty useless unless you're an athelete, and is just stressed due to famous gyms like Westside Barbell and DeFranco's making them known (as they train athletes who need speed.)
Do I need to need to worry about incorporating dynamic effort method into my lifting since I'm young? What about when I'm older? Also, is linear periodization a good strategy? Would doing 1-week microcycles instead of 6-week mesocycles give me both strength and size, without a drop in one or the other?
I'm 21 years old, about 165-170lb. My goals are to gain size and strength. However, most people lose a lot of speed and explosiveness with added mass. So athletes often do Plyo's and incorporate Dynamic Effort lifting into their programs.
However, I was watching one of Joe DeFranco's clips, and he said for younger people...you probably don't need to worry about this. He said that adding size and strength alone would give you more speed and power when young.
Does anyone have any input in this? I'm currently only doing Maximal Effort and Repetitive Effort method. I'm also training on a linear periodization program, with a 6 week mesocycle.
Also, I read on some forum that dynamic effort method is pretty useless unless you're an athelete, and is just stressed due to famous gyms like Westside Barbell and DeFranco's making them known (as they train athletes who need speed.)
Do I need to need to worry about incorporating dynamic effort method into my lifting since I'm young? What about when I'm older? Also, is linear periodization a good strategy? Would doing 1-week microcycles instead of 6-week mesocycles give me both strength and size, without a drop in one or the other?