There are few bodybuilders as open about their process as Guild Hunter. The fourth ranked in 2021 Mr. Olympia He regularly visits his YouTube channel and Instagram page to answer fan questions, share training tips, and offer glimpses into his life as an elite stage competitor.
During a recent installment of his “Saturday Q&A” series on YouTube, Labrada addressed a variety of topics, including how many sets do you suggest people do per exercisethe part of your body that has improved the most, and the pose never will in a bodybuilding setting. Check it out:
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How many sets of work per exercise?
When asked if there is any value in doing four or more sets of work per exercise, Labrada shared his rule of thumb: never more than three. When you get to three working sets, they are “[Dense] metabolic sets, like it’s aiming for more blood flow and doing as much work as possible.”
In a previous video detailing his Olympia Prep Training DivisionLabrada explained that their metabolic sets include an accelerated circuit of presses, flies, side raisesY Lizards do “a lot of work in a very short time to boost blood flow and kill off muscle.”
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That metabolic work contrasts, Labrada says, with aiming for three or more heavy-duty sets of 10 to 12 reps, where you may have to lower the weight to hit the rep count. In the end she suggests that you could break up tired without enough benefits to back it up. However, this is Labrada’s advice, not a hard and fast rule.
Labrada recommends that instead of aiming for more than three working sets, lifters should step back, look at the intensity Y technique used in the previous sets, and make sure they are maxing them out.
Food intake on days off
When asked how his food intake changes during your off-season days off, Labrada emphasizes that. Outside don’t take her intra-workout shakes, everything else: fats, carbohydrates, protein – remains the same in its days off.
Preparing for the contest is another story. When she bows before a show, Labrada modifies her diet to include fewer carbohydrates on days off.
The most improved body part for Olympia 2022
Labrada didn’t mince words when asked which part of his body would improve the most at Olympia 2022.
“I am very excited to show the amount of progress I have made on my back since the last Olympia,” says Labrada. “It has always been the weakest part of my body […] It has gone from poor to mediocre to fine. And this year, I’m trying to get into the ‘good’ category, maybe even ‘excellent’.”
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In that earlier video about his Olympia training divided, Labrada mentioned that his preparation for 2022 presents a heavy back make the day That reaches a maximum of two working sets for each exercise. Once again, he prefers to focus on maximizing form and intensity instead of set/rep volume.
The only pose you’ll never see on stage
If there’s one pose that Labrada says you’ll never see on a bodybuilding stage, it’s the most muscular crab pose. It is a variation of the typical more muscular pose where a person’s arms and hands are crossed in front of the body. It’s not that he hates the pose, he actually says he loves it, he just hates how he looks doing it. Luckily for Labrada, the most muscular crab is No a back pose.
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