DKD
Private Dancer
If you're a recreational lifter, training primarily to improve your physique, then you would have no doubt read all the routines out there that tell us to get adequate rest before hitting the same bodypart again.
Some guys follow a once a week per body part split. Some use an A, B split which hits the same part 3 times in a fortnight. Some do full body 3 times a week. Always the mantra is don't overtrain...you need to give the muscle time to repair, and then, through eating, to grow bigger.
I've been watching the 56kg male weightlifters in the Olympics and their physiques are mighty impressive. I'm fully jelly of these guy's delts...look like boulders.
We've read about how Olympic lifters train with high frequency...multiple times daily or whatever it is.
So my question is, if we wanna get an impressive physique, why don't we ignore all the conventional training literature aimed at the average lifter (ie 3 or 4 workouts per week) and train like these mofos (ie 12-15 workouts per week)?
Some guys follow a once a week per body part split. Some use an A, B split which hits the same part 3 times in a fortnight. Some do full body 3 times a week. Always the mantra is don't overtrain...you need to give the muscle time to repair, and then, through eating, to grow bigger.
I've been watching the 56kg male weightlifters in the Olympics and their physiques are mighty impressive. I'm fully jelly of these guy's delts...look like boulders.
We've read about how Olympic lifters train with high frequency...multiple times daily or whatever it is.
So my question is, if we wanna get an impressive physique, why don't we ignore all the conventional training literature aimed at the average lifter (ie 3 or 4 workouts per week) and train like these mofos (ie 12-15 workouts per week)?