And as for that 5, 10, 15, 20 sets per week per body part thing, in my earlier lifting days... man my progress seemed to constantly cessate Until i lowered volume and focused more on intensity of effort
Yeah, again same here. I used to do eight sets on benchpress alone lol. I’m not saying it didn’t work. But I think it was definitely overkill ha ha. By the time the 90 minute mark hit, I was definitely just over fatigued. Would’ve been better just training chest twice per week. Or once and more intensely.
In relation to training everyday it is possible to do it however largely depends on 4 major factors, the programmering and how structured are you with your recovery and how strongyou are as well as your age. In my experience the more times per week you train the fewer movements should be done at least in terms of big movements like squats, deadlifts and log press. Training everyday is something ive tried before when i was used to training 5 days a week, and it sparked new progress, and this is the thing with training. How you progress is not static sometimes taking some time where you train more or less, can actually be the difference between starting new progress again, if you are used to training 5 days per week and stall out splitting up the training with more days and less work per session can 100% make new gains. And the inverse is also true if you take fewer days and hyper focus on certain things, while getting more rest that could 100% also spark new gains.
Yeah, I definitely agree. Splitting up my chest and back day. And then doing both of them twice per week has helped a lot. And similarly moving front squats to its own day and squats to their own day has helped. And as my body got used to doing a work out every day I’ve increased the length of some of them. But generally, I find keeping things to an hour or less is the way to go. Also, sometimes motivation wise, trying something new with regards to the structure of training helps a lot. For me, I used to always super set my benchpress with pull-ups. And to be able to do them on their own with a good rest in between was very motivating and a lot more interesting than doing them when I was already tired.
I defend the bro split all the time. Specifically, every muscle group once per week with multiple rest days. I've had my best results doing this. It's also what countless bodybuilders have done. Dorian Yates' split is my personal favorite.
Yeah the superset approach is too fatiguing eventually. I liked it but trying to cram too much into one day. Even if it allows you to train chest and back twice per week you end up with two 70% effort days. I do think if someone is more towards the beginning of their lifting journey it can work well though. What was Yate's split?
@@PATRICKMARCUCCI Without getting into too much detail, its basically 4 on 3 off, each muscle once per week. Low volume high intensity. No more than about 2-4 sets per muscle to absolute failure while incorporating weekly progressive overload and high intensity techniques like forced reps, drop sets, rest pause, negatives, etc.
"Your knees shouldnt go beyond your toes"....... *ppl over 6 feet have entered the chat* lol Yea as far as cut vs bulk... If you just abstain from crappy "foods" that are rich in calories, and get your calories in from quality foods, you should lean up to a BF your body is comfortable with and you should still be able to lift plenty heavy enough, thats for sure. Some people take that bulking mentality way too far, like PBJ sandwiches 3x a day will = 20lb of muscle in a couple months. Not even realistic haha I feel like as long as youre 2-500 calories over maintenance, that should be ample "energy" to grow and add mass As far as them BTN presses... again i declare its hands down one of the best shoulder bulking excersizes !!!
Ha ha I can think of one Instagram person especially who would be very upset with anything close to parallel on squats. Yeah, I think that’s 100% the way to go. I did some of the crappy food bulking with mixed results. I’m sure it helped with keeping it overall calorie surplus. But definitely added some body fat.
I really feel like they are one of the best shoulder movements. And my shoulders always feel good. Which I suppose could be due to genetics. But my shoulders honestly don’t feel as good with typical front military press. I think a lot of people got scared away from them in the last 10 years.
Too many people latch onto every word of their favorite influencer, even when they are objectively not getting results with such approach. You see it a lot in the science based community man, they are not getting the results they want, but they'll double down because "this study shows"... it's like dude. All that matters is the results of 1 subject: you. I don't care if a million people saw results with this, if I didn't, then it's useless to me.
Couldn’t agree more. That’s exactly why my routine is slightly different for each day. I’ve just seen different things and approaches work better for myself. Like five sets of five squats works really well for a lot of people. For me it just toasts my knees and back ha ha. And that’s just one example. Yeah definitely a lot with the science based community. Showing that a certain exercise had a better peak contraction, but not talking at all about whether or not the exercise is sustainable and how to progress it and whether or not people will actually want to do it ha ha.
