Following up on my post about conserving glycogen, I wanted to talk about single repetitions. One of the main proponents of singles is Brooks Kubric, the author of " Dinosaur Training ". In the book, Kubric talks about a simple routine where he builds up to one heavy repetition in each exercise. Of course, these aren't maximum 100% singles all the time, but they are heavy singles.
My main question with this is how many singles are enough. For example, you often see workouts where a person might do 5 separate singles with a heavy weight. Not to sound overly simplistic, but I wonder if 5 singles with the same weight is redundant. Kubric says he goes stale with multiple singles of a same weight. But is one heavy single enough to trigger adaptation?
Singles probably won't lead to bodybuilder-type muscles, since the training is more like powerlifting. This is okay in my book, because the hunter-gatherers I've seen in pictures look to have more of a powerlifting physique than a bodybuilder physique.
Plus, I am still stuck on the idea that hunter-gatherers would naturally perform single reps, and would rarely if ever do a set of continuous repetitions. Singles might be an overlooked, natural way of lifting that could yield muscular development.
Following up on my post about conserving glycogen, I wanted to talk about single repetitions. One of the main proponents of singles is Brooks Kubric, the author of " Dinosaur Training ". In the book, Kubric talks about a simple routine where he builds up to one heavy repetition in each exercise. Of course, these aren't maximum 100% singles all the time, but they are heavy singles.
My main question with this is how many singles are enough. For example, you often see workouts where a person might do 5 separate singles with a heavy weight. Not to sound overly simplistic, but I wonder if 5 singles with the same weight is redundant. Kubric says he goes stale with multiple singles of a same weight. But is one heavy single enough to trigger adaptation?
Singles probably won't lead to bodybuilder-type muscles, since the training is more like powerlifting. This is okay in my book, because the hunter-gatherers I've seen in pictures look to have more of a powerlifting physique than a bodybuilder physique.
Plus, I am still stuck on the idea that hunter-gatherers would naturally perform single reps, and would rarely if ever do a set of continuous repetitions. Singles might be an overlooked, natural way of lifting that could yield muscular development.