Beyond Brawn - The Insider's Encyclopedia on How to Build Muscle && Might

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only a handful of them being progressive. Weight-training success is about

results, not just about how many hours you clock up at a gym.

The bottom line on training frequency

. Experiment with training frequency to see what delivers steady and consis-

tent exercise poundage gains for you. is will be relative to your individual

recovery ability and the type of training program you use.

. e training frequency that best suits you for your current program may not

be what is best for you for your next program. e type of training approach

used, the way you organize the exercises over the workouts, specific exer-

cises selected, the degree of exercise overlap and duplication over the course

of the training week, the intensity and volume you are using, and rest and

nutrition habits, can all influence the optimum training frequency of each of

your exercises.

. What one person may gain quickest on can be very different from what

another person gains fastest on. If you can squat twice a week and add a

pound each workout to your top work set, you will make much faster prog-

ress than someone who can only add a pound a workout if he squats once

every – days. But if the latter fellow squats hard twice a week, he will

stagnate, get overtrained, and lose strength. e faster gainer is better off

than the slower gainer, but there is nothing (drug-free) that the slower gainer

can do to improve matters assuming that he is truly fully attending to all the

components of recovery, and is training well on an abbreviated program. e

slower gainer should not copy the faster gainer, and the faster gainer may

e recommendation to delay training if you are not recovered

from your previous workout is not license to be lackadaisical with

your training. Training consistency is absolutely essential. But

only consistent dedication to something that works is going to do

you any good. You could be the world’s most dedicated trainee,

but if your training is not working, then all that dedication and

training consistency will not produce bigger and stronger muscles.

Find a training volume and frequency that work well for you, and

then become a super-consistent trainee, only delaying or skipping

a workout under exceptional conditions.

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