On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, David Lewandowski wrote: > I see nothing wrong training twice a week at least in the initial stages > of training but a point will eventually reached where you've gained enough > strength that your recovery ability will not keep pace with your ability to > induce a stress. It's interesting. During the summer I started working out more frequently -- 3x/week -- as Bill Phillips recommends. Initially this seemed to help me get stronger, but by the end of the summer I was feeling run-down and overstressed. Currently I lift every five days. My workout is now similar to yours: one set of 6 to 10 reps to failure, followed by a second "set" at increased weight of however many reps I can manage. Typically no more than three. If I do this with sufficient mental focus, I can feel the stress in the muscles for four days, which is why I don't work out again until the fifth. Todd Moody [log in to unmask]