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Controlling volume
I used to read articles by Wendler or Tate that discussed controlling volume. If you read any article by either of these guys on ME work, you’ll see an admonition to control your volume. You’re making a huge mistake if you don’t control your training volume.
The biggest mistake I made was that I tried to build too many things at the same time. I wanted to bring up too many weak body parts or too many different kinds of strength simultaneously. I trained for powerlifting but used assistance work to make my physique look better instead of addressing my weaknesses...
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Deloading
Periodically deloading is one of the big things that is related to volume and helps control recovery. This is something that I would read[3] about and think I didn’t need to do because I felt fine. I “felt” strong...
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Extra workouts
This is an area where I did everything wrong. Extra workouts are not an excuse to get in another butt busting workout. Extra workouts, as Dave, Jim, Louie, and others have stated before, are to compliment and help your main workouts. They have no other reason. I never did that. I did extra workouts that were too intense.
You can use extra workouts for different things like recovery, bringing up a weak area, increasing GPP, and increasing muscle mass. If you’re doing it for any reason other than for recovery, you need to proceed with caution...
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Weak body parts
Most people think that the way to fix this is with extra (or more) work. I remember reading that Dr. Mel Siff once said, “Training optimally is better than training maximally.” For me, one way to fix weaknesses without extra work was exercise selection. I had to pick exercises with a high payoff. If I selected the right exercises (and not too darn many), I made progress. That’s what I do now, and guess what? I’m hitting PRs right and left again. Translation: Picking the right exercises and the right number of exercises is making me stronger. And I’m making progress without extra workouts...
Lonnie Watson
I used to read articles by Wendler or Tate that discussed controlling volume. If you read any article by either of these guys on ME work, you’ll see an admonition to control your volume. You’re making a huge mistake if you don’t control your training volume.
The biggest mistake I made was that I tried to build too many things at the same time. I wanted to bring up too many weak body parts or too many different kinds of strength simultaneously. I trained for powerlifting but used assistance work to make my physique look better instead of addressing my weaknesses...
...
Deloading
Periodically deloading is one of the big things that is related to volume and helps control recovery. This is something that I would read[3] about and think I didn’t need to do because I felt fine. I “felt” strong...
...
Extra workouts
This is an area where I did everything wrong. Extra workouts are not an excuse to get in another butt busting workout. Extra workouts, as Dave, Jim, Louie, and others have stated before, are to compliment and help your main workouts. They have no other reason. I never did that. I did extra workouts that were too intense.
You can use extra workouts for different things like recovery, bringing up a weak area, increasing GPP, and increasing muscle mass. If you’re doing it for any reason other than for recovery, you need to proceed with caution...
...
Weak body parts
Most people think that the way to fix this is with extra (or more) work. I remember reading that Dr. Mel Siff once said, “Training optimally is better than training maximally.” For me, one way to fix weaknesses without extra work was exercise selection. I had to pick exercises with a high payoff. If I selected the right exercises (and not too darn many), I made progress. That’s what I do now, and guess what? I’m hitting PRs right and left again. Translation: Picking the right exercises and the right number of exercises is making me stronger. And I’m making progress without extra workouts...
Lonnie Watson
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