Timeline for I missed a Starting Strength workout and squats are getting intense - should I change my schedule?
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| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:30 | comment | added | Berin Loritsch | Sparafusile does have a good, longer term answer. However, I think there is some confusion with @matt with the purpose of a beginner program and when it is no longer appropriate. Basically, when the linear gains from increasing lift intensity every session is no longer sustainable, you need to move to an intermediate program. Intermediate programs have periods of relative rest that the OP would benefit from. I believe he is ready to move on. | |
| Aug 30, 2011 at 20:13 | comment | added | parkker007 | This answer is right on. The rest/eating aspect of strength training is AS IMPORTANT as ANYTHING you do in the gym. You build muscle while you rest, not in the weight room. | |
| Aug 19, 2011 at 15:57 | comment | added | Dave Liepmann | @matt - there is no reason for a novice not to "lift legs" on every training session. The program is a beginner strength program that uses linear progression. It is not a bodybuilder split. Squats on every workout are perfectly reasonable with proper rest, up until the trainee reaches a plateau (which may be the case here). | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 17:09 | comment | added | matt | I'm not familiar with this particular book so I don't know what specific workout he is doing but it sounds like the intensity of his workouts are too much. I can't imagine that they are advocating that he lift legs at full intensity with only 48 hrs between sessions. Switching up exercises may be an effective way to break a plateau but it's not going to help if he's not recovering adequately. Either he needs to do as Sparafusile suggests and increase the rest time between training sessions or he needs to reduce the intensity of the workouts (probably by reducing the weight). | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 15:47 | comment | added | Meade Rubenstein | it could be between sets or between workouts, both have to do with recovery | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 15:31 | comment | added | Sparafusile | @Meade Rubenstein - by "reductin of rest periods" do you mean between sets? I think the question was asked on a longer timeline of days rather than minutes. | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 13:30 | comment | added | Meade Rubenstein | There's different ways to increase intensity, reduction of rest periods, increased weight, increased sets/reps....each person is an individual and needs to 'listen' to their body and adjust the workout plan as needed. | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 13:17 | comment | added | Moz | Yeah I just don't want to skip squats if it may affect my gains long term. I just needed some reassurance that rest is a good idea even on starting strength which pushes squats very hard (so hard that it makes me think twice about skipping them even for rest), thanks. | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 13:11 | history | answered | Sparafusile | CC BY-SA 2.5 |