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Has anyone trained a body part once every ten days . Am curious as Dave Palumbo did once every 8 days as he felt the more he rested the stronger he got .Ive noticed that as well .
So this past week my wife had back surgery . I was off about ten days and when I came back I was considerably stronger by about 4-5 reps so it got me thinking maybe extra recovery would be good
So this past week my wife had back surgery . I was off about ten days and when I came back I was considerably stronger by about 4-5 reps so it got me thinking maybe extra recovery would be good
I've even done once every 2 weeks a while back and it didn't work any worse than once every week for me. (also not better, just the same basically)
The only thing that works worse (for me!) is the higher frequencies. Surprisingly, I get stronger a lot quicker when training everything 2 or 3 times a week but I lose size at the same time. (and this is with the exact same diet and gear protocol as my lower frequency experiments)
I know a lot of people swear by higher frequency training so it just goes to show how individual all of this is and you can't just make blanket statements like 'higher frequency is superior'.
You will need to try it and evaluate for yourself.
Very true but why didn't you eat more to go with the more frequent training? If you gained strength that is a good sign but you lost size so surely feeding that frequency would have increased your size over time. No matter the training and drug plan if you are not gaining any size you should feed the body more. Sometimes increasing frequency revs up the metabolic rate (etc) so you need to adjust your nutrition to go with that.
I am not for 1 second stating high frequency is superior for everyone as like you state there can be no blanket statements and everyone is different. Some do much better training just once per week. I would be curious how you would get on training such a way but changing your diet as well as that training. Feeding those training sessions each day to allow for optimal recovery and growth. Moreover there are so many other variables such as actual volume per session and how your training is split up to accommodate the higher frequency. Now at least you tried it and if it didn't feel as good for you that is another significant factor when deciding if you should continue on a plan but still I would expect some changes in nutritional needs when you go from training those large muscle groups with big movements from once to twice weekly.
RetardedHas anyone trained a body part once every ten days . Am curious as Dave Palumbo did once every 8 days as he felt the more he rested the stronger he got .Ive noticed that as well .
I am almost 50 too. Once a week is what I do, I've tried hitting same groups after 3 or 4 days, and just don't have a good workout at all when I do. I assume it is due to not being completely recovered.I'm at once a week now, which works well. This is more a necessity now that I'm 50, but it does make me question if I needed more frequency when I was younger - possibly not.
This is the way that will be most productive in my opinion. If your intensity is there, you go to failure, and vary your rep range, your body needs at least 6-7 days to recover and then grow. Most of the Bodybuilders I know work out this way. Oh yea, and before somebody says it, your nutrition needs to be spot on as well.I do a 5 day split, 1x every 7 days. Keeping it simple works best for me, not overthinking a training routine
Has anyone trained a body part once every ten days . Am curious as Dave Palumbo did once every 8 days as he felt the more he rested the stronger he got .Ive noticed that as well .
A few years ago I trained one day per week, on Tuesday afternoons, and I alternated between push and pull, so a muscle got hit every other week (14 days) (knee injury prevented me from doing legs). I was able to gain some strength doing it that way. Not too much if any size, but I was natural so that's pretty much to be expected.