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A NOTE ON CYCLES: NO CYCLE ADVICE:
You don't NEED CYCLES to progress, they help but they are not some magic formula. You need to workout progressively on a regular basis, that is all that is needed in the final analysis of weight training.
In many ways cycles complicates training unnecessarily. Bodypart recovery also does this. For some people keeping things simple is best. Forget about bodypart recovery. Forget about cycles.
Training is simple. Don't complicate it. Here is the NO CYCLE ADVICE:
FORGET Bodypart recovery: Your body recovers as an organism. It doesn't know an arm workout from a leg workout, except that the leg workout is a lot more taxing on the entire organism. With that in mind train with a "total body" mindset. If you are tired from legs, don't do arms or anything else till you recover. Train with a mind toward total body training and recovery. Do uppers one day and legs 2 to 3 days later, repeat forever.
FORGET cycles: Train hard for 6 to 10 weeks then take a week off or switch to light workouts. Lift progressively. Slowly add weight or reps to your exercises over time using linear progression. Forget cycles, just lift and get stronger.
You don't NEED CYCLES to progress, they help but they are not some magic formula. You need to workout progressively on a regular basis, that is all that is needed in the final analysis of weight training.
In many ways cycles complicates training unnecessarily. Bodypart recovery also does this. For some people keeping things simple is best. Forget about bodypart recovery. Forget about cycles.
Training is simple. Don't complicate it. Here is the NO CYCLE ADVICE:
FORGET Bodypart recovery: Your body recovers as an organism. It doesn't know an arm workout from a leg workout, except that the leg workout is a lot more taxing on the entire organism. With that in mind train with a "total body" mindset. If you are tired from legs, don't do arms or anything else till you recover. Train with a mind toward total body training and recovery. Do uppers one day and legs 2 to 3 days later, repeat forever.
FORGET cycles: Train hard for 6 to 10 weeks then take a week off or switch to light workouts. Lift progressively. Slowly add weight or reps to your exercises over time using linear progression. Forget cycles, just lift and get stronger.
