I'm sure you do realize that 2 minutes is volume, much greater than one or two sets of 5's?
Not really ... a set of 5's takes what, 10-30 seconds, depending on the exercise and form? 2 sets 40 seconds. And I'm guestimating how long it took to carry a fridge-freezer combo up 10 stairs. Maybe it took 60 seconds, maybe it took 90, maybe 180.
You're still making the mistake of confusing volume's relevance instead of focusing on the relevance of
load. If I had asked Bryan about carrying a new Playstation around for 35 minutes whilst shopping or something, do you think he would have recommended I SD right away ... ? Of course not. Load, load, load. Volume is ALWAYS a secondary calculation based on the load.
The relevant stimulus for hypertrophy is load. It has always been load, it will continue to be load. Volume merely function to consolidate the effect of load. It's still important, but it should always be a secondary consideration to load - assuming getting bigger is what you are interested in. For endurance ala military style training, professional sports training ala AFL, NBA, Rugby, long distance swimming etc, you want to train with higher volume because that is the nature of the task at hand.
This phenomenal strength shown at times of stress or risk to life is irrelevant, and it doesn't mean folks showing it don't undergo any risk of breaking or tearing something. Probably golgi tendon organs suppress themselves temporarily.
Golgi tendon organs do not suppress themselves ... what happens in fight or flight situations (which is the definition of a car trapping a person etc) is simply an uninhibited neural pathway from the brain to the relevant musculature. Adrenaline also plays a role. 2nd year neuroscience subjects will cover this in depth, it's just the sympathetic nervous system taking over. Similar scenarios would include 'running for your life' in literal and untrained sense (the unfortunate aspect of military training is that moderates the strength of this neuro-reflex in the people who need it most; soldiers ... /tangent), spontaneous danger ala bar fight, street fight etc.
It's merely the sympathetic nervous system taking over. The relevance here is that it validates the assertion that most trainees impair themselves, almost certainly psychologically from lifting at their relevant capability (no, this doesn't refer to 1RM // upper strength only).
Any meditation expert or psychology coach worth their salt would be able to assist you in working through your mental barriers. Amusingly, I wonder if your (misguided) fanaticism towards volume-centric philosophy won't accidentally do the same thing, which would unfortunately reinforce the philosophy :/ ... time will tell, perhaps.
