Less is more

[EL Mariachi]

When i train twice or 3 times a week  can see myself growing fast. 

when i trained 5, 6 times a week i get overtrained and never grow muscle.

if you re natural 3 times a week is all you need.

discuss.

[Croatch]

I completely disagree.  If you have the diet to support training 5x a week, you will grow more, guaranteed.  Less is more, doesn't really equate in the real world, but sounds good....doesn't it..haah
Of course, doing 48 sets for chest, would be overworking yourself though.

[ManBearPig...]

I completely disagree.  If you have the diet to support training 5x a week, you will grow more, guaranteed.  Less is more, doesn't really equate in the real world, but sounds good....doesn't it..haah
Of course, doing 48 sets for chest, would be overworking yourself though.

PWNED!!!!

[JediKnight]

Less is NEVER more. You are just lazy. Sorry for the update.

[mdgkmg]

i disagree as well. i'm a nattie but i train 5 days a week one trainining session for each body part shred the shit out of it rest it and feed it for a week. i see myself growing quite a bit like this.

[jrod]

For myself, at least, I have found this to be somewhat true.  I have found that 4-5 days per week of weight training works well for me.  I have also found that less is more when it comes to the number of sets I do per bodypart.  I found that I improve/grow faster when I do 5-6 sets for big parts (EG back, chest, legs) rather than 7-8 (or more).  Then again, this is what I think works for me; someone else might be different. 

[mdgkmg]

jrod thats good. realizing what works for you might not work for others etc. for me i find if i wanna get good results i gotta shred it once a week for me that usually means 18-22 sets for chest that kinda thing. and all to failure with partial holds on the last set of each exercise.

[EL Mariachi]

when you train 3 days in a row, your workout is gonna suffer. no matter what you eat. for me it works better one day on one day off. often i have a 3 days break, and to my surprise i look much better after that.  if you workout everyday, you will just have a constant pump in your muscles, and quess what thats not real muscle.

[dr.chimps]

when you train 3 days in a row, your workout is gonna suffer. no matter what you eat. for me it works better one day on one day off. often i have a 3 days break, and to my surprise i look much better after that.  if you workout everyday, you will just have a constant pump in your muscles, and quess what thats not real muscle.

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. 

[Dballn247]

I get great results off of training 3 times a week.  I just do alot of compound movements and that taxes my muscles and CNS.  I rest and eat the other days.  I've been doing this for over 13 years so what works for me may not work for others. 

Just do what works best for you, if you get caught up in what others tell you and switch your routine every time you think you find something better you will never give your body a chance to see what works and what doesnt.  Give every workout at least 16 weeks to see if your body is responding.  If your changing your workout everytime a new issue of FLEX comes out, you are banging your head against the wall.

Dballn247

[the Pure Majestic]

What a bunch of f'n pussies.  

Right now, some top European Olympic lifter is coming off his 4th workout of the day....

[the Pure Majestic]

I get great results off of training 3 times a week.  I just do alot of compound movements and that taxes my muscles and CNS.  I rest and eat the other days.  I've been doing this for over 13 years so what works for me may not work for others. 

Just do what works best for you, if you get caught up in what others tell you and switch your routine every time you think you find something better you will never give your body a chance to see what works and what doesnt.  Give every workout at least 16 weeks to see if your body is responding.  If your changing your workout everytime a new issue of FLEX comes out, you are banging your head against the wall.

Dballn247

You must be a monster if you've been doing it for 13 years, and you "get great results!"

I know a lot of pros that didn't know what they were doing for years, and haven't been training for 13 years.  I'd be interested in seeing what someone who gets "great results" for 13 straight years looks like!

[Dballn247]

Oh brother....Go ahead and train your 10 times a day.  

Edit: what pro's do you know personally.  The only time you need to train more than less is close to contest time.  Other than that, its all about putting on size.  If you can Deadlifts 455 and then turn around and squat 455 the next day more power to ya.

[Rudee]

I've experimented with many routines over the years and I found I grow (and get stronger) doing a 3 on 1 off routine.

[the Pure Majestic]

Oh brother....Go ahead and train your 10 times a day.  

Edit: what pro's do you know personally.  The only time you need to train more than less is close to contest time.  Other than that, its all about putting on size.  If you can Deadlifts 455 and then turn around and squat 455 the next day more power to ya.

I know quite a few personally. 
Most of them don't know anything about training or nutrition, and that's the best way to go about it. 

At some point, someone hoping to push their own image helps them out, and tells them the basics.  They learn a simple training routine, and learn to eat chicken and rice. 

So, years later, they're busting ass on that simple training routine (not knowing why in the hell they're even doing it that way), and eating chicken and rice. 

