Just Reading McRobert's Beyond Brawn, and he is saying that you shouldn't
exercise the same muscle groupings, in the same way, more than once a week
if you want to follow an abbreviated programme.
So, for example, if you bench on monday, don't do the overhead press on
thursday, because this is an overuse of the body's shoulder push mechanism.
Whilst I can see that to squat heavily with any great frequency might be
tough, I would have thought that movements like dips and bench press could
be done a little more often. After a heavy squatting session, I feel quite
badly wiped out for quite a while, but it doesn't take me half as long to
get over most of the others. What do you think? Surely if I only do a
pressing movement once a week, I'm holding myself back a little? I
understand that the whole point of abbreviated training is to reduce
frequency, but isn't this taking it too far?
Oh, and I definitely fit into McRobert's genetically typical drug free hard
gainer target audience.