How much is enough to ruin a deconditioning?
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(G T @ Dec. 19 2008,3:32)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">I've always wondered.
For example, if you've completed two weeks of SD, how much could you tolerate before you're conditioned again?
Would one maxout ruin a deconditioned state? Would too many sets of a light weight ruin it?</div>
One or two workouts here and there? NO.
Light weights aren't a problem either, BUT...
As long as you are progressing the load, you will be activating your muscles, breaking them down and entering a consistent mode of protein synthesis.
The problem is if right after SD, you entered into your heavy 5's and continued doing that. You wouldn't have much room to progress the load from there. Going lighter is not stimulating your muscles more. Those weights would keep your muscles conditioned, but it is not optimal for growth.
The repeated bout effect comes from lifting these weights for an extended period of time. You can only progress so much, and your muscles will no longer be stimulated, thus, time for SD.
(G T @ Dec. 19 2008,3:32)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">I've always wondered.
For example, if you've completed two weeks of SD, how much could you tolerate before you're conditioned again?
Would one maxout ruin a deconditioned state? Would too many sets of a light weight ruin it?</div>
One or two workouts here and there? NO.
Light weights aren't a problem either, BUT...
As long as you are progressing the load, you will be activating your muscles, breaking them down and entering a consistent mode of protein synthesis.
The problem is if right after SD, you entered into your heavy 5's and continued doing that. You wouldn't have much room to progress the load from there. Going lighter is not stimulating your muscles more. Those weights would keep your muscles conditioned, but it is not optimal for growth.
The repeated bout effect comes from lifting these weights for an extended period of time. You can only progress so much, and your muscles will no longer be stimulated, thus, time for SD.
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How many days of eating over maintenance are enough to ruin a cut? There are places between worked and ruined so it all depends. Working out one day is worse then not working out at all. Working out heavy is worse then working out light... Like the cut example, try your best to stick to the plan the most and heap the reward for your efforts.
Well electric, you got your point exactly.. You have to stick to your plan to make it work, put faith on it and stay focused.. As you told me before about Bryan's principle, everybody is free to tweak his or her HST routine however if you want to see REAL progress, you have to follow the program principle by principle.. Lets say you want to cut, well im not there for sure but if you want to achieve that, you've got to restrict your calorie intake a bit, eat cleaner and maintain a high intake of protein to maintain as much lean mass as possible.. Now as for your question how long does it take by eating above maintenance to ruin a cut, well there are lots of factors involved such as how clean is your diet, your genetics of course it plays a major role man, your metabolism which is part of your genetics, activity patterns, cardiovascular training etc..
