Dear Joey, Jules, and Ricky

[kirk]

Some training programs (based on the Bulgarian method) call for 10+ sessions a week, with every session including the primary lifts the athlete is focused on improving. Granted, 90% 5RM on someone doing 10 sessions a week is going to be lower than 90% 5RM for someone doing the same lift every 48 hours, at least when you start the program. It's supposed to be better for those who are prone to tendonitis because it doesn't give your muscles a chance to fully recover, so your tendons aren't dealing with maximal stresses nearly as often (tendons apparently recover more slowly than muscles). But, I guess it's kind of a different beast.

My point though... people talk about overtraining a lot. You're probably not overtraining, even if you're lifting twice a day, 6 days a week. There are some specific symptoms of overtraining which don't include not being able to lift as much weight as you could if you lifted less often. I'm sure you know this stuff, but a lot of people here probably don't.

Totally non-comprehensive Wiki article on the topic

People don't give the nervous system and its ability to adapt enough credit. For 95% of cases, overtraining is just a state of mind.

[Rambizzle]

overtraining is just a state of mind.

lol this. A deload every 8-10 weeks is good though.

[milo]

I had to post this for you Andrew my friend

[sevEN]

as alex and dan have stated, your body adapts to what you are doing to it and once you condition it to handle heavy squats 3-4 times a week at 5x5, and eat/sleep enough to recover, you are fine. i definitely wouldnt suggest doing very high volume on squats 3-4x a week... the 5x5 heavier weight and lower volume is much better for it.

[ryanemo]

i was kidding btw


i actually only do abs. every day.

[stile]

big pet peeve right now is people not going below parallel. Some don't even make it to parallel. blows my mind.

[stile]

how many grams of fish oil a day? I was taking 3 but cut down to 2.

[scorch-]

big pet peeve right now is people not going below parallel. Some don't even make it to parallel. blows my mind.

Of the people I see "squatting" at my gym, like 5% or less actually hit parallel. Even guys who are clearly much stronger than me throw on so much weight that they can't hit parallel or below. They probably were taught how to squat by high school football coaches who didn't know shit, learned that they could "squat" 300 or 400 lbs or something and just kept doing it that way.

[lowcarb]

ryan's abs make anybody wet

[seanality]

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