0:01 No, it's not uncommon what you're
0:03 seeing. Guys have literally stopped PE
0:06 cold turkey and then gained size. I've
0:08 seen exactly what you're talking about,
0:09 and the explanation for it is actually
0:12 rather simple. Reddit PE enthusiast
0:14 asks, "After watching the live stream
0:16 archive of Hink and massive novelties,
0:19 Perve Mcwerve aka Adam, I was wondering
0:21 how often should we be resting? Every
0:24 other day or once a week?" Next is how
0:26 much extending or PE work is too much.
0:27 Adam brought up a point about
0:28 overtraining and I think it's a good
0:31 thing to talk about. I read somewhere
0:33 fellas have magically grown just when
0:36 they quit PE. Could it just be that they
0:38 are super overtrained at that point?
0:40 Also, regarding using pumping for blood
0:42 flow, if we don't do it, are we leaving
0:45 gains on the table? My response, so my
0:48 basic framework for coaching is this.
0:50 Start with as little as possible. I
0:52 oftentimes find myself recommending guys
0:55 hang or extend 5 lbs and 30 minutes and
0:58 pump at 5 inches of mercury for 10
1:00 minutes. This is not meant to make them
1:01 grow. This is meant to establish a
1:04 baseline because we track this over the
1:07 course of 1 to two weeks to see how the
1:08 body responds. These are also my
1:10 recommendations for people who are
1:12 relatively new, not necessarily people
1:14 who have come to me with a
1:15 pre-established routine that's either
1:17 worked for them in the past or is
1:18 currently working for them. they just
1:20 want to optimize things. So, start with
1:23 as little as possible and add only as
1:26 much as necessary to begin to grow. When
1:28 growth completely stops for two
1:30 consecutive weeks, then it's time to add
1:32 something. I start guys off training
1:33 three to five times per week to assess
1:35 their tolerance. Again, adding training
1:38 days as necessary. If you only ever add
1:40 as little as necessary to continue
1:42 seeing incremental growth, then you'll
1:44 never end up overtraining. Overtraining
1:46 happens when you senselessly and
1:49 arbitrarily add things. If you cannot
1:52 expertly articulate exactly why you're
1:54 adding more time, more weight, a new
1:58 technique, then don't. guys overtrain
2:00 most oftentimes because they get PE
2:03 related ADHD and they want to add heat,
2:06 vibration, infrared rapid interval
2:08 pumping, bundled extending, pump
2:10 assisted clamping when they have no clue
2:13 how to stick to a simple program of just
2:15 pumping and extending. Guys I coach will
2:18 be growing at an unreasonably fast rate
2:21 and they will ask me about adding in
2:23 this thing or that thing or this tool or
2:25 that technique. And my question is
2:27 always, why would we add things when
2:29 you're consistently growing right now
2:32 without them? The answer I typically get
2:34 is, I might be missing out on gains, to
2:37 which my reply is, you're also avoiding
2:39 overtraining. Is it worth perhaps
2:43 growing faster momentarily if it causes
2:45 you to become overtrained and plateau,
2:48 stopping continuous growth? Would you
2:50 rather grow an inch in three months and
2:53 then see zero progress for the next
2:55 couple of years and then lose all of
2:57 your gains when you stop? Because that's
3:00 what overtraining looks like. Initially,
3:03 this giant burst of progress followed by
3:06 sudden and unexplainable sessation of
3:09 any growth whatsoever and then they add
3:12 more things and still can't grow. How
3:14 often have you heard that story?
3:15 Somebody started PE and they grew
3:18 initially and then suddenly plateaued
3:20 and never made any progress past that
3:22 point. I propose that what we call
3:24 newbie gains is simply a window of time
3:27 where our body can operate and
3:28 compensate for the amount of
3:30 overtraining that we're engaging in. So
3:32 it causes an initial and temporary
3:34 growth spurt followed by people seeing
3:37 little to no progress thereafter. when
3:39 the hallmark of truly successful PE
3:41 people is that they see continuous
3:44 improvement over long periods of time. I
3:46 obviously have a ton of stuff to say
3:47 about this if you watch my YouTube
3:49 channel, but basically the answer is
3:52 this. If your program is optimal, you
3:55 don't necessarily need as much rest time
3:58 as you think that you do. But in order
4:00 to define what is actually optimal for
4:03 you, you have to start at a low
4:06 baseline, increase until you see growth,
4:09 stay exactly there until you cease to
4:12 progress, and then add in as little as
4:14 necessary to continue to see progress
4:16 occur. All that to say, you need to
4:18 balance training and recovery. If you
4:20 want to do more frequent training
4:22 sessions, they are naturally going to be
4:24 lower intensity. Higher frequency
4:27 directly means lower intensity.
4:29 You can't do high intensity and high
4:30 frequency. It doesn't work. You can't
4:33 recover from it. Conversely, you can do
4:36 high intensity with a lower frequency.
4:37 Basically, it comes down to what works
4:39 with you and your lifestyle. What is
4:41 going to dictate the amount of days that
4:43 you actually train per week. But the
4:47 overall fact that has to be respected is
4:50 that training volume and recovery have
4:52 to exist at an equal volume and
4:53 intensity in order for progress to
4:56 occur. Your body simply does not respect
4:59 you doing more for the sake of more. The
5:01 concept of adaptation is providing
5:03 yourself with a stressor that forces an
5:05 adaptation response. Not providing
5:06 yourself with a training stressor that
5:08 completely overwhelms the body's systems
5:12 and it's unable to recover from. So
5:14 basically, your training intensity has
5:15 to be directly proportional to your
5:17 recovery. That means if you're going to
5:19 train like crazy, you have to recover
5:21 like crazy.
5:22 So you're going to need days off if you
5:24 do that. or you can train at a moderate
5:27 intensity for five or six days per week
5:29 and it's likely going to be better for
5:32 you to favor volume over intensity
5:34 anyways. That is to say, more frequent
5:36 training sessions are probably going to
5:39 net you more results than less frequent
5:40 training sessions that are higher in
5:43 intensity. If this was at all helpful,
5:44 please like the video and subscribe to
5:46 my YouTube channel. And as always, visit
5:48 massivenalties.com for all your PE needs.
