I already told him to look into that the first time around. Personally, I don’t see any point in experimenting just for the sake of figuring out your absolute limits, but once you are overreaching and it’s not due to shitty sleep, stress, or lack of food then you are doing too much. If you are over MRV then it’s too much, and there is also no need to aim to be right at MRV either. Just because you could have done a few more sets and still recovered doesn’t necessarily mean that a few more sets would have been better. Unless you are a beginner, if you are making progress then you are doing something right.
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I agree. Didn’t read through the whole thread.
I think these are pretty good indicators for most people.
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Since it’s based on physiological response (recovery/supercompensation) I don’t know that it is training specific. The techniques of measurement may vary, but they all speak to the same load/recovery axiom.
I use it for cardio training/maintenance. At say, 50-75% of my sustainable output, it’s just maintenance. I won’t become fatigued and won’t improve. At 80ish-95% I’ll improve. Running past into 100+ percent heads straight to a crash.
I’ve noticed that it tracks pretty well with other typical loading parameters for other types of training and the general adaptation syndrome as a whole.
But as with anything, ymmv.
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This is in regards to hypertrophy training. I am not convinced this would be a good method for strength training…what’s ,in your opinion,a good method???