
Originally Posted by
MostlyFull
Dude, Serge Nubret was lifting and competing before Pavel was born, in 1969. That he used high volume was not uncommon. In fact, most high level bodybuilders used a high number of sets per bodypart, and worked out twice per day when in contest prep. Unlike Nubret, who NEVER used the deadlift, some did.
Most who did the deadlift used it with a wide snatch grip to build lat width, something that cannot be done on a hex bar unless you pinch grip the weights like Steve Reeves used to do. Bodybuilders used low sets and reps in the movement because they were not interested in building the entire posterior chain with the movement, just the back width.
Now, Mike Mentzer, a high level bodybuilder who used the dreaded HIT, did a set or two of deadlifts at the end of his back workout for the spinal erectors, but only six or eight reps and not to failure.
So, in summary, Serge Nubret, who used, in your quote above, 30,40, or 50 sets per bodypart, 16 sets arms, twice per week, and used 12 reps per set, NEVER DID A DEADLIFT.
He would do 8 sets of 12 reps of one exercise, with many exercises per bodypart.
He never did 20 sets of five reps of only one exercise for one bodypart and then move to the next bodypart. To somehow correlate his hard work with PTTP and say this is similar is deception at best and sheer lunacy at worst. It actually makes PTTP pale in comparison to the work necessary to build and maintain a high level phisique.
Dude, perhaps you should change your name to OCD... Obsessive Compulsive Deadlifter.