For the past 4 months I have been doing high volume training- 26-46 sets, 5-6 days a week with one minute rest between each set. Looking at pictures I have taken, it seems to have really worked well since the same body weight looks different. I also noticed that I overcame plateaus and I am able to increase weight from when I started. I also noticed I can greatly increase my calories without any ill effect. I am up around 3500 calories with no weight gain (fat) whatsoever.
I used to train VERY heavy, rest as much to recover for the next set. Not much was happening for a long time.
No One, will your training protocols be similar to the above?
how often are you training each group?
we are similar yet different.
my program is 10 seconds rest between sets or however long it takes to go from station to station with purpose. all straight set work. less focus on poundage more on running the pump and feeling the body part you want to work. lower set volume than you. more frequency. whole body training.
the average trainer reading this is going to go holy fuck I can do that. if you train one body part a day resting the typical 1-1:30 between sets ya then jumping into this is going to fuck you up. you'll hurt yourself. this routine is no joke. but i show you how to get there from where you are. there's 3 stages. first we work on your efficiency- the ability of your muscle to perform work in a very compressed amount of time. once we get you efficient then we increase your frequency- the number of sessions your training per week. once you have adapted to both of those levels then your ready for the meat of the program.
the beauty is you are going to notice results from the time you start it till the time you get into the last level. because that whole time your forcing your body to adapt to the stresses your placing it under. and that's quite simply what this is all abt. forcing your body to become a function of your work your giving it.
like your finding TA increasing the demands you place on your body increases it's efficiency, function and cosmetic appeal.
you can carry gobs of tissue and be a highly functioning machine. you don't have to sacrifice one for the other like we have been led to believe.