not want to train less frequently if he is gaining well on his current training
schedule. But, the faster gainer should experiment with once-a-week squat-
ting for a couple of months—he may find that on that training frequency he
can gain in strength, per week, at a faster rate than he was while squatting
twice a week. ere may not, however, be an increase in muscle gain at the
reduced training frequency to accompany the strength gain.. I am not promoting a radical training frequency for the sake of it. I am pro-
moting it because it is a necessity for many trainees. What matters most is
what works best for you. If training on one frequency does not work well for
you, but a lesser frequency does, then train on the lesser frequency. Despite
this being so obvious, many people continue to imprison themselves in a
training frequency that is excessive for them.. Coaches and trainers need to be very careful when prescribing training fre-
quency for their charges. Training frequency should be personalized for the
individual concerned, not dictated based on the success of star pupils and/or
the coach or trainer himself. Considerable input from each charge must be
provided, and some experimentation through rational trial and error needs
to be carried out. Some coaches and trainers have such rigid training prin-
ciples, including training frequency (both gross weekly frequency, and of
how often each exercise should be hit) that they take any suggestion of a
different frequency being better for some people, as an affront. Rather than
having a sympathetic understanding of different needs among their charges,
and a flexible training methodology, the coaches and trainers often vent their
frustration by slamming as “wimps” anyone who cannot gain on their pre-
scriptions.. Volume and intensity of training are reflected in frequency of training. Hard
training can be productively done with slightly greater volume and fre-
quency than can very hard training, which in turn can be done with slightly
greater volume and frequency than can brutally hard work. (See Chapter
for definitions of effort levels.). e more intensive and demanding the training, the greater the recovery
time needed. Smaller doses of growth stimulation, but a greater number of
them, may produce the same end result as that from larger but fewer doses
of stimulation, but then again they might not. For the sake of variety, and
to make the most of each interpretation, you could alternate the approaches
over successive training cycles.