Splitting Up Training Days

[nick xynias]

As usual, Altamir gave a great answer.

There is also something interesting in your bottom line question (bolded above), Nick, that applies to point B in Altamir's response.

Your inquiry, taken at face value, is only about spitting the training up over 6 days vs. 4 days. It's not about adjusting the volume of the training...

Your last sentence suggests you have some intention or thought that you might train at a higher volume Tier using this configuration. You're basically insinuating that the issue with a 6 day / week would be that volume could end up being too high.

To help with your thinking here, I'd ask:

Why would spreading the program out over 6 vs. 4 days / week, keep all else the same, create a volume conundrum, e.g., such that Volume Tier II is not too much (when it was OK when training 4x / week). If that were the case, then 6 days /w eek would be cutting into you recovery (you can't handle the training volume) and this is your answer, IMO: Train and recover in a matter such that you can use as much volume as possible.

Or it could be, as I mention above, that maybe unconsciously, you were thinking you'd end up doing a higher volume Tier this way (ala point B in Altamir's response) and thus create a volume issue that way.

Or maybe I'm just reading too much into this, but I find it interesting to untangle questions like yours to see if it reveals anything about one's underlying thinking about training that can be helpful to inspect.

-S

Okay far out Scott you actually hit the nail on the head!! . I think subconsciously I'd be going balls out on load AND pump sessions which would most definitely increase volume, because for my I love being in the gym so going for 1.5 hour sessions is just the norm - so if I finished a pump session earlier I'd probably keep going! Which is why I asked about whether the volume would be too much.

I was really just curious whether it had been done before, but clearly it hasn't with great success so I'm going to finish reading the book (which i should have done before asking this question) haha and start my bulk from Tier 1

How long does each session usually last??


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