Nothing like squatting hairy and almost naked in a Speedo.
LarryDaCableGuysHairytwat asks "What do you guys think of the Bulgarian Method? Should I be squatting every day?"
Arnold: For those not in the know, the Bulgarian Method is a high frequency training program for Olympic Weightlifting. They lift everyday, often twice a day, using only the Snatch, the Clean and Jerk, the Front Squat, and power versions of the lifts. No assistance exercises. I think they actually remove back squats as well.
Dave: The idea is that the body will eventually adapt to any stress placed upon it. There is no such thing as overtraining. More is better, specificity rules, etc...
Arnold: I think it's a little extreme to cut out back squatting, since back strength is often the limit on a Front Squat, but how many Olympic champs have I produced?
Dave: Nada. You don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
Arnold: I'm still not convinced that the Bulgarian Method isn't a commie ploy to fuck us over. "Yeah, sure, that's how we train."
Dave: Are they communists? I don't think so.
Arnold: They're all commies, Dave.
Dave: To answer the question, I say give it a shot. I'm in the middle of a squat every day program right now, just because my squat sucks and I want to bring it up. I take a couple singles to a max daily. Twice a week, I might do a couple back off sets. It's actually not that hard, and my quads are exploding.
Arnold: We like high frequency training. I think overtraining is bullshit. However, you have to eat and sleep enough if you're going to go all out. Also, I think you need to be strong in all areas--explosive strength, leg strength, back strength, upper body--so I don't know that you need to cut out Bench Presses and Deadlifts even if you're an Olympic lifter.
Dave: The old guys trained everything.
Arnold: The old guys were the last successful American lifters, keep in mind.
HipsterMuchacho asks "Football season is starting up. I just listened to a guy on NPR talk about how he can't watch football, particularly the NFL, with a good conscience anymore. He wrote a book about his struggles. What do you guys think?"
Dave: I'm not really much of a football fan.
Arnold: Both Dave and I are baseball fans, but I caught the program HipsterMuchacho was talking about. The guy cited the violence, the concussion problems, the race issues, the low pay for cheerleaders, the outdated gender reinforcement. He cited how cities struggling to pay police departments and schools will fund stadiums for a billion dollar industry.
Dave: Dude, you listen to NPR?
Arnold: Yeah, when driving to work.
Dave: You deal drugs to high schoolers. When do you drive to work?
Dave: I think there's a certain population that considers football to be the last remnant of traditional American masculinity. I might actually agree.
Arnold: This country is pussified. That doesn't make all the shit the NFL pulls right, but, Jesus, do they have to take away our contact sports? Nobody's forcing anyone to play or watch football.
Dave: Yeah, I guess if you're worried about all that, don't watch it.
Arnold: Do we need a book about it? Christ, write about something more interesting. Like weightlifting.
Dave: Or boobies.
GamerGuss asks "What are you guys playing right now?"
Dave: Dark Souls 2.
Arnold: It's kinda hard.
Dave: It's not quite as bad as the first game. Still has the creepy world and solid combat mechanics. I wish the graphics were as good as in the previews, especially since we're running it on a PC.
Arnold: Graphics never look as good as in the previews. It's in industry tradition. They run everything on a hypothetical space computer from the future.
Dave: I need to get me one of those.
Arnold: Once we win the Olympia, we'll buy everything we want, Dave. All the years of drug and dietary abuse will be worth it.
Dave: Till we keel over at forty-five.
Arnold: Live fast, die young, motherfucker.
Dave: And that's it for today. Stay strong, Internet.
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