Guest guest Posted April 4, 2001 Report Share Posted April 4, 2001 Currently I strength train 4 days a week (M-T-Th-F), alternating upper and lower body days. I have heard and read that people should not train on consecutive days. This is because the body need time to recover. S,o if I Squat on Monday, I would not do upper body until Wednesday. I am wondering if anyone has any thoughts about this. It makes sense to me. The major snag is for my athletes. I am a HS coach and we train during the school week. If we trained 4 days/wk every other day, it would involve weekends and let's face it, most kids have something else going on (work, family etc). So please respond with any thoughts or ideas you have. Thanks. (This is my first posting to this web group). Chuck Hutchinson, MN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2001 Report Share Posted April 4, 2001 Perhaps trying some high intensity training with your athletes would work out for you. Full body workouts 2-3 days per week, working 1-3 sets to concentric failure, emphasizing compound movements, etc...(check tht HIT FAQ at cyberpump.com). Currently, my brother plays football for Princeton University, and since they switched from a high volume M-T-TH-F schedule exactly like you mentioned (their split was chest/shoulders/tri's - next day legs/back/bi's [abs worked both days] and so on) he has gained a great deal of size and strength. There was also a recent article (sorry, I can't remember where I read it) that talked about High Intensity Training as being one of the most popular forms of weight training used in the NFL. I highly recommend you check out www.cyberpump.com and read some of the training articles, along with the HIT FAQ, it is pretty interesting stuff. And, I know anecdotal evidence is usually shunned, but I have used conventional bodybuilding programs (workout body parts once per week, multiple sets, etc...), football programs like you described (I played for Cornell), and High Intensity Training programs, and I have to say that I've made the greatest strength gains using HIT. Check it out. Ken Manning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2001 Report Share Posted April 5, 2001 > > Not sure if 19% qualifies HIT as " one of the most popular forms of weight > training used in the NFL " > Provably in the top five, probably in the top three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2001 Report Share Posted April 5, 2001 Ken Manning wrote... I highly recommend you check out www.cyberpump.com and read some of the training articles, along with the HIT FAQ, it is pretty interesting stuff. **** ### B. Replied: Oh it's interesting alright. ### Yep, Seinfeld is also very interesting for much of the same reasons. Thibaudeau Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2001 Report Share Posted April 5, 2001 Pete Arroyo ... <<This sums up one factor of recovery in 's article " Recovery Battlefield " (in issue #138 on testosterone.net)-please read if you want an extensive insight into the much underated part of training.>> Hmmm, wonder if that's the same with whom we had many spirited arguments about Swiss Balls a year or two ago. Anyone have any info on this guy? Burkhardt Strength and Conditioning Coach UC Irvine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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