Why are high volume and time under tension disregarded in favor of low volume and heavy weight for most people's health and fitness goals?
>>76788951Frequency>intensity>volumeYou can realistically combine any two and create a respectable workout plan that will show benefits to just about anyone that follows it, but I listed them in order of importance.
>>76788951For one translation of effort to gains is more natural because failure can always be your stopping point. Makes progress and ability to add weight really clear. It's time compactdoesn't require deloadssimplifies schedulingruns into less injuries when done in a responsible rep range or with warm-upsThe difference in natties is almost entirely negligible if they're not bordering on being advanced lifters.
>>76788989So it's for retards?
>>76788951Because weight goes brrrrrrr
>>76789189It's a horse shoe.Retards:low volume, high intensityMidwit:High volume, periodization, pyramid sets, myoreps, time under tension, deloads, orm testing, chains, bands, sleeves, gloves, belt, lifting shoes, pre-workoutScholar:Low volume, high intensityGigabrain:Steroids + anything
>>76788951Because the human body was not designed to get big and build muscles, especially on limbsSo unless you're on steroids, you have to force things out with... HEAVY LIFTINGTrust me, I'm a calisthenics bro and doing set and reps never got me anywhereWas I aesthetic? sureBig? Fuck noUntil I start doing weighted variations
>>76789218Very true, and it applies to so many thingsDumb people are dumb enough to just lift, eat, sleep and repeatIntelligent people are intelligent enough to understand you only need to lift, eat, sleep and repeatMidwits will read peer reviewed studies and debate on reddit for days to achieve absolutely nothing, they are the real retards
>>76789248Yea except you're the midwit.
>>76789253Hi shlomo
>>76788964I agree with this except I dont think that volume is least important. Splitting hairs, though. Really.I think the reason why high volume and time under tension are favored (by normies and smooth brains) is because they are suggestive of "doing more work" and most people, even if they know better, have a prejudice towards doing more work in the gym to meet their goals. Thats largey because so much of how we have been taught to think about exercise and body goals is bodyfat oriented. More work in the gym (combined w proper caloric deficit) is probably better for fat loss. But no really if muscle gain/strngeght is your primary goal.Jamie Lewiss of the old Chaos and Pain website had a great program that consited of lots of sets of few reps wqith heavy weights, so that you got your volume in (for hypertrophy) but used heavier weights for fewer reps for strength. I dont recall his frequency.Ive been using a mix of higher frequency, heavy weights/high intensity for the big lifts, and higher frequency, lower weights (high volume) for arms and shoulders. Its been working well.
>>76790142Nobody goes to the gym to lose fat.
>>76791382Almost = "Nobody SHOULD go to the gym to lose fat" Unfortunately that's not what happens. And, my point is that the belief that more work = more weight loss subconsciously pervades and perverts most people's traing. Hence, the love for volume - "more"Im not saying its right. Im saying its what is.
>>76788951I train explosive movements because i wanna be an explosive nigga and call myself MC dynamite nigga
