say after 4 days beginning a new workout routine. you started out fresh now your getting into the nitty gritty. for me ive been squatting no weight 100 reps per day every day full squats with a calve raise at the top of each rep usually 60 in the morning then 40 at night. the first day i began this i did 150 reps and my legs have stayed fairly tight throughout and little sore in a good way.
lets say this is day 5 i got another 100 reps but this day im eating a shit ton more to repair than ever
now its day 6 soreness is pretty much wiped clean i feel stronger , im still going to eat a shit ton more like i did on day 5 because my body is putting it to good use, super fast recovery on high calories
i think around on day 10 ill start adding in pushups
day 20 ill add in some back work
still doing 100 bodyweight squats every day no matter what
this is how you build a good natural physique
by pushing yourself in a non injurous way allowing your body to slowly adjust to higher calories. not using too much weight to shock the body or injure
you want to push hard enough and keep track of that effort day in and day out. let time 'in the gym' do the talking, consistency. its all about accumulation of volume its now how strong you are on one 'great' lift with heavy weights
its about turning your body into a calorie burning machine. ive always training this way, never too heavy. but your muscles fill out better this way and you do get stronger , but your musles are able to handle more volume and less prone to injury