All the while, pussies like you are learning about some super post owrkout shake, and avoiding overtraining at all costs. HAHAHAH

Why do you think Ronnie does the same training routine he has been doing for 20 years? 
Because he doesn't know what the fuck to do on his own.  Someone told him that routine, so he did it, and continues to do it to this day. 

Do you think he knows why he has a protein drink and grits for breakfast?  He doesn't know....he knows someone told him to eat it. 

Keep doing your 3 workouts every 7 days, you've certainly done a lot with it hte past 13 years....

[Dballn247]

I know quite a few personally. 
Most of them don't know anything about training or nutrition, and that's the best way to go about it. 

At some point, someone hoping to push their own image helps them out, and tells them the basics.  They learn a simple training routine, and learn to eat chicken and rice. 

So, years later, they're busting ass on that simple training routine (not knowing why in the hell they're even doing it that way), and eating chicken and rice. 

All the while, pussies like you are learning about some super post owrkout shake, and avoiding overtraining at all costs. HAHAHAH

Why do you think Ronnie does the same training routine he has been doing for 20 years? 
Because he doesn't know what the fuck to do on his own.  Someone told him that routine, so he did it, and continues to do it to this day. 

Do you think he knows why he has a protein drink and grits for breakfast?  He doesn't know....he knows someone told him to eat it. 

Keep doing your 3 workouts every 7 days, you've certainly done a lot with it hte past 13 years....

OK "big guy"























































MELTDOWN!!!!!!!!!!

[the Pure Majestic]

OK "big guy"























































MELTDOWN!!!!!!!!!!

That's what you have? 
I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was wasting my time. 

Feel free to continue getting huge, as you have for the past 13 years. 

[Dballn247]

That's what you have? 
I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was wasting my time. 

Feel free to continue getting huge, as you have for the past 13 years. 

Hater induced tiny tit Meltdown #2.  You're way to easy brightspot.  Next....


































Continue to post $hit as you are a puss, Internet one upper who has to get the last word in.  Feel free to post with no response from me.......tiny.

[The Squadfather]

there's merit to both approaches, Dballin makes great points about gaining strength and mass i get the best results from training a bodypart once per week but i think you can do more workouts per week if they are short, some people need more rest, i would just get fatter with too many rest days i remember Palumbo saying that more workouts per week is better for fat loss because you're burning more calories throughout the week.

[Dballn247]

there's merit to both approaches, Dballin makes great points about gaining strength and mass i get the best results from training a bodypart once per week but i think you can do more workouts per week if they are short, some people need more rest, i would just get fatter with too many rest days i remember Palumbo saying that more workouts per week is better for fat loss because you're burning more calories throughout the week.

Word, this guy knows what I'm taking about.

[the Pure Majestic]

Hater induced tiny tit Meltdown #2.  You're way to easy brightspot.  Next....

Way TOO easy....
There are 3 ways to spell that word.  To, two, and too....which would have been the proper use in that sentence.  

Anything else, "brightspot?"

[Thick Nick]

When i train twice or 3 times a week  can see myself growing fast. 

when i trained 5, 6 times a week i get overtrained and never grow muscle.

if you re natural 3 times a week is all you need.

discuss.

I do not really agree with this guy on much...but he did not say if you WORK OUT...he said TRAIN. If you are really training and natural, you could not work out more than 3-4 times a week and recouperate properly. All you guys saying you go 5-6 times a week...you are working out not training. He is 100% correct on this. If you think you cannot grow on three days a week or REAL training, you do not know bodybuilding or powerlifting...you know working out.

[EL Mariachi]

there's merit to both approaches, Dballin makes great points about gaining strength and mass i get the best results from training a bodypart once per week but i think you can do more workouts per week if they are short, some people need more rest, i would just get fatter with too many rest days i remember Palumbo saying that more workouts per week is better for fat loss because you're burning more calories throughout the week.

eating less donuts is also a good way to keep your bodyfat in check.

[the Pure Majestic]

I do not really agree with this guy on much...but he did not say if you WORK OUT...he said TRAIN. If you are really training and natural, you could not work out more than 3-4 times a week and recouperate properly. All you guys saying you go 5-6 times a week...you are working out not training. He is 100% correct on this. If you think you cannot grow on three days a week or REAL training, you do not know bodybuilding or powerlifting...you know working out.

So, you've grown massively huge on oyur approach then, correct?

[Thick Nick]

So, you've grown massively huge on oyur approach then, correct?

Dude, are you really gonna go there with me? I am a national champion natrual powerlifter, competed in numerous bodybuilding shows, training with former Mr. Americas and Wrold Champion powerlifters...I am 5'6 215 with a near 400 bench, over 500 squat and over 600 dead...and I am fairly lean...lean enough to get in shape for a bodybuilding show in 8-10 if I chose to do so. What do you have to bring to this discussion? So yes...I have grown plenty with my approach...ass hat.