The stronger you get, the greater the stress you place during a workout on
your body. At the same time, even though your body is somewhat more
efficient, your recuperative ability has probably not kept pace with your
strength gains.

Since the 1970's bodybuilders have been reducing the frequency of workouts,
and instead, upping the intensity - for better results. Many now train a
bodypart just once a week. I train chest and back on Mondays and shoulders
and arms on Fridays. Others prefer to split it between 'pushing' and
'pulling' muscles. That's it for the upper body. If I train more often, I
get sore shoulders and often notice that I haven't recovered from the
previous workout.

Arthur McConnachie
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From: "Mary Craddock" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 12:06 PM
Subject: [P-F] weight training and energy


> worked out with weights Friday, upper body (do this 3 x wk Mon, Wed, Fri)
> For the first time since I started weight training 6 months ago I had kind
of
> an energy collapse. I completed my first set of overhead press and could
not
> finish my next two sets. It felt like I was lifting twice as much weight
as I
> actually was. I did complete the whole workout but it was limited in reps
and
> sets. The next day I was sore. Should not have been.

> I figured I ran out of glycogen and my muscles just couldn't perform.
> What do you think?