Jill said:
Jodi. Im thinking of possibly switching my weights to a push/pull routine. Any comments on why this is different/better than 1 bp per week??? DO you have any training programs youd be willing send me as an example please? Thanks.
It will make you huge. They're not hammer pants when your thighs are large enough to stretch them out.
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There are other benefits, too. But the simplest way to look at it:
Think of it as studying. Take in too much information in a short period of time with infrequent breaks, and you'll retain little or none of it; you may even forget some of the material you learned shortly before (training a bodypart several times per week with too much volume, or excessive volume with a once a week routine). Take in a moderate load of information and wait too long before you study again and apply what you've learned, and you won't progress as much as you possibly could have (relatively light volume on a once a week plan); greater progress, or the absolute possibility of progress, isn't guaranteed even if you attempt to make up for this by consuming more material in the same amount of time (once a week training with higher but not excessive volume).
Whatever you're learning and retaining isn't necessarily the amount of information that you're absolutely capable of processing - you may approach the higher end of your capabilities if you break down one block session of studying into several smaller but more efficient components.
Strike the right balance with information intake, rest, consolidation, and application, and you'll accomplish that much more with your studies.
Of course, if you forget to feed you brain, even the 'perfect' study routine will burn you out in the end; Ritalin will go only so far, for so long. No one can speak of 'overtraining' - an utterly ridiculous concept on its own - without assessing the fuel reserve that a person's created or drained when planning the run.
I see too many people blindly throwing around overtraining, whether they're referring to themselves or others, placing blame on the routine without looking at the person's daily caloric intake; or placing the blame on the routine's structure (how many times per week) without factoring in potentially excessive volume or application of intentional failure.
I think Debbie Gibson would be more of an inspiration for ya if you ask me
How about Boy George?
I'm pullin' for Pee Wee.