How much should you train during a session, and how often should you train? The answer to these questions depends on four things: 1. The minimum amount of training it takes to stimulate a training effect within a workout. 2.…
Intensity and frequency are two factors that must be considered when the goal is to engage in productive weight training workouts. In my earlier years of training, it was all about intensity. Intensity is what helped me to make rapid…
Ramping is a weight training strategy that refers to step by step increases to a specified training variable. The increases can occur from workout to workout, or from week to week. In the last article, I discussed how to ramp…
Hardgainers have it hard. They have physiological attributes that make it difficult to gain strength and muscle size. One of the biggest problems that hardgainers face is that the majority of the most widely publicized names in weight training are…
One of the keys to selecting the proper workout frequency for your own body is to understand two important factors that occur after your workout: You must learn the length of your anabolic window. You must know the amount of…
Given a choice between high frequency training and low frequency training, I would normally choose high frequency training simply because it has proved to be more effective in my own experience. The only time I ever benefitted from low frequency…
Training Frequency Considerations Not all muscle groups are created equal when it comes to how often they need to be trained. In general, the smaller the muscle group, the more often you can train it as smaller muscle groups tend…
If you have been reading Precision Point Training articles for very long, you have probably picked up on the fact that I prefer high frequency training as opposed to moderate or low frequency training; at least for myself. This…
Some people may believe that high frequency weight training is a new idea. It’s not. It’s as old as weight training itself. Bodyweight exercises have been used on a daily basis for people to get in shape for centuries.…
Ivan Abadjiev and the Bulgarians In continuing this series on high frequency training, I am going to refer to three sources that have found success with high frequency training. I would have to think that one of the most well-known…
