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Written by Max Citrin
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Saturday, 26 January 2008 |
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Page 3 of 4 Ray used to pose the rhetorical question, “if overtraining is so scientific and so factual, then explain how professional athletes work out 8 hours per day? Are bodybuilders not professional athletes?” His point was that, like other pro athletes bodybuilders can adapt their bodies to higher workloads. Like tennis players who wake up in the morning and practice some serves, continue on till lunch by practicing other shots and some windsprints, then come back after lunch for to do their strength training and agility drills and practice some match-style play. Like tennis players bodybuilders have many aspects of their game. They need to work on the density with heavy weights, the definition with lighter weights, the V-taper of the back with wide-grip pullups, and the depth of the chest with pullovers. There are many aspects to the game. They can be addressed in a professional manner. Some work is more intense, some is less intense. The more time spent doing intense work, the more time must be spent doing light work to recuperate, until the point that the body can handle intense work all the time. Sure you can get big and muscular by working out a muscle and then giving your body a week to recuperate. But will you ever perfect that muscle? Will never feel what it feels like to be able to work out for two hours at full-intensity at 5am and then work out for another 3 at full-intensity later in the day, holding nothing back on any of your sets? Talk about feeling alive. You may get bigger, but you are not going to get perfect proportion and definition without putting the time in. You may get bigger, but you’re not gonna be Branch Warren anyway, so what does it matter if you are 10 pounds bigger when you look basically the same to everyone. You want to look better, not just bigger. Better only comes from adding quality size, shape and proportion. DISCLAIMER**Keep in mind that I built up to this workload over time with diligence and persistence by slowly raising my general physical preparedness and work capacity. It would not be advisable to jump into this program without a couple months of progressive work. I give some tips on how to approach building your work capacity to the point that you can handle this level of volume with full-intensity during all sets. But, I would urge anyone who is seriously thinking of trying this program to contact me so I can guide you to where you can reach this workload safely.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 February 2008 )
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