(02-15-2018, 12:16 AM)Scott Stevenson Wrote: Many folks grow will with Tier I and as long as you're progressing and nutrition is appropriate, then it can definitely be effective, ESPECIALLY if you're more motivated to train hard and eek out progress.
A few thoughts for you:
I'd do a personal inventory here and figure out:
Your goal - Long and short term, making them operationalized and measurable. Do you want to compete, and if so, when, what division, what show, etc. Do you want to weigh XXXlb at X%BF and if so, when and how will you get there (gain then drop fat?), when is the deadline and how will you measure body fat?...
A goal can also be to enjoy each and every workout, as well - to find a way to make it fun. (You can even rate your sessions in your log book to be sure you're on track.
Review the above at the start of your workout as you ask yourself, "Why am I here?"
Find a training partner who will kick your ass and make it fun to train. (This may not work for everyone, but a good training partner is great. This could be a guy who is stronger than you, or maybe a woman who trains like a banshee and makes you want to push harder. )
-S
Totally get where your coming from S.
Normally or should I say when I am not experiencing this over training fatigue then I absolutely go balls to the wall in and throughout every set.. I mean even when I AM experiencing it I do the same as in train really intense but just feel like written off instead of energized.
To update you, I trained yesterday doing a hybrid Tier 1 cruise workout which consisted of doing a single MR and pump set for Chest & Arms and a single MR for the rest of my upper body (shoulders, back, abs). It was good and everything felt blown up. I actually got some minor DOMS in my arms for the first time in never.. and felt energized throughout so maybe the additional few days rest has alleviated some of this fatigue.
I know that body weight needs to increase substantially to gain any substantial size but do you think with me having trouble growing these arms that experiencing some kind of DOMS is a beneficial sign, or a negative sign?
As in do you think that this is feedback telling me that I have done too much volume in a single session or ?
Correct me if I am wrong but the feeling of DOMS indicates to me that I have actually worked the muscle, worked it enough to stimulate it as such but not annihilate it as I literally did an MR & a pump set not 15 sets of 10 reps for 4 different exercises like I see some kids do (over exaggeration maybe).
It is very subtle and not your typical soreness which leaves you absolutely crippled.
The idea of having a training partner is obviously a good one but unfortunately I've had two training partners and neither of them have been able to stick it out.. some of the sets have left them for dead.
Heavy MR's, 5's into the hole on leg press, high rep sets for pump etc have taken them way out of there comfort zone and to a place of no return lol
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