[quote]dhuge67 wrote:
Kill’Em All wrote:
1 day off a week? your setting your cortisol up to sky rocket.
You might try working out 4 days a week, 2 on 1 off, and do your hit in the morning or evening of your workouts still giving you 3 days off a week.
Why would cortisol sky rocket from frequent activity?
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So you’re saying 30-60 mins of activity a day(be it weights or some type of cardio, etc.) is going to cause cortisol to skyrocket? I gotta disagree with this.
For starters, its not like you would be training the same things everyday. And splits help. And periworkout nutrition plays a factor. Proper sleep, etc.
To the OP, one thing I will say about your schedule is you plan on doing HIIT, and then legs the next, that probably isn’t the best thing, since your legs might not be recovered.
THE only lifters how can train Daily and not get affected by cortissol, are those on the juice.[/quote]
This is one extremely FALSE and ignorant statement. You can’t make blanket statements like that because everyone does not share the same genetics or ability to recover. It also depends on WHAT is being worked everyday and HOW. If I train one body part a day, it is impossible to make progress by training daily? According to whom? You and your extensive background in biology?
THE only lifters how can train Daily and not get affected by cortissol, are those on the juice.
This is one extremely FALSE and ignorant statement. You can’t make blanket statements like that because everyone does not share the same genetics or ability to recover. It also depends on WHAT is being worked everyday and HOW. If I train one body part a day, it is impossible to make progress by training daily? According to whom? You and your extensive background in biology?[/quote]
I also hate blanket statements like this. I seriously question how effective your training is if you never push yourself. No one is saying go 6 hrs a day everyday, but 1-2 hrs a day everyday wont kill you as long as you are doing different things each day.
Thibs killed this myth in one of his recent articles.
[quote]greekdawg wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Kill’Em All wrote:
THE only lifters how can train Daily and not get affected by cortissol, are those on the juice.
This is one extremely FALSE and ignorant statement. You can’t make blanket statements like that because everyone does not share the same genetics or ability to recover. It also depends on WHAT is being worked everyday and HOW. If I train one body part a day, it is impossible to make progress by training daily? According to whom? You and your extensive background in biology?
I also hate blanket statements like this. I seriously question how effective your training is if you never push yourself. No one is saying go 6 hrs a day everyday, but 1-2 hrs a day everyday wont kill you as long as you are doing different things each day.
Thibs killed this myth in one of his recent articles.
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It’s particularly ridiculous to say that CNS burnout is still ‘bound’ to occur with some of those days being cardio. Especially if all of that cardio is not intense. Of course, even 6 days of hard lifting a week is not bound to lead to burnout for someone whose built up to it, recovers well, and has taken steps both in and out of the gym to optimize recovery.
[quote]Kill’Em All wrote:
snewland22 wrote:
That One Guy wrote:
dhuge67 wrote:
Kill’Em All wrote:
1 day off a week? your setting your cortisol up to sky rocket.
You might try working out 4 days a week, 2 on 1 off, and do your hit in the morning or evening of your workouts still giving you 3 days off a week.
Why would cortisol sky rocket from frequent activity?
yeah i believe it is after prolonged activity like more than an hour training that it is believed for cortisol to shoot up. You would think it would go back down from day to day.
My understanding is that one experiences elevated cortisol levels for only about 2 hours after training. Furthermore, you can further guard against increased cortisol levels by keeping carbs up during your workout. Being carb depleted during a workout causes cortisol levels to increase more than normal, if I’m not mistaken. Having said all that, I don’t think this is a big issue for those who have their workouts, diet, and supplementation in order.
I disagree
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do you live by this? its guys like this that look at themselves in the mirror and wonder why they are so skinny. your right i can’t workout out my shoulders because they will cause cortisol levels to SKYROCKET and I will never make progress because i don’t wait a day in between arm day and shoulder day.
Note: not that i have a split like this but it is an example.
I see the overtraining nazis have come out of hiding and were promptly put back in their place. Allow me to add that I think overtraining is a myth. At best, its a state about .05% of the population will ever get to. And yes, I made that stat up, but the bottom line is I’m not overtraining and neither is anyone else, for the most part.
Its just another excuse sorry asses (whose #s are steadily increasing these days) use to “take the day off”. I have never once heard a big guy mention overtraining. On the other hand, I have heard the 130lb personal trainer (seriously!) at my gym speak of it often. Save your science, this is all the empirical data I need.
Back on topic, I start cutting in 3 weeks. I expect to be around 255-257 by then. I hope the cutting doesn’t take me any lower than 235-240. I’ve decided to do 2 days of HIIT and start HRX. Diet will remain the same with one exception. Before bed, I have 2 PB sandwiches, 1/3 cup cashews and a protein shake. I’m going to cut the sandwiches. I’ll also cut all desserts, but don’t I don’t eat many cookies, etc. anyway. I’ll try to take some pics.