training frequency

[Andre]

Jesse

what are your thoughts on training frequency for muscles. throughout my readings I'v read that most muscle repair occurs in 48 hours. and that most overtraining comes from CNS fatigue or systematic fatigue. I kind of agree with this but it seems hard to implement a training program satisfies both concepts.

it seems achieveable when your my only focussing mainly on one lift but the whole body it becomes too much.

I know in High school i had no problems training muscles eod or every third day. if fact i had to. I recovered very fast and deconditioned fast as well. was a blessing and a curse at the same time.

personally, I enjoy splitting my bodyparts up in a 5 day split and lifting everying once a week. To me i'v found lifting too many bodyparts in a session kind of beats me down which is what u have to do when lifting with high frequency.

what are your thoughts on this bro? is there a better way? or do u feel once week is sufficient speaking from a bodybuilding standpoint.

[Alawadhi]

I shouldn't answer this but the fact that I know mas oyama(karate master) trained daily for three years and he defeated bulls. Ah another thing. my friend (the same age of mine (16)) has a 17 inch arm and large legs but he trains daily and without protien.

[Andre]

nah bro

its cool to show ur opinion

i wasn't referring to trainng back to back days. I mean frequency of particular bodyparts.

[Jesse Marunde]

hmm... tough subject. I guess it depends on your training volume and intensity as well as how much weight you're pushing. like you said, when you were younger you didn't need as much recovery time. well you're stronger now so that could be the reason and not age. the stronger I get the longer I need to recover between max attempt workouts.

Jesse

PS- whats your whole name?

[Andre]

I was just curious if most guys in strong men train bodyparts once a week as most bodybuilders do. I've found powerlifters often to be more scientific about their traiing than bodybuilders.

I've done Periodization programs in which i was training bench or squat 2-3 times a week. and they worked good for me. So i really do believe the 48 72 hours thing. but all the sets and intensity levels are set and you just follow them. sets are normally not taken to failure.

so i guess that brings up another point. whats ur thoughts on training to failure. Does it have any benefit. Does the the farther you progress into the set reqruite more motor units? or is workload the only thing that matters?

Andre Costanza

[Jesse Marunde]

I can't speak for other strongmen, but for myself and the guys I train with, we don't train bodyparts. we train movements. much like powerlifters or olympic lifters in that regard.

training to failure, like most training concepts, has it's place. going to failure all the time puts you at risk for injury. I like going to failure. I don't like stopping a set when I know I could do more. I'm learning these days though to pace myself and hold back so that I do my best lifting on planned days rather that trying to break records every day.

Jesse

[Mike W.]

I hear ya on that Jesse - 100%!!....Willie tells me that all of the time - It's hard to know when to go all out and when to save it for the planned day.

Most of the time it seems if I feel it I just go with it..... The thing I need to work on is when I'm not feeling it knowing when to shut it down.....too stuborn I guess.

Mike