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I see so many people saying to "only do 3 exercises per muscle group" and "only do 12 sets per muscle group", otherwise you're overtraining...
To my understanding, overtraining is working out a muscle group too soon after having worked it out before. So can someone explain this?
It's easily possible to do 15-20 sets on a particular muscle group in around 45 minutes. And if that muscle group is only being worked out once a week, how is this overtraining?
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OT varies from individual to individual man. 3 exercises per muscle group may exceed ones recovery capacity as this will hardly hinder others..
OT is not only training a muscle group that hasn't finished rebuilding it's new tissue, but it's also excessively training during the gym whether it be with the weights or even cardio for that matter.
After a while, you'll find out for yourself what your limits are and how to not OT when you get familiar with your body.
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ok, makes sense, thanks for the quick response
AR's Think Tank
Sure thing.
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Read this article it's pretty good. You may get something out of it...
http://articles.elitefts.com/article...ractical-tips/
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Nice link, and interesting. Wish I had read this article a few months ago.Originally Posted by CDiesel313
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overtraining is a very long process and builds up over time, one doesnt become overtrained overnight, most people believe they overtrain if they do to many sets or whatever, but they are overstretching , not overtraining. theres a difference, when you lifts start to stagnate or your cns doesnt fully recover between workouts that overreaching, overreach for to long and you get overtrained or get overtraining syndrome...
look up 'dual factor theory'...
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I would agree with this ^^^
It is cumlative
Its do do with CNS
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