how can people do ultra marathons without overtraining?

[tallgerman]

is overtrainign bs?

[tallgerman]

[Cy Tolliver]

is overtrainign bs?

that's a really great point!

[Nathan]

A marathon is over trainning

I know i wouldnt be able to gain wieght, and run more than 3km a day.
The question is also how many days could you keep it up befor bad side effects start creeping in.

[wild willie]

8 sets for arms and calves


12 sets for chest, back, legs and shoulders


no more than 4-5 times a week


and do not train any longer than an hour


just my opinion

[tallgerman]

8 sets for arms and calves


12 sets for chest, back, legs and shoulders


no more than 4-5 times a week


and do not train any longer than an hour


just my opinion

you mean 8 total or 8 per mucle group?
ditto 12

[wild willie]

8 total sets for arms and calves

12 total sets for chest....legs....back... .delts

[Meso_z]

8 total sets for arms and calves

12 total sets for chest....legs....back... .delts

personally i need more for legs and back.. 15-17

[Nathan]

Intensity, can also change the number of sets needed it's all how much work your muscles do. You know when your coping out or not, the decision is in your head.
If your going all out, you don't neccessarly need lots of time or sets. Of course all out also means no cheating and keeping weights you can handle with proper form. Each set you should be putting in more and more intensity until nothings left.

personally I can trash most muscles in about 1hr (lower) -1/2 hr (upper)

[buselmo]

training 20 sets each muscle, hitting every muscle twice a week...

after 10 years of being a retard, i've figured out that there's no such thing as overtraining.

gymnists eat like birds, and train much harder than our retarded asses... they never complain of 'overtraining' and they look much "fuller" than any bodybuilder ever has at their weight.

[slaver]

what do you do when u do a ton fo volume adn are sore for 5 days?

[newmom]

No you don't have to overtrain for a marathon