Overtraining for mass

[num1son]

Howso Gods son, elaborate... I'm thinking I have been over training for a while now and well its got me thinking so I'd like to hear your imput

K

[Gods Son]

I used to do countless sets,and train each bodypart twice a week.On gear i still made gains,but when I cut back to 4 days training and bodyparts only once the gains almost doubled.For me overtraining is easy to recognize....I have the craziest dreams,basically dont rest good.

[Gods Son]

but it took 10 years almost to realize why i dreamed i was floating,asleep and couldnt wake myself.

[Gods Son]

I do every every 2 hrs religeously and wake up at 4 am to get a protein shakemidway thru my sleep time... Do you have a sample of something as a guideline for a once a week workout routine. I have gotten so wrapped up that I often get too stuck and don't take that step back

K

if your not dieting use milk protein before bed...It knots up in your stomach and breaks down slowly,sort of time released. Dont sacrafice your rest...Its more important than what you do in the gym.

[num1son]

I've done variations of high volume training my whole life I do a minimum of 25 sets per body part 2 or 3x a week, with lots of reps, even if they are forced I keep my wgt heavy but I do forces as often as I can, Im gonna try the one part a day routine and see what happens

K

[powerhouse 48]

good luck...........get huge!

[num1son]

Yah, Im going for my goal of 260lbs :) I hope to be there by jan 1st

K

[powerhouse 48]

the biggest ive been was 265@5'9 and about 17%bf, now i'm 242@15-16% (shitty i know) going into my fall bulker next month (drol, deca, test)....i'm spending the next few weeks gettin prepped (back in shape) and wanna hit 270 stayin below 20%.

[num1son]

Yah i'm trying my hardest, good luck with the goals powerhouse

K

[rippedsucka]

I used to be in the same boat. Although, I wasn't on gear I still thought that the more work put in the gym the bigger my muscles would get. Later, I realized that the gym is comes third to diet and adequate rest in order to see continuous gains.

[num1son]

i spend 1.5 hrs a day in the gym its the other 22.5 that matter most when it comes to gains :)

K

[num1son]

did my first chest workout today benched for the first time in 1.5 yrs did 6x 5-6 reps actual sets of 325lbs not bad but not stellar, and then went incline db's and did 6 sets 15 reps(they only go to 100lbs) sux but hey maybe I can ask the owner to spend a lil for some 150's :)

K

[Shibby]

Just remeber you grow while you sleep not in the gym. If you are doing the lifts correctly, you should only need a few sets with 2-3 different exercises per muscle group. Instead of doing 6 sets of 15 with the 100lb db, try slowing down your candance to have the speed. I'm not sure what your candance is, but for the exercises that I don't have a heavy enough dumbell for, to do it at my normal pace, I go 6 secs down, 1 sec pause to make sure I'm not using momentum, then 6 sec back up. Remember it's about muscle fiber recruitment. As your first fibers fail, then your muscles start firing the dormant ones.

[powerhouse 48]

he just reiterated my point from earlier, since the dumbells arent the core of you workout, but more supplementary, slow the lift down and focus on strong contractions.

[num1son]

like negatives instead?

K