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 Periodization??
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Cool Novice 
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Do you folks lift heavy every week every workout. I have been 4 days a week. I was wondering if it might be beneficial to cycle a week that I do higher rep movements and focus just on getting a maximum pump? maybe 2 weeks heavy 1 week higher rep (repeat) what do you think?? waste of time? I don't feel that I am overtraining but I do feel that my body could use a little rest from day in day out Heavy lifting. Not taking roids    | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder 
Posts: 155 |
whenever i'm trying to build mass and/or strength, i find that periodization works best for me. i usually do a 12 week cycle starting with about 55-65% of 1RM for just about 8-10 reps, and adding about 5% each week while dropping a rep. this is just a baseline, but that's the basic idea. i have a sort of "active rest" week in the middle also. there are some pretty good web sites around with periodization examples. i find that for me it's the way to go cuz i need to see on paper how i'm making progress, or if i'm falling behind, rather than just going to the gym and lifting my brains out.  | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 23 |
http://deepsquatter.com/strength/archives/louie/ This is the site you want. Skim all those articles and read the parts you think are important. Also this site is good. Read the whole thing. ------------------ |
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posted September 20, 2000 02:26 AM