Has anyone done "Advanced training" from Arnolds BB encylapedia?

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i've trained low volume all my life... just recently switched to high volume. with high volume i feel areas of the muscle work that i've never felt before and it shows.
although i'm at a very high bodyfat right now (around 15-18%) my muscles have become really hard (no homo... LOL!), and they never had this hardness or fullness when i was at a high bodyfat training on low volume... ESPECIALLY ON LOW CARB. even at this high body fat, my biceps have started to develop a split, muscles are seperating better, and my upper chest is actually growing.

again, i still have to train this way for atleast 3 more months and then i can have an honest opinion about it. but with more sets, and more pumping exercise, i feel like there's a better mind to muscle connection that's causing certain areas of a muscle to grow better.

also... just to take into cosideration... i'm not even using half the gear I used when i was training low volume... so, all this comparison won't mean a thing unless i bring everything else back to the same as it was except for the method of training.

But from what i feel? no stress on the joints, awesome pumps with low carbs, muscle hardness without any gear that causes it, and not having that "tired and achy" feeling all day tell me that this is the way to go. and after a 4.5 month lay off... and 4 weeks of high volume training... i'm getting pretty close to where i was before the lay off and that says a lot.

Nice info bro. Yeah I switched to high volume low intensity to avoid injuries. The strength gains slowly outweighed my bones and tendons in the long run and switching up training has helped a lot in that area. As for strength, size and overall gains, too early to tell as you mentioned also. But time will tell what works best for any individual.