trainees who are not making required size gains on the once-a-week training of
each exercise, trying the ideas detailed in the rest of this chapter makes sense.. More frequent training, within reason, may build the same strength increases
and produce more size; or, it may yield greater strength and size gains. In
some cases, the greater frequency of training may build less strength but
more size, relatively speaking. You need to experiment, sensibly, to find the
right balance for you. Naturally, if you increase training frequency too much,
your progress in all respects will stagnate or even go backwards. ere can
be a fine line between enough, and too much.. Your level of strength and development can affect the effectiveness of a given inter-
pretation of training. While more frequent training may better suit novice and
some intermediate bodybuilders, it may be a negative step for advanced power
men.. If you are steadily getting stronger, and strength is your priority, stay with
what you are currently doing. If you are getting stronger from abbreviated
training, but not seeing the size increases that you think should accompany
the strength gains, I suggest you try the following.Twice-a-week divided program... modified
. e additional framework I want to include is a modified version of Frame-
work in Chapter . Framework has a full-body list of exercises divided
into two groups, and each group or routine is typically performed once a
week.. For the “Twice-a-week divided program... modified,” split the full-body (but
still abbreviated) list of exercises into two routines with no serious overlap,
then alternate the routines over three workouts per week, rather than the
two workouts per week as in Framework . In this way, instead of each
exercise being hit once per week and thus two times every two weeks, each
movement is now hit three times every two weeks, i.e., every four or at most
five days. Here is an example:Monday
a. Squat or squat equivalent
b. Stiff-legged deadlift from just below the knees
c. Calf raise
d. Ab work