if you become habituated to anything other than resistance training what do you do? for example caffeine, if it starts to have more negative than positive effects, most people will try to take a break from it, or cut back on it.
why would training be anything different? Case in point, when you take a 2 week break from training, you lose 0 muscle, but the second you come back, the stimulus is huge even from lifting reduced weight. At the very least, people should try to incorporate these breaks when they hit plateaus.
Based. I see so many overtrained morons, doing the same thing for years and not making any progress despite training hard. Your muscles actually grow more when you deload. The only issue is that you might lose a bit of mobility/technique if you don't train, so it's best to do the same workout as usual, but with half the weight.
I've been doing 3 workouts a week (basically an arnold spit) taking no more than 45mins - 1 hour each time and I'm making progress. I'm not going to add any more volume unless I plateau
I went from 5 workouts per week to 3 and i saw much better progress in arms and shoulders
if it keeps going i might go full mentzer and do twice a week
>if it keeps going i might go full mentzer and do twice a week
Full Mentzer is once per week, or every 4-8 days depending on individual recovery ability.
My full recovery seems to be around 6 days so bang in the middle, with the DOMS lasting till about day 4-5. I'm on a three day split so everything gets directly targeted once every 18-21 days and my gains are better than ever.
My reps of any given weight are increasing significantly each time I come back to an exercise and when I hit 10 reps I increase the weight.
inb4 >post body
I've taken a before pic from when I was a volumetard doing 90 minutes a day with every 4th day as rest. Now I do one set per exercise to static, isometric and eccentric failure in the 6-10 rep range and it takes under an hour per week.
I will be posting the comparison eventually but I want more time on the program as I've only been on it three months so far, but I've blown through the plateau I reached with volume and still making continual progress, plus now I actually have the time and energy to do other things with my life which is a bonus
I was at my biggest and strongest when I was doing 2 workouts a week.
The psychological burnout is much heavier though, because workouts are rare and you're trying to perform your best, which not always happens due to many different reasons.
I do about 5 sets total for bigger lifts, like the incline bench press but only one of them is a true working set. Often times I'll turn it into a drop set if I don't feel confident that I went as hard as I could but that's not even necessary as long as I'm either lifting more weight or doing more reps than last time. If you're stimulating growth there's really not much point in continuing to abuse your muscles. Just save your energy and move on to a different exercise and stimulate growth with that as well.
The only thing I really disagree with Mentzer about is the frequency of training. For optimal growth, 2-3 days of rest is ideal. I wouldn't move away from that unless I was regularly failing to progress.
John heart. Had amazing back. Everything else was just meh.
But i think john heart is a homosexual and anyone with two brain cells can out train the guy, specially if they center on a weight progression / powerlifter type of training mixed in.
Like doing some variable reps poliquin style and adding a single heavy top set on each big lift at least once a month (that week would consist only of that workout)
So would mentzer say do 1 working set of Squats, Deadlifts, Bench, OHP, and Rows/Pullups per 4-8 days? Ensuring you hit all 3 failures per exercise? Do you do accessories?
if you become habituated to anything other than resistance training what do you do? for example caffeine, if it starts to have more negative than positive effects, most people will try to take a break from it, or cut back on it.
why would training be anything different? Case in point, when you take a 2 week break from training, you lose 0 muscle, but the second you come back, the stimulus is huge even from lifting reduced weight. At the very least, people should try to incorporate these breaks when they hit plateaus.
Based. I see so many overtrained morons, doing the same thing for years and not making any progress despite training hard. Your muscles actually grow more when you deload. The only issue is that you might lose a bit of mobility/technique if you don't train, so it's best to do the same workout as usual, but with half the weight.
Yeah it is called a deload you homosexual
I've been doing 3 workouts a week (basically an arnold spit) taking no more than 45mins - 1 hour each time and I'm making progress. I'm not going to add any more volume unless I plateau
arnold split is 6 workouts per week
good for you if 3 works
>muh Arnold
His book sucks and he knows dick about training.
I went from 5 workouts per week to 3 and i saw much better progress in arms and shoulders
if it keeps going i might go full mentzer and do twice a week
>if it keeps going i might go full mentzer and do twice a week
Full Mentzer is once per week, or every 4-8 days depending on individual recovery ability.
My full recovery seems to be around 6 days so bang in the middle, with the DOMS lasting till about day 4-5. I'm on a three day split so everything gets directly targeted once every 18-21 days and my gains are better than ever.
My reps of any given weight are increasing significantly each time I come back to an exercise and when I hit 10 reps I increase the weight.
inb4
>post body
I've taken a before pic from when I was a volumetard doing 90 minutes a day with every 4th day as rest. Now I do one set per exercise to static, isometric and eccentric failure in the 6-10 rep range and it takes under an hour per week.
I will be posting the comparison eventually but I want more time on the program as I've only been on it three months so far, but I've blown through the plateau I reached with volume and still making continual progress, plus now I actually have the time and energy to do other things with my life which is a bonus
>static, isometric and eccentric
*concentric, isometric and eccentric lol
Post strength progression in the last 3 months on whatever exercises you do for the number of reps that you do
I was at my biggest and strongest when I was doing 2 workouts a week.
The psychological burnout is much heavier though, because workouts are rare and you're trying to perform your best, which not always happens due to many different reasons.
This guy would look better if just slim, i truely don't get the appeal of IST
why are you here
Wanted to see what was this board about
thoughts?
Cool but absolutely ruined by shitty tattoos
well now you know. get the frick out of here normie
>pic related (you)
Black person literally looks like one of those early 1900s caricatures of blacks kek
>that boomer who wears a lifting belt even when he's resting
Only when you've seen your true potential can you understand IST
99% will go their entire lives and never realize it
I do about 5 sets total for bigger lifts, like the incline bench press but only one of them is a true working set. Often times I'll turn it into a drop set if I don't feel confident that I went as hard as I could but that's not even necessary as long as I'm either lifting more weight or doing more reps than last time. If you're stimulating growth there's really not much point in continuing to abuse your muscles. Just save your energy and move on to a different exercise and stimulate growth with that as well.
The only thing I really disagree with Mentzer about is the frequency of training. For optimal growth, 2-3 days of rest is ideal. I wouldn't move away from that unless I was regularly failing to progress.
someone post a body pic of someone who trained under this guy natty
John Heart
John heart. Had amazing back. Everything else was just meh.
But i think john heart is a homosexual and anyone with two brain cells can out train the guy, specially if they center on a weight progression / powerlifter type of training mixed in.
Like doing some variable reps poliquin style and adding a single heavy top set on each big lift at least once a month (that week would consist only of that workout)
Hi I’m Bimothy
So would mentzer say do 1 working set of Squats, Deadlifts, Bench, OHP, and Rows/Pullups per 4-8 days? Ensuring you hit all 3 failures per exercise? Do you do accessories?
What would mentzer think of modern reddit PPL programs with 200+ sets a week?