Mike Mentzer, pioneer of High Intensity Training, preached in his Heavy Duty e-book {that a} single set taken to all out failure with most effort was all you wanted as a way to construct muscle.
Was this legitimate?
Well, as we all know, coaching requires a fragile stability of quantity and depth. The larger the quantity, the decrease the depth and as depth goes up, quantity comes down. So that implies that a exercise with excessive quantity shouldn’t be going make use of heavy hundreds nor will it require as a lot effort per set.
Like I’ve at all times mentioned, you may practice lengthy or you may practice onerous, however you may’t do each.
With restoration in thoughts, this can be very troublesome to coach with a excessive variety of units and reps utilizing heavy weights after which come again and practice with that very same depth. On the opposite aspect of the coin, in case you are coaching with low quantity, you gained’t obtain the required stimulus for progress by utilizing mild weights.
As I mentioned earlier than, there’s a delicate stability between quantity and depth. Finding that stability is without doubt one of the most essential issues you are able to do as a pure lifter.
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Jeff Cavaliere MSPT, CSCS served as each the top bodily therapist and assistant power coach for the New York Mets. Jeff earned his Masters of Physical Therapy and Bachelor’s of Physioneurobiology from the College of Health Sciences University of Connecticut Storrs. He is an authorized Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
