once a week

Discussion in 'Health and Fitness' started by zombiekicker, Jul 21, 2015.

  1. zombiekicker

    zombiekicker bagpuss

    I'm thinking compound once a week to failure will be better than 4 times a week messing about, with other stuff, ill post a log soon
     
  2. Dead_pool

    Dead_pool Spes mea in nihil Deus MAP 2017 Moi Award

    Failure = risk of injury

    Compound lift failure = big risk of injury.
     
  3. zombiekicker

    zombiekicker bagpuss

    Well YeAh good point, chest ligament failure in January lol. Light weights high reps then and chest expander and grappling circuit
     
  4. icefield

    icefield Valued Member

    Why is it either or extreme ends of the weight lifting spectrum? Sort your goals out and education yourself as to how best achieve them, its not hard to lift heavy, make gains and stay fairly injury free
     
  5. zombiekicker

    zombiekicker bagpuss

    I've written a training log out for myself, ill post it soon :), not going heavy I'm a naturally big guy, it's my cardio and technique needs uppingv
     
  6. zombiekicker

    zombiekicker bagpuss

    Hopefully it's here, I'll write it out properly soon
     
  7. zombiekicker

    zombiekicker bagpuss

    Nope file won't upload, I'll post it tomorrow
     
  8. HarryF

    HarryF Malued Vember

    What do you mean by "big"? Are you naturally strong as well? How strong? Why not get stronger? Even if you don't really know what your goals are right now, getting stronger will probably help you...
     
  9. zombiekicker

    zombiekicker bagpuss

    This is it, Apologies for writing
     

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  10. nyancat

    nyancat New Member

    Consistency over the long term is key to success. You can gain muscle working out each group once a week or even slightly longer between each workout, especially if you are intermediate to advanced.
     
  11. Fish Of Doom

    Fish Of Doom Will : Mind : Motion Supporter

    This thread has been inactive for almost a full year :)

    That said, once weekly training is inefficient at best, although in most cases it's likely enough to at least minimize detraining. I'm guessing hoever that you're referring to a 1x/week/bodypart split, where zombiekicker seems to have been talking about literally training only once a week, flat.
     
  12. YouKnowWho

    YouKnowWho Valued Member

    I have never heard any guitar player only plays guitar once a week.

    It doesn't matter what your plan may have as long as you think you will follow your plan 30 years from today. You train because you "enjoy" of your training and not because you force yourself to train. You dominate the weight. You should never allow the weight to dominate you. If at the end of your training, you are not looking forward to your next day training, you may push yourself too hard.
     
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