Low volume sucks. High volume rules! HIT drools

[juggernaut7]

haha

IRON....hahaha...good post bud..that was funny shit...and i agree with u...dont take it too personal alex...kudos on your improvements...glad to see its workin for u...but dont come off like every other jackass out there that comes across something that gives them great results and then completely discredits any other training program out there just cuz its different/didnt work for u personally....like i said...dont take it to personally(or take it personally i dont really care!)but get your HEAD OUT OF YOUR FUCKIN ASS!

 

[Lumberg]

I agree that the reason why Alex is seeing gains is that he switched regimens. Try doing your routine for more than 8 weeks. You will start to feel tired, sick, like you have to drag yourself to the gym every time. That's your sign to switch back to a lower-volume approach. I have done both and I have to agree, after going (relatively) easy on your body for a while, if you switch to a regimen that most people would consider "overtraining," it's not overtraining for the first few weeks. People always rave about these regimens when they forst go on them but then where are they 5,6,8 weeks in? Another reason I think this happens is that they see gains in the weights they are lifting because they haven't done the exact rep ranges the workout calls for, so they experiment for a couple of weeks getting to their absolute limit. That's why I like to stay on a given regimen for like 10-15 weeks because that way I am doing the exact same thing for a long enough period of time to know for sure that I have reached a plateau. Only then will I change regimens.

Just for the record I went from a MTuThF split to a MWF split without substantially changing the exercises that I do, and I am making gains. This means I was overtraing before. But if I go back my body could probably take it because it's had a few weeks of three days a week training. I've often thought that the ideal training split would be M-W-F-Su-Tu-Th-Sat, once every other day. This is because 4 days a week seems a bit too much and three is a little lacking. But the scheduling would be a nightmare. Damn the arbitrariness of the 7-day week!

JC

 

[XAX]

There is nothing with training each musclegroup 3x times a week, if you remember some important guidelines such as:

- Don't use forced reps - Don't overuse going to failure.
- Use periodisation. You can't do balls to the walls-training all year long.

 

[needsize]

pictures

i got pictures that can prove that training each muscle group once a week builds mass. so if you can back up your story with pics it would be more belivible

I agree, still waiting for some pics SSAlexSS. You seem pretty sure in your convictions for someone who has only been training for less than a year

 

[theoak01]

But, ehat if you trained MORE often. You could have gained more muscles. Sure you might have made an amazing progress on bodypart once per week. But you probably COULD gain much more by using twice per week.


And hey you arent comparing 1x to 3x so you cant definately say that 1x is the best.

i dont know how you can say that,everyone reacts different,not everything works for everyone

 

[ZZuluZ]

Alex, stick to training 6 days a week. Be my guest.

If you're going anywhere near failure you are overtraining in the long run unless you're downing steriods by the ton. It can't be done. You know nothing of how the central nervous system operates.

But keep trying.....just don't expect to gain after 2-3 months.

You don't realize that you're always stuck in your little paradigm. Variety is key. Low volume, high volume, neural porentiating workouts, strength workouts.....it's called periodization.

-Zulu

 

[sysopt]

There is no single perfect routine that would work optimally for everyone, period.

 

[rgosit]

i work 32 sets for arms...
bis and tris..

 

[kingsquat]

Re: ...

From what I've read (been lurking for 3 months or so), I've come to the conclusion that SSalexSS should be more like ASSalexASS. You seem to be very full of sh*t (HIT being easy etc.).

Just my humble opinion.

Couldn't have said it better myself! I see SSidiotSS is still up to his usual stunts... I've been off the board for several months hoping to come back and be rid of dumbasses like SSidiotSS. Good call IRON, you have him pegged. And by the way, if a person claims low-volume training is easy, then they need to sac up on the intensity. I'd challenge anyone to walk away without stumbling on a leg day with me that only incorporates 6 or 7 working sets.

 

[b fold the truth]

SSAlexSS: I see what you are saying...but I think that you are going a bit overboard. I don't agree with the HIT training at all, but going the total opposite direction is not the answer either.

I have some new pics of my back that I took last weekend (totally cold and jokingly) at Night Fly's place...and I did not have to do HIT or your version of high volume training. I did something in between. I'll see if I can get Night Fly to post it for me.

B True