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