Chinese Water Torture
I guess I had an epiphany of sorts when I realized (when someone told me) that you could do HST everyday (even though I have read this stuff over and over I guess I missed that part). I guess what I am talking about here is frequency. I now see a pattern. Since theoretically we can work out am/pm 6 days a week. And Am/pm is better than just 3 days a week. Many small workouts are better than a few killer 3 hour sessions. And if you think of it this is what clustering is on a micro scale… many small sets are (often ) better than doing I full ten reps (not true for burn sets though). Then I was chatting with an HSTer in London and he pointed out it is the same for eating 6 meals a day are better than 3. As I said I see a pattern here. It is almost a “drip” approach – multiple small bouts done frequently is better for growth than infrequent big bangs. Whether one is referring to a work out session, a work set , or a meal. I can see now this is how we are creating an “environment for growth” as big Bryan calls it. This all flys in the face of the old macho lift till you puke methods. Sure we can get a dam hard workout – but it is more about the additive effect of many smaller workouts. It is almost Zen or philosophical. “Many pebbles build a big wall –grasshopper” ok end or musing....drip...drip....drip
Rob-san
I guess I had an epiphany of sorts when I realized (when someone told me) that you could do HST everyday (even though I have read this stuff over and over I guess I missed that part). I guess what I am talking about here is frequency. I now see a pattern. Since theoretically we can work out am/pm 6 days a week. And Am/pm is better than just 3 days a week. Many small workouts are better than a few killer 3 hour sessions. And if you think of it this is what clustering is on a micro scale… many small sets are (often ) better than doing I full ten reps (not true for burn sets though). Then I was chatting with an HSTer in London and he pointed out it is the same for eating 6 meals a day are better than 3. As I said I see a pattern here. It is almost a “drip” approach – multiple small bouts done frequently is better for growth than infrequent big bangs. Whether one is referring to a work out session, a work set , or a meal. I can see now this is how we are creating an “environment for growth” as big Bryan calls it. This all flys in the face of the old macho lift till you puke methods. Sure we can get a dam hard workout – but it is more about the additive effect of many smaller workouts. It is almost Zen or philosophical. “Many pebbles build a big wall –grasshopper” ok end or musing....drip...drip....drip
Rob-san
