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This sounds fairly simple but — you'll KNOW if you're overtraining.
If you're body can't hack it, itll tell you. Overtraining isn't some hidden aspect of lifting that you have to guess about.
Its fatigue and exhaustion and the inability to recover enough to train again.
So if you're thinking if 15 sets is overtraining but maybe 8 isn't? Youre overthinking, not overtraining.
We've seen millllions of lifters do a million different routines and make progress. We've seen guys handle 2 a day sessions and make progress and we've seen guys do 2 work sets and make progress. If has far more to do with how YOU are taking care of yourself then it is HOW MUCH you are doing.
The BBing communities understanding of overtraining is kinda crazy. Go talk to some PLers and have them tell you about pushing themselves too hard...
My muscles will figure out how to handle the increase in volume, but your central nervous system is entirely different.
If you're body can't hack it, itll tell you. Overtraining isn't some hidden aspect of lifting that you have to guess about.
Its fatigue and exhaustion and the inability to recover enough to train again.
So if you're thinking if 15 sets is overtraining but maybe 8 isn't? Youre overthinking, not overtraining.
We've seen millllions of lifters do a million different routines and make progress. We've seen guys handle 2 a day sessions and make progress and we've seen guys do 2 work sets and make progress. If has far more to do with how YOU are taking care of yourself then it is HOW MUCH you are doing.
The BBing communities understanding of overtraining is kinda crazy. Go talk to some PLers and have them tell you about pushing themselves too hard...
My muscles will figure out how to handle the increase in volume, but your central nervous system is entirely different.