Has your thinking or feelings about the advice presented in the “Best Damn Program for Natties” changed at all in the last few years especially with many coaches like Mike Israetel advocating much higher volumes, frequency and less perceived exertion (concepts like Reps in Reserve) as one of the mai…

Seems to me that if you can’t handle ONE working set, given the push/pull split, there is something seriously wrong with your recovery abilities… Especially if you’re enhanced. Aaannndddd, I do not believe CT is influenced by anyone. He’s his own man and has his own training philosophy. Now, that p…

This program is made to be the most recoverable possible, how is that possible? What’s your strength and technique level (I’m assuming both are high but who knows)? Otherwise yeah there’s must be something wrong

[image] shawn_stone: For people like me who burn out quick, do you suggest just stopping the weights shy of failure and avoid the drop sets, myo reps, intensity extenders? Or maybe leaving them to just the last week before a deload? CT’s article posted three days ago discusses pretty much exa…

Fizzling out in 2-3 weeks is extremely fast alright. What was your sleep like during this period? What was your diet like? How was your stress level? Participating in any additional physical activities? Surely there’s an underlying explanation as to why you couldn’t recover properly.

[image] shawn_stone: just stopping the weights shy of failure and avoid the drop sets, myo reps, intensity extenders? Or maybe leaving them to just the last week before a deload? yeah pretty much this. or one of his other programs without failure work like ‘Complete Power Look’

[image] shawn_stone: Has your thinking or feelings about the advice presented in the “Best Damn Program for Natties” changed at all in the last few years especially with many coaches like Mike Israetel advocating much higher volumes, frequency and less perceived exertion (concepts like Reps in R…

And I love Mike, and agree with most of what he says. And I agree that volume can have an impact on muscle growth. But it is not the main factor. From a review posted by Dr.Stuart Phillips: In contrast, RET (resistance exercise training) -induced muscular hypertrophy is primarily mediated by inten…

CT’s article posted three days ago discusses pretty much exactly this. Hi Chris, I couldn’t find anywhere in the article where CT talked about intensity modifiers on a program like this. I like the old program. The strength and size came fast. Unfortunately so did the burnout and injuries. I’m w…

Blockquote Seems to me that if you can’t handle ONE working set, given the push/pull split, there is something seriously wrong with your recovery abilities… Especially if you’re enhanced. Aaannndddd, I do not believe CT is influenced by anyone. He’s his own man and has his own training philosophy.…

BlockquoteAs I point out in my article, a natural trainee need to decrease the RPE (rate of perceived effort) to accomodate a higher volume to avoid excessive cortisol levels. If you increase volume too much and decrease RPE accordingly you might miss out on the main hypertrophy stimulus. This is…

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