For those who aren't familiar with German Body Composition Training (GBC) it was actually the brain-child of world famous strength coach Charles Poliquin. After reading about this style of training I was re-motivated to get back in the gym with a new workout plan and unbeknown to me then on the path to some of my greatest workouts ever! German Body Composition Training. The benefits I gained from using this type of program were. Office 2007 Portable Windows 7 Ita Download Games. Poliquin Group is a worldwide distributor of nutritional supplements.

There are a few things that I know to be true about most athletes: • They tend to require lots of short, explosive movements • They perform better with less fat on their bodies While there are definitely exceptions to the above rules (for example, marathoners and sumo wrestlers), these are plenty that fit the rule – martial artists, gymnasts, football players (particularly skill positions), track and field athletes, the list goes on and on. So when choosing training programs for athletes, it’s important to consider what impact it has on one or both of those characteristics.

One program that we have found to be extremely effective is Charles Poliquin’s German Body Comp for Athletes program. It’s a progression on the original German Body Comp (or GBC) program, which is a fat-loss program designed for the general population with emphasis on full-body training session that use big movements, high reps and short rest periods. However, the Athletes version of the program makes some modifications to help balance maintaining or increasing athleticism with improving body composition. For example, each day of the 4-day split in the program begins with some variation of an Olympic lift. Because of their technical difficulty, Olympic lifts are usually best left out of programs for your average Joe or Jane, but are incorporated here because of their ability to generate power without adding excessive amounts of body mass (also known as relative strength).

In general, the repetitions are kept lower than usual to emphasize development of fast-twitch muscle fibers that are important to excel in most sports. The important thing to note with this program is that there is room to vary things a bit – if you know what you’re doing, it can be used more as a template than as a “do as written or it won’t work” setup, and it’s quite easy to swap out variations on Olympic lifts, squats, pullups and presses that comprise the core of the program. Charles’ personal recommendation is to stay on it no longer than 6 weeks, and I’ve found that between 4 and 6 weeks is best, depending on recovery abilities. For the original article direct from Charles himself,.

PB Andy wrote: why'd you quit? Got bored with the monotony of it, don't like competing??

Just wondering Im retiring because #1 I have come to relize and accept that im not a genetic freek and thats what i would need to be to achieve my goals of competing internationally. 2 its just not fun anymore, i would rather do other things to stay fit. 3 there are a lot of things that i want to do that i could never do if Weightlifting was number one, like coach football, get ahead in my carrier etc. 4 i just feel like if i keep going the way im going, ill look back and regret spending so much of my youth in a sport that im just not build or born to do. Tork94 wrote: Ethan7X wrote: Charles Trolliquin strikes again. NHL Star gains 11.5 pounds of PURE muscle in 4 weeks?

Lol first off is says 6 weeks not 4. And second of all im well aware its pretty much impossible for any not steroid abuser to gain that much lean mass in that time frame.

Doesn't mean its for sure not an effective program I know it's du jour to hate on Poliquin atm, but it isn't so far-fetched when you consider those results come from off-season athletes on a hypertrophy cycle. A lot of the mass is being regained, so while CP isn't being completely candid, he isn't lying, either. Just started week 3 today.

Workouts still feel really hard, but are getting slightly easier despite being up 10-15lbs on very exercise. So im getting stronger and in better aerboic and anaerobic shape.

Body weight is the same, but i think i may be a bit leaner (hard to tell for sure after only 2 weeks). I love all the extra time i have out of the gym going from 15hours/week down to just 4.5 will do for another 3 weeks or so, get my fat% taken again.

Do one week of light re/pre-hab and will start the advanced german volume training with 2 good buddies. Having fun in the weight room again! Hey guys, just got back from my biosignature dude. I have actually gained 2lbs from the start of the program (5.5 weeks) and have 2 workouts left to finish. The great thing is that even though i gained weight, ALL of my skinfolds are the lowest they have ever been taken! I think my triceps are the same skinfold but most others are down significantly.