Massive Iron - Steve Shaw
How BODYBUILDING is Being DESTROYED - By Modern Lifting
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This video addresses how to optimize rest periods between sets to maximize muscle gain.
There's no one-size-fits-all rest period and emphasizes listening to your body. The goal is to feel recovered enough mentally and physically to give your next set your all.
Here are the key takeaways:
Focus on maximizing each set: Prioritize quality over strict rest times. Train hard and strive to improve upon previous workouts.
Listen to your body: Rest until you feel physically and mentally prepared to tackle the next set effectively. Heavy compound exercises like dumbbell rows may require longer rest (around 5 minutes) compared to isolation exercises.
Rest serves recovery for the next set: Don't waste time on distractions between sets, but prioritize relaxation to optimize your next effort.
Break the rules if necessary: If you find a specific rest time (e.g., 2.5 minutes for bench press) enhances your training, stick with it. However, if structured rest periods hinder the quality of your sets, re-evaluate your approach.
Rest-pause training is an exception: Brief rests (10-20 seconds) are used between mini-sets within a rest-pause training protocol. However, the overall effort is considered one set. Rest until ready to hit the next "cluster" of mini-sets within the rest-pause training.
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During the beginning stages of training it's normal to see rapid progress. Once you hit the intermediate stages of lifting progress can slow and it can leave us feeling like we are stalling or doing something wrong.
This is generally not the case at all.
The grind stages of lifting and progress take place over a three to five year period of time. During this time I can feel like you're not making much progress at all... but this is a lie.
This lie leads to distractions, program hopping, and can even lead to frustration and time away from the gym.
Let's look at an example. Let's say we have a lifter with a bench press max of 185 pounds. Let's also say that this lifter "only" adds one rep to his top bench press set every 6 weeks.
Most of us would consider this a plateau and feel like a complete failure.
But let's say you continued making this rate of progress over the next 4 to 5 years. Where would your bench press be?
The truth is your bench press max would now be 360 to 400 pounds.
This is a hard pill to swallow, but the truth of the matter is that during your intermediate years slow progress is normal progress unless you're an absolute freak.
This is why consistency in both training and nutrition is so important. If you mess around and program hop, or if you mess around and don't take your nutrition seriously, you'll wake up 5 years from now with a 200 pound bench press.
It is the lifters that trust is the lifters that trust the process and remain consistent that reap the rewards.
It's unlikely you have a plateau. It's more likely that you have unrealistic expectations.
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Always take a bigger picture view. Obviously, you want to utilize common sense and not do anything that's going to encourage injuries, but beyond that feel free to try things.
Feel free to make adjustments that might not make sense to other lifters. Don't be locked down or boxed in by fear of being sub optimal.
In the long run as long as you are consistent, nailing your nutrition, training hard, and pushing for progressive overload, it's okay to smash conventional rules and try new things.
The body is not that fragile. It's okay to play around and try new splits, and formats, and new exercise orders that might not make sense in the world of optimal.
It's okay to do your pec dec before bench press. It's okay to squat last on leg day. It's okay to do any of these things as long as you are recovering, not increasing the risk of injury, and most of all enjoying your workouts.
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▶ First, it's about consistency. You need to consistently nail your training over a long period of time - 5 to 10 years. There's no way around this.
▶ Second, you need to get a lot stronger than you are now. While we are not specifically chasing strength, if you do not get strong you are not training hard. Hard training inherently produces strength gains over time.
▶ Lastly, it's not just good enough to eat your protein and calories. It's not just good enough to eat healthy. To maximize your gym results you need to have very focused lean bulks.
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Step one involves deciding on the number of training days per week, with options ranging from two to five days. For those with a more flexible schedule, the total number of workouts can vary each week.
Step two involves calculating the number of hard sets per week, with 18 hard sets per 75-minute workout as a guideline.
Step three is determining the total set volume based on the number of training days per week.
Step four involves multiplying the total volume by 2/3 to focus on major muscle groups like chest, upper back, quads, and delts.
Step five is dividing the major set volume by four to determine the sets per major muscle group.
Step six is finding the remainder of sets, which are allocated to minor muscle groups like arms and hamstrings.
Step seven involves deciding on additional exercises for areas like forearms, traps, abs, and calves, based on personal priorities and available time.
Step eight is choosing a workout split that aligns with the weekly training frequency, with options like full body, upper/lower splits, or body part splits.
Finally, step nine is assigning exercises to the workout structure, prioritizing the most challenging exercises and ensuring a balanced program.
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