Texas Method

[Tiga KParticipant 1693]

Hey fellow strength trainees, I was wondering if any of you have used the Texas Method before. I’ve been a linear progression guy for too long and am finally am making the switch today. Could you share your experiences with it? It would be great to hear what you thought of it and maybe how you would approach it differently if you did it again.

[RoyDalParticipant]

I had to look it up, meaning I hadn’t heard of it until now. Here’s one of the links I found: https://www.t-nation.com/training/texas-method

What I do is pick a weight that I can do 4-6 reps until exhaustion. I stay at that weight until I can do 20-30 reps. Thus, I move through strength and bulk (high weight, low reps), to power (8-12 reps, medium weight), to aerobic (low weight, high reps).

Days of rest are a biggie and nutrition is a must!

That’s what worked for me, and now I’m stickin’ to it y’all.

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[EntropyParticipant 902]

I dont see why not… it sure works for pushups.

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[TheroniusParticipant 975]

I like the idea, since it gives your tendons and stuff a chance to strengthen up. Power doesn’t always mean resistance to damage, especially when you’re young. Tendons and cartilage grow very slowly.
Think a 400 horsepower Porsche vs a 400 horsepower truck. The Porsche is quicker and can even pull very hard, but the truck can drag 40,000 lbs. over mountains for years without breaking. It has massive endurance.That takes more steel, bigger bearings.

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[Tiga KParticipant 1693]

Theronius wrote:

I like the idea, since it gives your tendons and stuff a chance to strengthen up. Power doesn’t always mean resistance to damage, especially when you’re young. Tendons and cartilage grow very slowly.
Think a 400 horsepower Porsche vs a 400 horsepower truck. The Porsche is quicker and can even pull very hard, but the truck can drag 40,000 lbs. over mountains for years without breaking. It has massive endurance.That takes more steel, bigger bearings.

If you like tendon strength, you ought to love singles. At least I did. My tendons seemed stronger and I found that I recovered well from singles. Plus it let me finally deadlift almost 2x my bodyweight. Ah….. the memories, I’m definitely using g singles again sometime in the future.

[TheroniusParticipant 975]

I have a bad shoulder that keeps me from pushing max weight. Torn cuff from when I was 14. Dislocated many, many times. I had surgery, but not the cool modern kind. Moved a muscle around on the bone and stuff. It stopped coming out all the way, but It doesn’t do heavy presses and such. Big ouch.

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[Tiga KParticipant 1693]

Theronius wrote:

I have a bad shoulder that keeps me from pushing max weight. Torn cuff from when I was 14. Dislocated many, many times. I had surgery, but not the cool modern kind. Moved a muscle around on the bone and stuff. It stopped coming out all the way, but It doesn’t do heavy presses and such. Big ouch.

Are you famiar with Brooks Kubik? He is the dinosaur training guy. He is in his 60’s now and he also has to work around a bad shoulder injury he attributes to his wrestling days in high school. You can sign up for his free email newsletter if you are interested. In each email he’ll talk about something like how to work around a bad shoulder, or he likes to talk about what he’s experimented with in his diet. I enjoyed it for a couple of years but felt neglected as a young guy. I don’t blame him for focusing on the older guys. But that might be perfect you. Sorry if my memory is wrong, but I believe in your introducing you said you were approximately his age.

[TheroniusParticipant 975]

Getting there. 57. I’ll check it out. There are some pretty buffed guys out there my age.

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[Tiga KParticipant 1693]

Theronius wrote:

Getting there. 57. I’ll check it out. There are some pretty buffed guys out there my age.

Yeah, what I loved about Brooks was that on top of maintaining a respectable physique, he always displayed a desire to learn and explored all aspects of health. After getting his law degree, he started powerlifting on the side and even got a bench press record nationally. But now he does Olympic lifting… in his sixties! What’s even more impressive is he only started Olympic lifting a few years ago if memory serves. Talk about an impressive display of speed, strength, and mobility. He experimented with his diet over the years too and going from book to book, it is interesting see how he altered it and why he did. His willingness to take a step back and reapproach his lifting impresses me. Sorry if my Kubik praise is excessive. When it comes to strength and health, he is a role model for me.

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