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Ok, don't see a forum devoted directly to training protocol, so figured the bodybuilding forum was a good place to post this.
I would like to ask opinions, thoughts, etc. on a protocol I believe in, there is no right and wrong here, one of my half wit theories. Never have seen any studies or papers done on this subject, so it is all my own theory.
I am of the mind that you can actually train your body to be a more efficient "healer". In other words, recouperate faster. within limits of course.
Now, what good would this be? Obviously, if you heal quicker, you can train a muscle more often, thus more gains.
Now, bear with me here.....If you always rest say 7 days between bodyparts, what reason would your body have to recouperate faster? In other words, if you do not give your body a REASON to adapt quicker, why should it? Building muscle is probably the last thing your body wants to do anyway. Muscle is a load on the body to be maintained. You have to force your body to grow muscle just as you have to force it to use fat at some point in your fat loss scheme.
Research shows that for instance runners(endurance trainees) take a minimum of 3 days per week for adaptations by the body to occur. (I know, we are not endurance trainees). But, I am wondering if the principle will not relate to us also, the more often you can do something, the better you can become at it? (again within reason).
I mean, think about it, folks who have excelled at almost anything, they do it day in, day out almost, tired, wore out, any reason. Even folks who do very labor intense jobs, like an iron worker, some do it day in and day out. At first, they are dead tired every day, but soon adapt or they wouldn't be able to make a living. Some of these guys get pretty dam big too by the way.
Research again show protein synthesis is elevated for 24-30 hrs., then returns to baseline. What then? Are we just maintaining muscle stores after say 3 days, so maintaining for 4 days, instead of being able to hit them again sooner. Now, I would advocate some rest time every couple months or so, a week to "detrain" so to speak. Then hit it again.
In a study anywhere similar to what I am proposing, found on HST, performed at the University of Alabama, two groups of subjects performed the same periodized resistance training routine either once per week or three times per week. The results showed that muscle mass increases were greater in the three workout per week group, compared to the one workout per week group. In addition, the strength increases in this group were on average 40% greater! So what does this mean to you? It means the fear of overtraining, which sometimes verges on paranoia, may be preventing you from getting the most gains you can in the gym.
So, can you condition your body to become more "efficient" at healing itself? I say, yes you can.
Opinions, thoughts, comments. NO right or wrong here.
I would like to ask opinions, thoughts, etc. on a protocol I believe in, there is no right and wrong here, one of my half wit theories. Never have seen any studies or papers done on this subject, so it is all my own theory.
I am of the mind that you can actually train your body to be a more efficient "healer". In other words, recouperate faster. within limits of course.
Now, what good would this be? Obviously, if you heal quicker, you can train a muscle more often, thus more gains.
Now, bear with me here.....If you always rest say 7 days between bodyparts, what reason would your body have to recouperate faster? In other words, if you do not give your body a REASON to adapt quicker, why should it? Building muscle is probably the last thing your body wants to do anyway. Muscle is a load on the body to be maintained. You have to force your body to grow muscle just as you have to force it to use fat at some point in your fat loss scheme.
Research shows that for instance runners(endurance trainees) take a minimum of 3 days per week for adaptations by the body to occur. (I know, we are not endurance trainees). But, I am wondering if the principle will not relate to us also, the more often you can do something, the better you can become at it? (again within reason).
I mean, think about it, folks who have excelled at almost anything, they do it day in, day out almost, tired, wore out, any reason. Even folks who do very labor intense jobs, like an iron worker, some do it day in and day out. At first, they are dead tired every day, but soon adapt or they wouldn't be able to make a living. Some of these guys get pretty dam big too by the way.
Research again show protein synthesis is elevated for 24-30 hrs., then returns to baseline. What then? Are we just maintaining muscle stores after say 3 days, so maintaining for 4 days, instead of being able to hit them again sooner. Now, I would advocate some rest time every couple months or so, a week to "detrain" so to speak. Then hit it again.
In a study anywhere similar to what I am proposing, found on HST, performed at the University of Alabama, two groups of subjects performed the same periodized resistance training routine either once per week or three times per week. The results showed that muscle mass increases were greater in the three workout per week group, compared to the one workout per week group. In addition, the strength increases in this group were on average 40% greater! So what does this mean to you? It means the fear of overtraining, which sometimes verges on paranoia, may be preventing you from getting the most gains you can in the gym.
So, can you condition your body to become more "efficient" at healing itself? I say, yes you can.
Opinions, thoughts, comments. NO right or wrong here.
