good article. if what he says is true, then some of the top bodybuilders in the world who can bench press over 400-500 pounds would have difficulty doing pushups if they never do pushups in their programs.

i thought he made a good point in the article writing, "When using linear models (e.g. 6 weeks at 12-15 reps, 6 weeks at 8-12 reps, 6 weeks at 6-8 reps etc.) we tend to lose the qualities we initially sought to improve. For example, if we were to undertake 6 weeks of endurance (12-15 reps), 6 weeks of hypertrophy (8-12 reps) and 6 weeks of strength emphasis (4-6 reps), then at the end of the sixth week of strength emphasis it will have been 12 weeks since we were exposed to any endurance methods (twice as long as we spent developing it)."

makes sense to me

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