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June 27 Daily Thread
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Is this too much for 1 full upper body day? All were 3x10 except bench, it was 5x5.
Bench press
Lat pulls
Rows
Shoulder press
Chest press
Chest flies
Delt flies
Preacher curls
Triceps extension
Dumbell curls
Lat raises
Front raises
Dumbell bench press
Shoulder shrugs
Bw: 188.1lb. Height 5'10. Been lifting 3.5 months, eating ~180g protein per day, 1800 calories.
Not too much if you were training at Gold’s Gym in 1977.
If you have the time and desire to do this much training, then I say do it. You’ll learn a lot about yourself. 1800 calories is likely pretty low if you are running this kind of volume for your training.
It just confused me bc from what I've seen other people say this is too much, but I've gotten great results from running a schedule like this the past 3 months. Bench has gone from 130 to 195, hacksquats increased by 100 lbs, etc.
Idk i just do whatever feels fun at the moment bc I think that's the only way I'll stick with it, if that makes sense.
If you're having fun and it's working, then it's fine. As a beginner just about anything will work and doing something you like is pretty important.
Now, is it too much? I'd guess that by the end of the workout you're not getting much stimulus because your body is too fatigued to really work hard enough to drive adaptation, but it's unlikely that you're going to overdo it by so much that it's a problem beyond just wasting time.
That’s because HIT is the new flavor of the weeks. This idea that you train so hard on those few sets that you max out the training effect and any additional volume is just eating into your ability to recover. It got really big when Dorian Yates was doing it, then again when Dante Trudel was, and it’s coming back in style.
High volume worked for Arnold Schwarzenegger, it worked for Ronnie Coleman, and it will work for you too. Anything will, really, if you push yourself.
Agree though that if you’re doing that much volume, you need to eat big. If you’re cutting, then I would probably still train heavy but reduce the workload.