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I think you can see the obvious difference between the competitive (and successful) powerlifter and general gym rat here. No shortcuts here, just hours and hours of work.
I think you can see the obvious difference between the competitive (and successful) powerlifter and general gym rat here. No shortcuts here, just hours and hours of work.
Yeah definitely. But is it fair to say it correlates to peoples specific goals in most cases?
I guess if you're simply looking to get stronger to perform better at a specific sport, then training 2+ hours powerlifting each day could ultimately affect you negatively.
For those training shorter, is it a time factor or a goal factor? For me, its a goal related thing.
I used to train for an hour max. Now my workouts are taking an hour and a half. I have found that I need more volume. After training for almost 10 years solidly, 60 mins just doesn't cut it (for me). I have noticed improvements in myself with that additional 30 mins in the last 2 months.
I bracket my workouts generally with decent nutrition & protein shakes and always have. Was near 98kg, now sitting at 90.2kg. Arms and chest still the same size, weights haven't dropped which is great.
When I was less than an hour per session it was because that was the minimum effective dose to create stimulus. I was weaker then and didn't need as much volume. I've realised in the last 6 months that my squat and DL need some decent volume. Still haven't figured out bench as low or high volume doesn't seem to help much haha.
I think you can see the obvious difference between the competitive (and successful) powerlifter and general gym rat here. No shortcuts here, just hours and hours of work.
To be fair, not everyone is aiming to be a successful powerlifter...and some have kids, jobs, other interests that just take priority. And some just don't have access to a good gym as often as they'd like.
To be fair, not everyone is aiming to be a successful powerlifter...and some have kids, jobs, other interests that just take priority. And some just don't have access to a good gym as often as they'd like.