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Originally Posted by Mydivorcegift
Defensive? LMAO...not even close....
You have done well and appear to be in good shape. I brought this up when you started talking about not training the same body part two days in a row, and it leads to overtraining and injuries, etc...Then someone chimed in and stated it as "the truth". It's not....it's actually false and wrong. So we will just chalk it up to you being one of those hard headed old dogs. Which is really too bad...you may could learn something, it could help you achieve whatever goals you want quicker. The enemy of great is good....
Now with regards to what's in red....I'd love, love for you to tell this to my girlfriend lol....
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I'm going to have to disagree with you on this. First, I believe the statement I made was generally speaking you should not train more than two days in a row, no mention of body parts, I was also , as stated somewhere was referring to heavy lifting which taxes the body on more than the muscular level. Perhaps you've advanced so far as to have forgotten the basics. Even most of the programs you have cited here and there don't train more than 2-days in a row and the authors of most of the programs we've discussed also mention this in their general rules. In most programs although not specified, if you look at them they usually have some sort of split to allow time for recovery. I've never said as an absolute it should never be done, there are circumstances and programs where it is but again it's very often not recommended that it is not for beginners and should be used by those with some solid training under their belt. It is also true that some individuals can easily handle much more training than others and there are so many variables that fall into place, a big one, believe me I know is age, genetics, body composition, outside activities work schedules, crap, after leg day when I have to run up and down two flights of stairs to my parts department a zillion times a day I can easily say I don't recover as easily as someone sit's on their ass all day, working legs again too quickly can easily cause overtraining. So to say it is wrong or untrue is not justified. Again, I'm giving advice based on tried and true basics that are proven to work for the majority of people regardless of training experience. It's like if someone came into my shop and said, I've never drag raced before but I want to start, what would you recommend for a bike. I sure as hell am not going to suggest I build them a Pro Dragster or Pro Stock Harley because I did, I would start them off on something like a super modified so as he doesn't kill himself. Someone who doesn't train or hasn't in a while should not jump into advance programs or there is a good chance he/she will over train or hurt themselves. And by the way, over training is quite frequent although not necessarily evident. Often over training can sometimes be overlooked. Some poor soul is working his ass off in the gym and not making gains and wonders why, sometimes easing off will cure the problem, why, because of over training.
We can argue this all day but when it comes down to it this "old dog" still believes in the basics and always will.
We would make good training partners as it would save me a bundle on pre-workout stimulants lol. Crap, you're writings got me going enough to hit the elliptical for some HIIT on my day off just so I wouldn't boil over.