lostweekend

Yes, I certainly found that on occasions I was teetering on the edge of being burnt out. I find this is always a potential problem with full body routines and I have to be very strict to avoid the "Oh, I'll just add in an extra exercise" syndrome. When I did this variation I was eating well which helped me stay on top of the routine.

I also suffered from lack of fractional plates, so when I was approaching my maxs I either didn't increment the weight or incremented and accepted that I may miss the target on the last set by a rep. I found that with this approach in the last 8 weeks I was typically incrementing up only 1/2 the exercises each week, but the next week I was able to increment the ones that hadn't moved (or hit the target on those that fell short the previous week). By being conservative I avoided the burn out and exceeded all my pbs by far.

TBH it was such a delicate balance that I find the dual factor programs (alternating load and deload/intensity periods) easier to follow as they're a bit more prescriptive - although less superior in terms of results!