Training Legs More Than Once/Wk

[quote]KyleKeough wrote:

[quote]Razetsu wrote:
I AM CONSIDERING that putting your body in huge stress may also make you stronger if you’re start doing it natural[/quote]

Okay, stop with this apologist natural stuff. I’m 26, I compete at 148 lbs., I weigh around 155 lbs. outside of competition, and I’ve squatted 510 in knee wraps, benched 310 with a pause, and deadlifted 575 all in this training cycle. I just ran the base cycle and Smolov Jr. back-to-back over an eight-week period, while deadlifting. And I’m natural. AND I don’t regularly take BIG BAD CREATINE.

And I haven’t been in this sport for more than five years. And my level of talent, compared to some of the really good lifters in this sport, is laughable.

So let’s not set the bar so incredibly, pathetically low that a NATURAL and NO-CREATINE lifter can’t squat more than once per week. [/quote]

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[quote]mkral55 wrote:
I think this is one of the biggest things Ive learned in the last couple years, like everyone else is saying: you will adapt. So sore you cant walk for two days after squatting heavy? Been there. Once I started squatting or pulling every other day, I havent had DOMS in my legs since.

Forcing the body to adapt is a pretty big facet of what all weightlifters are trying to accomplish.[/quote]

yup…agree 100 percent . when I first started to train I lifted with a buddy who trains squat/deads once a week…period ; been that way for 25 years for him . I was always so fucking sore , but I thought that’s just the way it is .

I started tinkering with ME/DE style training after I started to train alone . and thats when I discovered the magic of hitting legs more often than every 7 days . every 4 days is my sweet spot ; 5 days isn’t too bad , but any more than that starts to suck real fast . a couple weeks back we had a 17" snowfall , which resulted in me having to move DE lower back a couple days… to what amounted to 8 days since ME lower . my legs felt like shit by day 6 ( could have been from the 6 hours of snow-blowing and shoveling also ) . and the day after finally finally squatting again was a total nightmare .

funny thing though , I found 5/3/1 way too taxing if the time between squatting and pulling wasnt enough . couldnt figure that out .

oh yeah…and OP…Im almost 50 and spend more on shoe laces than on supps .

[quote]KyleKeough wrote:

And I haven’t been in this sport for more than five years. And my level of talent, compared to some of the really good lifters in this sport, is laughable.

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thats wrong

[quote]marlboroman wrote:

[quote]KyleKeough wrote:

And I haven’t been in this sport for more than five years. And my level of talent, compared to some of the really good lifters in this sport, is laughable.

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thats wrong
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It’s funny how I only became “talented” once I started putting up decent totals. Nobody–myself included–fancied me as much of a “natural” athlete during my sucktastic high school (bench-warming) career.

I’m exaggerating a bit, but you get the idea. I wasn’t the sort of “phenom” you hear stories of doing X amount of weight the first time they touch a barbell when I started training.