(04-12-2016, 12:34 AM)Scott Stevenson Wrote: I think, especially if following the Basic Version, that training Day 1 and 2 without a rest day can create a nice pattern of deep training stress early in the training week that results in being quite fresh, especially for the last training day of the week (Day 4, or Day 3 if you're switching order as Dens is).
In other words, the second day of Muscle Rounds for that week comes after ~4 days of rest (for those muscle groups) meaning that they have gotten preferential treatment in terms of the week's recovery time before that workout. If nothing more, there's a psychological effect here b/c the previous time they were trained happened just a day after the previous workout workout. (It's like a mini-cruise during each week, favoring those muscle groups.)
-S
I've noticed this myself (thought could not put it so eloquently). I do Day 1 and Day 2 back to back in the mornings. After Day 2 (especially on Tier 3) I'm wrecked. A few times I've questioned hitting Day 3 at the tier I am at.
I train Day 3 and 4 Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. It's almost like having 2 days of rest between Day 2 and Day 3, and almost always I'm feeling fairly fresh by Day 3, and completely fresh by day 4 (almost like 5 days of rest) . That works well for me as my upper body needs more work than my lower. It's not a pattern I picked on purpose. But it thankfully worked out that way.
