Progression and overtraining

vandaalen · 2018-08-26T14:46:14+00:00

Just try it.

RylanBlackwood · 2018-08-26T15:05:18+00:00

Look up MRV on YouTube. Maximum recoverable volume. Basically it's the number of sets per muscle group that you can train every 8 days. 8 sets for maintenance. 16 sets minimum for growth. 20-25 sweet spot. 30-35 sweet spot for more advanced lifters.

It doesn't matter if you go 3 days or 6 days a week to the gym. What matters is the volume. Personally I go 7 days a week. I do 10 sets per muscle per session 3 times every 8 days, which will be a mixture of two exercises.

To maximise recovery: 1.8g of protein per kg of lean body weight (not including fat) 8 hours of sleep every fucking night. Take creatine. Supplement vitamins, particularly 30mg of zinc, magnesium vitamin D. Eat healthy fats. Nuts or coconut oil. Brown carbs. Greens (make soup with kale/spinach) 2 hot showers a day. 5 minute stretching before bed. Try to eat 30-40g of protein per meal numerous times a day to maximise muscle protein synthesis. Whey protein shake in the morning helps with this. And try to live as chilled out as fucking possible. Don't get road rage or technology rage etc.

TehJimmyy · 2018-08-26T15:13:47+00:00

For me it wasnt. YMMV

LatePillSwallower · 2018-08-26T14:51:59+00:00

Yes it is doable - keep your sleep and diet in check.

CalvinRichland · 2018-08-26T16:38:41+00:00

Age and sleep are more limiting. Get good sleep and i already figure you are sub 18. Eat healthy and sleep. Eat healthy and sleep. Eat healthy and sleep.

abudun79 · 2018-08-26T17:29:58+00:00

It is very risky doing anything like that if you have a goal (good wrestingling season) upfront and no experience in this extreme method (haven't experienced overtraining before). I assume you know that you cannot overthrow the mechanism of stress-recovery-adaption. But you can of course try to max it out by guessing how long it takes to recover and adapt while removing every stress from your life and sleeping and eating perfectly every single day.

It's a bet and you're likely to loose that bet the first time you try. Don't push too hard when the season is important to you, because recovery from overtraining or injuries following overtraining can take quite a while. Try it out, only if it's more important to you than the wrestling season is.

Title	Progression and overtraining
Author	YongThug
Upvotes	1
Comments	7
Date	August 26, 2018 2:44 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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