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And as for that 5, 10, 15, 20 sets per week per body part thing, in my earlier lifting days... man my progress seemed to constantly cessate
Until i lowered volume and focused more on intensity of effort
Yeah, again same here. I used to do eight sets on benchpress alone lol. I’m not saying it didn’t work. But I think it was definitely overkill ha ha. By the time the 90 minute mark hit, I was definitely just over fatigued. Would’ve been better just training chest twice per week. Or once and more intensely.
In relation to training everyday it is possible to do it however largely depends on 4 major factors, the programmering and how structured are you with your recovery and how strongyou are as well as your age. In my experience the more times per week you train the fewer movements should be done at least in terms of big movements like squats, deadlifts and log press. Training everyday is something ive tried before when i was used to training 5 days a week, and it sparked new progress, and this is the thing with training. How you progress is not static sometimes taking some time where you train more or less, can actually be the difference between starting new progress again, if you are used to training 5 days per week and stall out splitting up the training with more days and less work per session can 100% make new gains. And the inverse is also true if you take fewer days and hyper focus on certain things, while getting more rest that could 100% also spark new gains.
Yeah, I definitely agree. Splitting up my chest and back day. And then doing both of them twice per week has helped a lot. And similarly moving front squats to its own day and squats to their own day has helped. And as my body got used to doing a work out every day I’ve increased the length of some of them. But generally, I find keeping things to an hour or less is the way to go.
Also, sometimes motivation wise, trying something new with regards to the structure of training helps a lot. For me, I used to always super set my benchpress with pull-ups. And to be able to do them on their own with a good rest in between was very motivating and a lot more interesting than doing them when I was already tired.
I defend the bro split all the time. Specifically, every muscle group once per week with multiple rest days. I've had my best results doing this. It's also what countless bodybuilders have done. Dorian Yates' split is my personal favorite.
Yeah the superset approach is too fatiguing eventually. I liked it but trying to cram too much into one day. Even if it allows you to train chest and back twice per week you end up with two 70% effort days. I do think if someone is more towards the beginning of their lifting journey it can work well though. What was Yate's split?
@@PATRICKMARCUCCI Without getting into too much detail, its basically 4 on 3 off, each muscle once per week. Low volume high intensity. No more than about 2-4 sets per muscle to absolute failure while incorporating weekly progressive overload and high intensity techniques like forced reps, drop sets, rest pause, negatives, etc.
"Your knees shouldnt go beyond your toes"....... *ppl over 6 feet have entered the chat* lol
Yea as far as cut vs bulk...
If you just abstain from crappy "foods" that are rich in calories, and get your calories in from quality foods, you should lean up to a BF your body is comfortable with and you should still be able to lift plenty heavy enough, thats for sure. Some people take that bulking mentality way too far, like PBJ sandwiches 3x a day will = 20lb of muscle in a couple months. Not even realistic haha
I feel like as long as youre 2-500 calories over maintenance, that should be ample "energy" to grow and add mass
As far as them BTN presses... again i declare its hands down one of the best shoulder bulking excersizes !!!
Ha ha I can think of one Instagram person especially who would be very upset with anything close to parallel on squats. Yeah, I think that’s 100% the way to go. I did some of the crappy food bulking with mixed results. I’m sure it helped with keeping it overall calorie surplus. But definitely added some body fat.
I really feel like they are one of the best shoulder movements. And my shoulders always feel good. Which I suppose could be due to genetics. But my shoulders honestly don’t feel as good with typical front military press. I think a lot of people got scared away from them in the last 10 years.
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Too many people latch onto every word of their favorite influencer, even when they are objectively not getting results with such approach. You see it a lot in the science based community man, they are not getting the results they want, but they'll double down because "this study shows"... it's like dude. All that matters is the results of 1 subject: you. I don't care if a million people saw results with this, if I didn't, then it's useless to me.
Couldn’t agree more. That’s exactly why my routine is slightly different for each day. I’ve just seen different things and approaches work better for myself. Like five sets of five squats works really well for a lot of people. For me it just toasts my knees and back ha ha. And that’s just one example.
Yeah definitely a lot with the science based community. Showing that a certain exercise had a better peak contraction, but not talking at all about whether or not the exercise is sustainable and how to progress it and whether or not people will actually want to do it ha ha.
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Thanks Jared! It was water and salt with pat haha. The coffee had run out unfortunately lol
@@PATRICKMARCUCCI That is a huge bummer man! I am a huge coffee head and cant live without it xD Looks like you still did great!