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Originally Posted by genan  unless your a pro you shouldn`t think about lifting twice a day. I thought the whys are quite obvious. namely intensity+/ overtraining issues. |
So say Guy A & B do this workout...
Chest:
Barbell bench flat 5 x 10-6
barbell Incline bench 5 x 10-6
flys 5 x 10
pulloveres 3 x 10
Triceps:
Close grip bench 3 x 10-6
skull crushers 3 x 10-6
Pressdowns 3 x 10-6
Ok now these are all work sets.
Now Guy A does this whole sesion in one go it takes about 1.5 hours with rest. he has one pre workout drink and post work out shake.
his body has 1 chance to get the nutrents to the muscle groups like this.
However guy B does this
Guy B wakes up, has a good breakfast then after a while he has a pre workout drink
then does
Chest:
Barbell bench flat 5 x 10-6
barbell Incline bench 5 x 10-6
flys 5 x 10
pulloveres 3 x 10
Notice this is the same work as guy A did for chest, but because he knows this is all he has to do in the AM he goes mental balls to the walls. Now all that energy from the pre workout shake is devoted to chest and so is his post work out drink.
Now idealy or man now goes back home has another meal and gets a nap
this enhances his recover and nutrent uptake.
Now in the PM he does Triceps
He takes his pre workout drink again - all that energy for just the triceps now...
Triceps:
Close grip bench 3 x 10-6
skull crushers 3 x 10-6
Pressdowns 3 x 10-6
The guy is totaly motivated and fresh, he has a blinding session and the guys in the gym worship him like a god.
after he gets a post workout shake and another meal.
rest repeat.
Why would this not work?
I dont understand your getting 2x the amound of nutrents into the body that way, more sucesfull lifting and more mental focus in the session. Your also getting more recover time in because that nap that our man took helps in the recovery from the first session.
Its one of the things you realy should give a chance before you write it off as ****.
To be honest very few of the people that are training in gyms today are overtraining - the body can take a masive amount of punishment it was designed to do that. I would rather point to the fact that the majoirty of people are undertraining and thats the true reasion for lack of progress coupled with a poor diet and poor rest recovery cycle this results in no progress.